Develop a morning routine

“The noise in my apartment in Malta had me on edge, the heat was unbearable inside, and I had no garden to retreat too, my couch is old and it hurts my back to sit on it, and I was woken each day to traffic on my street from my neighbours and the adjacent factory. I struggled big time. But after a week of frustration, failing and skipping days due to annoyance, I started again and this time, I persisted. I got back into a morning routine and managed to make it work despite the environmental factors.”

“Before I travelled to Berlin [...] we started to spend time in the morning writing down all the things that come to mind as soon as we wake up. We would put on some hot water, make tea and coffee and sit together in silence and frantically jot down whatever came to mind. Each day both of us had three pages of brain spew on the paper. [...] Each morning I looked forward to waking up and doing my routine and after a few days, I felt good.”

“Wake (4:15-4:45) [...] Workout (~1hr 30 mins) - I started boxing so now my workouts consist of 1 hr of boxing class followed by 30 mins of cardio or weights. Read (~15 mins) - I use the time I get in to work to grab coffee and read for 15 minutes. It allows me time to decompress before being thrown in to the fire. I found that it makes a bigger difference to my day when I can sit and read before jumping right in the fire. (I work in IT, there are always fires)”