Speaker 1: I guess it's finding what brings you joy. It doesn't
Speaker 1: have to be anything extravagant, like it can literally just
Speaker 1: be something that's five minutes that brings joy to your
Speaker 1: morning routine because when you think about it, like life's
Speaker 1: too short to not enjoy your every single day. Hello
Speaker 1: and welcome back to the Rise and Conker Podcast. It
Speaker 1: is your host, Georgie Stephenson. As some of you may know,
Speaker 1: I'm currently on maternity leave, so Tim and I are
Speaker 1: soaking up the newborn bubble and new parent life with
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Speaker 1: We have nearly over two hundred episodes, so I thought
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Speaker 1: So let's get into it. These are five things I
Speaker 1: always include in my morning routine that just make it
Speaker 1: magical and like just set me up the day and
Speaker 1: is a serious form of self care. So the first thing,
Speaker 1: which I think will be no surprise, is movement. I
Speaker 1: talk a lot about this and movement in the morning
Speaker 1: has just become routine for me because I have always
Speaker 1: noticed how much better my day goes, how much better
Speaker 1: I feel when I do movement in the morning. The
Speaker 1: second big block is gratitude. Now I'm not gonna lie
Speaker 1: to you guys. This is something that I always try
Speaker 1: to do, but you know, like sometimes I slip out
Speaker 1: of habit and I don't want to sit here and
Speaker 1: be like I do this every single day when I don't,
Speaker 1: but it is something I try to do. If I
Speaker 1: can't write it down, I will try and think about it,
Speaker 1: and so when I can, I do a gratitude list
Speaker 1: of three things that I'm grateful for at that point
Speaker 1: in time in my life. The next thing that's really
Speaker 1: important to me is setting intentions for that day. So,
Speaker 1: as you guys know, I always do a to do list.
Speaker 1: I do my to do list after Jim, after my shower,
Speaker 1: before breakfast, so I write a to do list on
Speaker 1: the most important things that I have to do that day.
Speaker 1: For me, again, that's about getting really clear the purpose
Speaker 1: of that day. It's like looking at my priorities so
Speaker 1: I'm not messing around and wasting my time. And then
Speaker 1: also I find it helps me stress less because I'm
Speaker 1: that person who I will have a million things going
Speaker 1: in my head, so until I actually put them down
Speaker 1: on a list, I will feel a lot of anxiety.
Speaker 1: And usually once I put them down, I'm like, oh,
Speaker 1: I actually have got that much to do, like it's
Speaker 1: all good. The next thing that's really important for my
Speaker 1: morning routine is having breakfasts. Of course I want to
Speaker 1: say like a nourishing breakfast, but sometimes that's not the case.
Speaker 1: But obviously just getting some substance into my body so I,
Speaker 1: you know, can think and start my day. The next
Speaker 1: thing I do is I make sure that my morning
Speaker 1: has connection in it. So this connection can be either
Speaker 1: with myself or with others. Obviously it varies each morning.
Speaker 1: And I really enjoy that connection time just with another
Speaker 1: human being where you just like chat about pointless stuff,
Speaker 1: but you feel connected to someone. So this might be
Speaker 1: for you when you first get into work and you
Speaker 1: have a quick chat with your colleagues. And so another
Speaker 1: thing is connection with myself. So you know those days
Speaker 1: where you kind of just you wake up and you
Speaker 1: just feel very almost like you're floating and very airy fairy,
Speaker 1: and you don't feel grounded or connected with yourself. When
Speaker 1: I feel like that, it's really important for me to
Speaker 1: find connection with myself again. So I'm a big advocate
Speaker 1: for meditation. Again, I don't want to lie to you guys.
Speaker 1: I don't do this every single day. I probably do
Speaker 1: this four times out of the week, which I still
Speaker 1: think is very good. And I just use that headspace
Speaker 1: app or I'll do like a guided meditation and I
Speaker 1: will just do five to ten minutes of meditation or
Speaker 1: self reflection, and I find that really grounds me and
Speaker 1: it is very important if I am feeling stressed or
Speaker 1: flustered or just not feeling that connected to myself. The
Speaker 1: last thing that I think is really important and that
Speaker 1: I do do every single day is I always make
Speaker 1: sure there is some sort of joy or something I
Speaker 1: love in my morning routine. And I think this is
Speaker 1: important because if you enjoy a habit, it's so much
Speaker 1: easier to make so I find when I'm putting joy
Speaker 1: into my morning routine, I will stick to it a
Speaker 1: lot easier. So, for example, at the moment, a big
Speaker 1: thing that I do that gives me joy in my
Speaker 1: morning routine is I listen to a podcast or audio
Speaker 1: book while I'm showering and cooking breakfast and getting ready
Speaker 1: for the day. So kind of like those in between
Speaker 1: times when you're having a shower and then you're putting
Speaker 1: on your makeup, and then you're getting dressed and then
Speaker 1: you're cooking breakfast, I will have a podcast or audiobook playing.
Speaker 1: So I guess it's finding what brings you joy. It
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be anything extravagant, like it can literally
Speaker 1: just be something that's five minutes that brings joy to
Speaker 1: your morning routine. Because when you think about it, like
Speaker 1: life's too short to not enjoy your every single day.
Speaker 1: And I understand if you don't enjoy work during the
Speaker 1: day or anything like that, but it's so simple to
Speaker 1: just bring five minutes of joy to yourself in the morning.
Speaker 1: I think you'd be surprised how much you can really
Speaker 1: change your mood. So yeah, that is like the five
Speaker 1: blocks that I always included my morning routine. Thank you
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