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This Morning Happiness Routine LIFTED My Mood
Recent research has shown that having a regular morning routine can reduce the impact of stress exposure on mental health. As things like depression are caused by continuous bouts of stress, a regular morning routine can help us with our mental health.
These past few months, I have gone on a journey to find the best morning routine.
Meditations, writing in a journal, cold showers, all of it.
You name it, I’ve done it.
And while most of them seemed like they would work for me… I ALWAYS had trouble sticking with the routine.
After a week or so of it, I couldn’t stick with them.
If I decided not to do one of the tasks on that morning routine, the whole routine would fall apart.
I was frustrated with myself because I would be on a streak, and then my high-energy self would not have the patience to sit down and meditate.
I would fail because of that.
I thought about why that was, and I realized something: these routines did not excite me.
They didn’t make me happy.
So I decided to focus on creating a Morning Happiness Routine.
