Routine and I have a complicated relationship. When I don't have any routine to speak of, I crave it. When I do have a routine, I feel trapped in it. What's a person supposed to do with that?! After many years of slipping in and out of various patterns, I think I've finally nailed it. I can get myself out of bed and after a few steps feel vaguely human and ready to face the day. Here are my daily rituals...
Recently my lovely friend Megan introduced me starting my morning off with hot water, honey and lemon. There's loads of health benefits to this (give it a google if you want to learn more), but it really does just wake me up...simple as that! Once Oscar leaves for work, I get up and make this little wonder drink and then climb back into bed to drink it. I'd love to say that I didn't scroll through Instagram and Snapchat, but alas I'm guilty of doing both of these first thing in the morning! Hands up who doesn't?
Once my honey + lemon and my social media scrolling if finished, I get into my yoga gear, grab my mat and block and head on into the living room. If I was clever, I'd set up my yoga stuff the night before, but I'm not that wise! So every morning I push back the sofa and spread out my mat. I get YouTube up on the TV and click on Adriene's channel. Yup, still addicted to her and her channel (girl crush, anyone?)! I think I'm on day 27 of her 30 Days of Yoga program. I love starting my day with yoga. Yup, there are some days when I'm not feeling it, but even Oscar notices a difference in my mood when I don't get on the mat. Plus, we all know how amazing that post-workout feeling is! Normally I'll do anything from 30 - 40 minutes of yoga and if I'm feeling a little cray cray, I'll do some Fitness Blender shenanigans too!
If I'm not on a fast day (you can read more about 5:2 here), I'll usually make the porridge of champions. There's no real recipe to this, I pretty much just through in whatever I have in the kitchen. Normally this involves banana, maple syrup and a little dollop of peanut butter, you know...just for good measure.
If I am fasting, then I'll normally just make myself a coffee. There's nothing better than the first coffee of the morning! I've been seriously loving Taylor's of Harrogate's Columbian blend these last few weeks. I've also started storing it in the fridge and it's really making a difference to my coffee. We have zero room in our kitchen for a fancy coffee machine, so at the moment I use my moka pot and a Nespresso milk frother. On fast days I only have a little lick of milk, still not ready for the world of black coffee yet! Generally my coffee drinking is accompanied by more social media or some YouTube videos. Once the coffee is drunk, it's time to get off my butt and start whatever plans/chores/work I have for the day.
So, that's how I start my day...how about you? What little morning rituals do you have?
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