Do you ever get those days when nothing seems to go right for you? You know the ones I mean? You get out of bed and bang your toe and it hurts like hell. You go into the kitchen and end up burning your toast. You take a sip of your morning coffee and nearly burn your lips!
Then you drive to work and it seems like everyone decided to leave home at the same time as you!
Just as you are about to take lunch you get a phone call and can’t get away and miss half your lunch break.
Then driving home it seems that people want to shove you off the road and cause an accident.
By the time you go to bed you lay there and think,
” Boy, I am glad that day is over!”
Well, how you get up in the morning determines how your whole day will be. So, by doing some simple things as soon as you wake up, you can control how the rest of the day will go for you.
Sound stupid?
Well, why not try it and see for yourself?
Now most people have their alarm clock next to their bed. Makes sense of course doesn’t it? Well, the problem there of course is when it goes off in the morning, you turn over and press the “snooze” button. Not once, but many times until finally you end up rushing around or you will be late!
So, instead of having your alarm clock next to your bed, put it on the other side of your bedroom. That way, you have to get out of bed to turn it off.
After turning off your alarm clock, and not pressing the snooze button, start giving thanks for everything you have in your life.
Open the curtains and let the light in. Say “thank you”.
Go to the bathroom and as you walk say, “thank you”.
Get yourself dressed and as you do so say, “thank you”.
For every action you take say “thank you”. Nothing else, just “thank you”.
Now, you may be thinking, “I can’t do that, my spouse will think I’ve gone crazy!”
Well, your spouse may look at you and ask what you are doing, and maybe even laugh at you. You will probably laugh also. But you know what? If you start laughing you will find it impossible to be in a bad mood!
How you wake up in the morning has a huge impact on how the rest of your day will turn out. So, knowing this, doesn’t it make sense to start your day off by giving thanks and getting yourself in a “happy” state of emotion?
Start your day bad and all day will be bad.
Start your day happy and your whole day will be great.
Do this everyday for 3 weeks running and you will never have problems getting up and always be happy when that alarm clock wakes you up in the morning!
Til next time
Gary J Kidd
