Take Charge of How You Start Your Day!    

I am a big believer in the fact that each and every one of us can start our days exactly the way we want. There is no such thing has having a crappy morning in my life. I wake up every morning and set my mood for the day! Even if you didn’t get the best sleep that night, there is nothing you can do to change the fact, you can’t go back in time so why keep it from enjoying the future. If you had a bad sleep, shake it off tell yourself you will have a great day regardless. Keeping your attitude and mood lifted will surprisingly distract you and your body from being tired because it will be releasing those feel good hormones instead! Consciously practicing this each and every morning will quickly turn into a habit and second nature. Our mind and bodies don’t want to live negatively; it is their natural state to be uplifted. We waste precious energy being negative, worried or anxious.

I also practice setting aside a few minutes each morning to quickly go over what I need to accomplish in my head for the day. After I have an idea as to how my day may be, I make sure I add in three additional things to do that day that are completely just for me. It is important to be successful in our lives and in our day to day but to also make sure we are taking care of ourselves both mentally and physically. A few minutes later I am up out of bed, making my morning coffee and checking my e-mails.

Starting your day off on the right foot also requires a healthy breakfast. I am a personal advocate for smoothies. It is easy to dump everything into a blender and take it on the go if needed. A lot of the times I just see what is in my kitchen as to what I am going to throw into the blender so it changes from day to day but I do have some guidelines I like to follow to make sure they are nutrient dense.