Name: Playbook - Corinne Nicewick - Thursday Morning Motivation
Uploaded: 2022-08-29T15:14:47.613Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Thursday Morning Motivation

Exactly what I needed this morning ☀️ thank you!

Nicole

Your morning is the most important part of your day to set the tone for the rest of the day. Setting yourself up for a productive, optimistic, and positive day with an established routine will increase your mood over time as well as your overall health.

These morning habits help to increase your mood as well as your motivation in addition to creating some level of routine which gives your body a very comfortable and recognizable start to each day.

Making your bed establishes in your mind that sleep is over and done. At the same time, you are accomplishing one small task that gets your fat going. The hardest part of any day is getting going! Making your bed propels you in the forward direction at the same time as closing the door behind you keeping you from stepping backward.

Make your bed

Think of this as wiping the slate clean. You’re washing away yesterday, getting rid of anything that was previously in way of your motivation and productivity. Today is a new day, not to be weighed down by the decisions of yesterday.

Wash your face

Even minor dehydration can have adverse effects on cognition

Drink a glass of water

Researchers found that working memory and executive function were improved with exercise, especially with those who conducted a brisk walk first thing in the morning!

Go for a walk

Sunshine is a real psychological human need. It’s been proved that exposure to morning sun lights results in greater alertness. Morning light exposure can also lead to better sleep, which can have a cascade effect on mood the next day!

You can also easily get your sun during your morning walk!

Get ten minute of sun

To-do lists are actually proved to relieve stress rather than stimulating it. It’s been proved that unfinished goals with no plan of action intrusively enter into your mind over the course of unrelated tasks, causing poor performance of the current task.
This is because an unfulfilled task sticks in your mind, a phenomenon called the Zeigarnik effect - “contributing to goal pursuit through plan-making could satisfy the various cognitive processes that usually promote goal pursuit.”

Without making a plan of action for the day, reviewing what needs to be done and how you’ll be doing it, the unfinished goal will haunt you the entire day, finishing the quality of your work.

Make a to-do list (the right way)

Morning Motivation Habits

You’re over half way through the week! Take note of everything you’ve accomplished and celebrate yourself for it. If it’s not as much as you wanted, that’s okay! You still have today and tomorrow to make progress on your own goals.

Thursday to do

Think of all the things your body and mind are capable of doing and appreciate it for going through everything it’s been through with you

Gratitude

Elongated Cobra

Engaged Half pigeon

- Raise your shoulders off the floor
- Alternately reach towards your heel engaging your obliques
- Repeating back and forth for time or reps

Heel tap crunches

Movement

“Your passion is waiting for your courage to catch up.” —Isabelle Lafleche

Quote of the day

Thursday Morning Motivation

I recently have struggled with finding structure in my mornings, this was super helpful ❤️🙏

Thursday Morning Motivation

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