What morning ritual can't you live without?

[thegreenyogi]

[OneViewpoint]

Honestly? Nothing I can think of. For a couple of reasons having to do with my own personality quirks.

• I tend to resist routine and ritual in all aspects of my life. I get bored easily and always guard against slipping into unchanging patterns. I've learned to love change. So maybe chaos is my ritual. Counterintuitive, no?
• I may have a small problem (or obsession) with control. As in... I automatically resist anything or anyone that even appears to want to control me in some way. It's why I'll never be addicted to anything... drugs, money, sex, power, fame. That's what made me valuable in another life. It's why I can walk away from a career when other people think it's a crazy thing to do. And it's why I can put up impenetrable boundaries for other people.

So there's nothing and no one I can't live without. As I've said before, everything is situational and flexible with me.

[thegreenyogi]

Fair enough. But surely there's something you do every morning that brings you pleasure or something that enables you to get started for the day in a calm, nothing can stop me now kind of state?

[OneViewpoint]

Honestly there's not. My days tend to be chaos. I could have a call scheduled at 6:30AM on a Saturday or nothing on my calendar all day. I get random calls from clients in a panic all the time. last night it was 8:15PM.

I don't actually like breakfast but I eat to give me 2 meals per day spaced about 12 hours apart. That allows me to skip lunch. And 3 days per week I have an all protein breakfast. But that stuff is a choice of discipline, not something I really enjoy.

I just roll out of bed and dive into whatever is going on that day. Maybe the freedom to do that is what I really wouldn't want to give up? An intangible rather than a physical thing?

[thegreenyogi]

Understood.

[OneViewpoint]

I know I'm odd. Very few people live like me. And a lot of people find it um... unappealing, confusing, scary.

[thegreenyogi]

I don't see you odd at all. But someone who finds it hard to let go definitely. (=

[HawkPerception]

Truth is, I don't think there's any one morning ritual I can't live without. I'm not stuck in routine, nor can I seem to stick to a routine.

There are things I LIKE to do in the morning, though I'm not always consistent with them...

• Decline pushups (putting my feet on my bed and hands on the floor)

• Dunk my face in a bowl of cold water for like 30 seconds

• Have a large 2 cups of matcha green tea

• Have a berry fruit bowl with Greek yogurt and granola

• Maybe some eggs bacon avocado and toast

That's pretty much it.

[Natasha1995]

Morning coffee. Not so much for the coffee itself, but just relaxing and getting energy for the day.

[Spencer10]

I need... yes NEED my coffee in the morning.

[BCRanger10]

I must at least pray the Rosary each morning.

[browsingthroughthe]

Amen 🙏🏻🙌🏻

[strateguy632]

i need to check my phone battery amount every morning! how much is left!

[Shiprex]

Breakfast is my kick off for the day and I am a bit all over the place if I don't have it

[boobman83]

Knocking one out.


A gentleman’s breakfast

[sage2021]

My morning cup of coffee ☕.

[jazzy34]

Drinking coffee, working out.

[AgentG111]

Getting out of bed.

[CupOfCoffee01]

Shower and cup of coffee.

[Purpleronnie]

Getting out of bed

[Staximus]

Waking up

[canamlusciouslad73]

BREAKFAST !!!

[msc545]

Breathing

[Alex-Snow]

Waking up!

[browsingthroughthe]

A glass of water