1. Pray: Before you get out of bed on Monday morning whisper a prayer.
It doesn't have to be a long prayer or even a prayer you have memorized.
Something like "Thank you, Lord. I place this day in your hands." Then
get up and go about your day.
2. Coffee: Brew a fresh carafe of coffee, find your favorite coffee mug,
and then pour yourself a nice hot cup. Don't worry about whether you
washed the coffee mug the night before because it's your cup. You don't
have to wash the stains yesterday's coffee from it if you don't want to.
3. Meditate: In hale and exhale a deep cleansing breath. Then stare into
your filled coffee cup for a few seconds focusing on the steam or the
rich dark liquid. Take another cleaning breath and then take a sip of
the coffee.
4. Variation: Do something different. Vary your routine. Drive to work a
different way. Stop at a different coffee shop on your way to work. Set
in a different seat on the bus you take to work. If you read a paper
back on the bus then try watching people or writing in a journal.
5. Smile: Smile at people even those who frown at you. Smile at the bus
driver when you get on the bus. Smile at the traffic light that always
stops you on your drive to work.
6. Unplug: Don't use your technology for the first thirty minutes to one
hour after you wake up. Turn your alarm off without pressing the
snooze, turn off the phone, get up, and begin your day technology free.
If you use technology both at home and work then don't use technology
until you get to work.
7. Exercise: Take a five or six minute walk through your house or the
neighborhood. When you take the trash into the garage or to dumpster
alley don't go back inside immediately walk around outside for a little
while.
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