20 Activities for a Healthy Morning Routine

Morning is when your day begins, and if started in a good way it can make the rest of your day beautiful. And on the other hand, if your morning goes wrong that can put you in a bad mood for the rest of the day. Therefore, it is very important we organise and plan our mornings to have great positive day.

I have put together a list of 20 morning activities which will make your mornings not only magical but productive and healthy too!

1. Wake Up Early

Wake up early between 4-5 Am. When you start your day before the rest of the world, it means you have extra opportunity to make things right for yourself. Have an hour to yourself where you read, plan a healthy breakfast and other little chores to give you that “satisfied” feeling right in the beginning of the day.

2. Drink Water

Don’t forget to fuel your body, drink a glass of water. To make it more refreshing you could even slice and throw some limes or other fruits in there! Something I love to do in the mornings.

3. Stretch It Out

5–10-minute stretching will really wake you up and you’ll feel fresh for the rest of the day. It is a comfortable way of waking up your body.

4. Meditate

Spend 10-15 minutes meditating. There are hundreds of ways you can madidate, some techniques are much difficult than others, but it doesn’t have to complex. I like to sit down in a quiet peaceful place (usually just my room with dim lights), close my eyes and focus on my breaths. This really helps me filter out any negativity right at the start of my day.

5. Write in a Journal

Write down something that makes you feel good, it could be something you’d like to try on the coming weekend, a new goal for the year, or even about that cute outfit you were thinking to buy this week. This is to help you bring out positivity from within which will be much needed for the day.

6. Plan Your Day

I can’t start my day without this one! When you day is organised and you know what exactly you are going to get done, isn’t that a peaceful feeling? Make a list of activities/tasks you are planning to get done today in order of “most important” to “least important” and try to get them all done. This helps stay on track and motivate me as I see those “ticks” during the day!

7. Get Moving

You should feel fresh and woken up by now, but to help you feel more energised you could even do a little dance session or go to the kitchen and plan what you’ll make for dinner, as I like to do.

8. Take a Cold Shower

This one might be a little too much for some of you but that’s understandable! Cold showers have many health benefits like improving circulation, which is why it made it to the list, but you can take this one as optional.

9. Enjoy a Healthy Breakfast

A healthy nutrition-rich treat is essential for your brain and body to perform well through the day. This isn’t the only meal you will eat but being the first meal of the day it is considered as the most important one!

10. Read or Listen to Something Inspiring

Read some pages of the book you are reading currently or listen to a podcast on your phone while you’re doing something for some positivity.

11. Practice Affirmations

Have you been doing affirmations? They are truly life changing trust me. It involves verbally saying something to yourself which you want to achieve or become, an example of this could be “I am a very confident girl” or “I will increase my yearly income by $10,000”. This is based on idea of “law of attraction”, which basically means that we attract what we believe. So, believe wonderful things to manifest wonderful things in life!

12. Tidy Up

Surroundings have a direct impact on our mental health, if everything is nice and tidy around you that will make you feel peaceful and confident and help you start the day on a good note.

13. Go Outside

Getting fresh air feels magical, go outside and bless your lungs with the gift of some fresh air!

14. Limit Screen Time

It is very important to make sure your mornings are just “you time” so avoid any external distractions like using your phone to text or use social media.

15. Smile

Smiling can genuinely improve your mood so much, it does wonders for me every day and it will for you too, try it.

16. Do Something Creative

Do something you like doing, it could be drawing something if that’s what you are into, or writing something, it is completely up to you. This little activity will make you feel good in general.

17. Practice Gratitude

I like to sit down in my room and write a list of 5 things which I am grateful for, it gradually shifts your mindset to a positive one and helps you see the world with a positive attitude.

18. Connect

Spend some time with someone you love, this could be your pet, partner or family. A sweet interaction with someone you love in the morning will make you feel good and help you start your day with a positive note.

19. Set an Intention

This one is a fun and cute task! Set the emotion of the day for motivation. An example of this would be “focus” to remind and motivate you as you are working through your busy day activities.

20. Celebrate Small Wins

It is important to give yourself credit that you deserve. Celebrate your small victories on the way towards a bigger overall goal, this is essential for good mindset.

These 20 morning activities have helped me make my mornings amazing, I feel so much more confident and productive every day which has completely transformed my mindset. It might be a challenging to stick to this routine everyday as building a new habit takes some time, but always remind yourself of all the amazing benefits this will bring into your life. Try to remain consistent as it is key for getting results and Goodluck!