My Morning Gratitude and Planning Practice
I like to plan my mornings because it helps me to be productive throughout the day. Over the years, and after trying different morning planners and gratitude practices, this is the one I ended up with that works best for me.
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This gratitude and planning routine I use is one that is simple for me and it helps me to be grounded in gratitude while still providing me with the tangible things I have to do for that day. It has really been the best all-in-one practice for me over the years.
I do this almost every morning, even on the weekends. Here’s the basic rundown of what I do every morning.
3 Things I am Grateful For
I start by listing 3 things I’m grateful for within the last 24 hours. I do this because I have found that starting my day with gratitude makes a tremendous difference mindset-wise and just my day to day. For me, 3 is the magic number.
For the gratitude part, I try to get as specific as possible. For example, I am grateful that my brother bought me my favorite noodle dish for dinner instead of I’m grateful for dinner. The more specific you can get, the better. When I first started this gratitude practice, it was difficult to get specific, but over time I found that it gets easier because I’m now more aware of the things happening around me.
2 Things I must complete Today
I then write down 2 things I HAVE to do or finish that day. This part has been super helpful for me because I’m a list maker so I will list a million things I have to do. I also jump from here to there, so while I’m doing a lot of things, I can feel like I’ve completed nothing. By writing down the 2 most important things I have to complete that day, it helps me to stay focus. Even if my to-do list is long, I know that those 2 things are the key things for the day.
To Do List
For this part I like to write down a list of the things I have to do in no particular order. Writing a list has helped me to see what I have to do that day. If I don’t get something done, I can see what it is and move it to tomorrow. After I complete a task, I cross it off.
My daily list can range from 5 to 10 things I have to do. Sometimes I get super specific, for example: write 3 blog posts today. Sometimes I keep it very general, for example: write some Instagram captions.
I don’t have a specific way of listing, I have found that being both specific and general has helped either way. But whichever way is helpful for you—do that!
Those are the 3 things I do every morning to plan and start my day. Over the years I have found this practice to be very helpful without being time consuming.
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