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Sometimes it helps to get a little dose of encouragement—along with a good cup of coffee!—to start the day. Today we discuss "ritual".

Hopefully, the message below will help you get off to a good start for the week. Please feel free to forward the newsletter along to others who you think would benefit from the content.

Ritual

A great question to think about is:

In the ideal world, what do the first sixty minutes of your day look like?

While it is a simple question, it raises so many other questions, including:

• Do you have a set routine to start your day?
• What is important to you / what do you include in this routine?
• Do you stick to the routine?
• Does it help when you stick to the routine?

For me, the ideal first sixty-minute looks like the following:

• Read the Bible and my “daily” books
• Journal my thoughts with a focus on gratitude and self-improvement
• Quick glance at the calendar to identify the day's meetings
• Validate that my day is set up in ½ hour blocks. Include time for personal development, exercise, reading, writing, and relaxation
• Stretch
• Exercise

Currently, I get through the first four of these pretty regularly.  Number five and six not so much.  BUT, that’s not bad!  It just tells me that I have opportunities to continue to grow and improve.

What I’ve found is that if I start my day with a routine, the rest of the day seems to fall into place.  When I don’t things come off the rails pretty quickly.

That brings us to this week’s question:

• What’s your daily ritual look like?

Thanks for sharing a bit of your time with me and have a great week!

Curt

About MMM: Each week I publish “Monday Morning Motivation” in the hopes that one person will find a bit of inspiration and that inspiration will have a positive impact on their life.  My motivation comes from experiences, reading, sermons, and discussions.

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