Morning Activities: The Final Two
I’ve been writing about Tim Ferris’s five morning activities. Here’s a recap:
One) Make Your Bed Two) Mediate Three) Hang
I like what he’s written. You can read my thinking about these first three routines by clicking the links above.
His final two activities go together.
Morning routine number four is to make a cup of tea. Not simply have a cup of tea but make it. For Tim, making it is a process. It starts with boiling water in a kettle, letting it sit a few minutes, then adding an aged loose-leaf tea, and then throwing in some fresh ginger and turmeric shavings. Sometimes he adds green tea and coconut oil. Sometimes he adds some garlic if he’s feeling a cold coming on. All this is happening while he is feeding his dog.
To me this sounds comparable to preparing a meal. My “process” is to simply put some hot water in a cup, throw in a tea bag, and add honey. Some might consider my way of doing tea comparable to fast food consumption. They have a point.
Once the tea is prepared, Tim begins his fifth morning routine. He journals for 5 minutes while sipping. He writes about two things, what he wants to achieve for the day, and what he is grateful for. He recognizes he’s a “type A” personality, a driven kind of person. He finds that writing down what he’s grateful for tends to level him out some. He attributes this part of the journaling routine to a small book he read that made a big impact on him. Written by a pastor years ago, the title is A Complaint Free World. The challenge of the book is to see if you can stop complaining for 21 days.
A journaling option I’m trying this year was written by Terry Hershey titled, The Gift of Enough. This book is made up of reflection and creative prompts all designed to encourage you to pause and consider the “grace of the present moment and to appreciate the gift of enough.”
So, there you have it, five routines to help you win the morning and thereby win the day. If only life were this simple. Covid has complicated it even more. Still, if you wanted to try your version of all five, how long would it take? Probably 45 minutes to an hour. Probably doing all five would require getting up earlier, before the kids get up, unless they’re at an age they can appreciate these routines and do them with you.
Remember Tim’s point of view. If you can do just three of the five, that’s good. Even one works.
Thanks for reading!
Curt Bumcrot, MRE
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