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What to do when your morning routine feels like work
10 years ago, I was in a mastermind group with Hal Elrod.
Hal was about to release the first edition of his now-best-selling book, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8 AM).
Obviously, his book went on to become an international mega-best-seller and catapulted Hal into the role of an elite influencer.
I occasionally meditated, journaled, and exercised in the mornings when I met Hal, but I didn’t have a consistent morning routine.
Once I read an advanced copy of Miracle Morning, I was sold.
Soon after, Perry Marshall started talking about his morning Renaissance time.
Start your day with at least one hour of “me” time.
No electronics.
No news.
Quiet time to ease into the day.
Like everything in life, my morning routine goes through up and down cycles.
Currently, I’m in a down cycle.
My morning routine goes something like this:
- Start the day with the Daily Calm meditation or meditate on my own for 10–20 minutes
- Write in my journal either at a leisurely pace or do…
