How to start a day in a good and happy way

How to start a day in a good and happy way Every day is a new day and even if something was wrong yesterday, we can get it right today, so it is very important to start our day in a good way. “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Teresa Personally for several years, waking up in the morning was a bit like a little trauma, mainly because the previous evening I used to go to sleep late and, of course, I was not sleeping enough. I used to stay in bed until the last second and I became a master at being able to get ready in a few minutes, of course I jumped breakfast and most of the time I found myself out in the street and I was not even fully awake and ready to interact with the world. Do you know that feeling too? The time it was taking me to get ready, that was only 10-15 minutes, it was like living it in a sort of autopilot mode… Fortunately, that belongs to my past, for several years now I have a new and better habit to start my day in a good and happy way and now I have the pleasure to share it with you, with the hope that it will help you too to improve the quality of your day.

1 – When you open your eyes take a half-smile and then give yourself a good morning wish to fully wake up and then spend a few minutes concentrating on your breathing and relaxing your body. Why breathing? Respiration as well as being very important, just imagine what would happen if we stopped breathing, it is the connection between our body and our mind. Through our breath we can reach a calm and mental clarity. You might also like reading: The importance of proper breathing. 2 – Do not jump out of bed and start the day as if you were living in autopilot mode. When you get out of bed and rest your feet on the ground, be aware of what you are doing, start to live the present, remember Happiness is in the present moment, the only moment we are alive. It may seem silly or obvious, but talking to yourself canl help to live the present. Let me explain it better: say to yourself mentally what you are doing at that moment, it helps to be aware of the action that is taking place and then to live it in the present and feel alive.3 – Decide your first thought. Do not let the first thought decide the course of your day. Why do we have to decide our first thought? Because the thoughts create our emotions and moods. So what can we think? It is important to think of something that puts us in the right mood, something that makes us feel good, happy and alive. Remember Happiness is a choice and we have the choice every morning to be Happy or not, just choosing our thoughts. Now stop for a moment, take a pen and paper and write two or three things that make you feel good and happy by thinking about them. Here are some suggestions: your children, your pets, the next vacation, it can be anything and it is very important they create good positive feelings. Even a thought of gratitude can help us start the day in a positive way, but why Gratitude? Because pausing and thinking about what we have, it creates a positive mood. We live in a society that pushes us to want more and more and we are never satisfied. It makes us not appreciate what we have and make us take a lot of things for granted, first of all, our health. Even just a small thought of gratitude for our health, a thanks because unlike many other people that are not well and in a hospital we are physically well, can help us to feel good. In case you have missed this post, I suggest you read: Gratitude is the key to Happiness.