This may not be so easy at first and you will think to yourself WHY ???
Why should I please get up earlier when I can still snuggle into bed before all the hustle and bustle starts.
And you have already given yourself the answer. Stress, as we know, is not always bad for us, but it depends on the type of stress. The stress we experience in the morning when we jump out of bed at the last moment, the kids (if any) are not in the best mood themselves, the partner (if any) is also in a hurry and you have timed it so that you have to get ready quickly to get to the office or online meeting is definitely not part of the positive kind of stress.
Your day will be as you started it – meaning, if you start in stress, your whole day will be riddled with it, because you won’t find a way to calm down.
This kind of negative stress is death to your cells.
Because it leads to oxidative stress – stress that attacks your cells and promotes inflammatory processes. If you have time in the morning to start your day calmly with the right morning rituals, you’re already one step closer to boosting your body and its longevity.
You see, it’s worth possibly rethinking and adjusting your waking hours. You don’t have to be dogmatic about this either. My alarm clock rings during the week between 05:00h and 05:30h depending on how I got to bed. On weekends, it simply stays off. Interestingly, I usually wake up at the latest around 06:00h.
It has become my rhythm.
But so much for getting up early in the morning. To show you what you’re missing, here’s my TOP 5 morning routine.