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These 4 Small Additions to Your Morning Routine Will Transform Your Day
We were already dealing with daily challenges, before 2020 started. Now, the changes to our daily lives have upped the anti in dealing with stress and emotional triggers. Here’s how to take charge of how your day goes — regardless of what challenges you’re dealing with or what’s happening in the world around you.
Whatever challenges you’re facing, right now, these simple little adjustments can completely shift how your day goes.
Set Your Intention Tonight
When you go to bed, tonight, set your intention of what you’re going to think about as soon as you’re aware you’re awake in the morning. We tend to allow our mind to go to the worries, what we’re not happy about, or what we wish was different — automatically — first-thing.
The brain is designed to focus on the bad stuff (the “danger”) — it’s part of our survival mechanism — whether the “danger” is real or imagined.
Wherever you put your focus (whatever you think about) triggers matching brain chemicals — that cause feelings and emotions. Physiologically.
Negative thoughts trigger stress chemicals (that create negative emotions) and…