The more in control of your days you become, the more likely you are to win your days and the more days you win, the more likely you are to win in life.  

Taking control of your days is key to optimal performance, you have to control your day or your day will control you. Have you ever woken up and just fallen into the swing of things and then the end of the day comes around and you feel like you haven’t achieved a single thing, other than getting through the day? 

I’ve had my share of days where I would open my email, while still in bed and one single email would derail my day because I allowed it to dictate what I did next, because it took me from a proactive state to a reactive state. Truthfully, reading that email right at that moment or two hours later after my morning routine wouldn’t have made any difference to the result, but it certainly would have changed the way I responded and how I felt about my day as a whole. Giving up my power like that, took away control of my day and had me responding to someone else’s agenda and ignoring my own priorities, leaving me on the back foot for the rest of the day. I do not like to be on the back foot.  

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t have some massively complex morning routine, it generally involves drinking water before a coffee, meditation and stretches, mindful breakfast eating (i.e. no screens), planning for my day and setting my intentions for the day,  that kind of thing but it allows me, a non-morning person, to ease into my day instead of being flung into it like a trebuchet. Some people like gentle parenting, I like gentle waking, but I’ve come to know this about myself, so I design my day to be perfect for me. Which is what you get to do too.