10 Great Ways to Start Your Day with Positivity

It is indeed a battle that we fight everyday to wake ourselves up and start the day with energy. During winter, this battle is even more painful. Most resort to caffeine every morning to activate their system. While caffeine does its job, you must understand that there are other easy and natural ways to rejuvenate your body and keep yourself positive throughout the day.

Here are 10 great ways to give you that instant morning boost:

1. Watch what you eat before you go to bed: In order to wake up fresh you need to have a calm tummy. Avoid eating more than 150 calories before hitting the bed. Remember that if you upset your gut, you will upset your entire day.
2. Sleep well: One needs around 7-8 hours of sound sleep to feel rejuvenated every morning. Sleep on a positive note. For this you can either read a nice book or listen to some soothing music before hitting the bed.
3. Pray/Meditate: As soon as you wake up, sit on the bed upright, fold your hands, close your eyes and pray. Keep track of your breath while you do so. Remember to tell yourself everyday that you always need to let go of the past and be in the present.
4. Look out of the window: Start your day by spending some time staring out of the window or standing on your balcony allowing the sun’s rays to fall on you. Research has shown that early morning sun light activates the happy hormones when they fall on the skin.
5. Drink warm water: Once you are up, hydrate your body with at least 3 glass of warm water. This is one of the natural ways to flush the toxins out of your system right in the morning.
6. Kill the snooze: Avoid hitting the snooze button. Your body tends to strain a lot when you tend to nap as soon as you wake up. You will feel more alert and less groggy throughout the day if you give up on the snooze button.
7. Greet your loved ones: Meet your family members or roommates and wish them a happy morning with a broad smile everyday- you will surely find the difference.
8. Exercise: We know it’s difficult to get yourself up to workout, but it is proven that when your body gets into active mode, there’s a lot of energy that gets transferred into the body and you automatically tend to feel recharged.
9. Have a nourishing breakfast: It is better to start your day with a lot of veggies, fruits and green juice. Go for foods that are a mix of complex carbohydrates, proteins and healthy fats. Top it off with green tea instead of coffee.
10. Surround yourself with happy pictures: Have your wall covered with a lot of pictures that make you smile and kindle all the good memories associated with it. Waking up to it everyday can be the best treat you could give your mind.

References

http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/How-Feel-More-Energized-34935504

http://www.thedailymind.com/how-to/17-ways-to-wake-up-feeling-fresh-in-the-morning/