When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
- Bill Withers
For some odd
reason, people like to think that I don't sleep. Yes I may go to sleep some
nights at 11:30pm and wake up at 4:30am or even go to sleep at 3am and wake back
up at 6am, I don't know why I do that, I just do. My body is all sorts of jacked
up. Either way, I eventually sleep, and when I do, I have to wake back up. When
I do wake up, I have the same routine that I go by every morning to ensure that
I don't miss a beat. It's very important to me because I pay homage to a lot of
people that are important to me.
Well first before
anything, I need to take a minute and gather myself and realize that I have
awaken from my peaceful slumber. Depending on what I need to do, whether it be
taking a drink of water because my mouth is dryer than the Sahara, or I need to
get up and use the bathroom. After that's done, I climb back into the bed and
lay there for about a couple of minutes, just getting myself together, not
really thinking about anything. I sort of just sit there in the peace and quiet
and relax, letting my senses adjust to being awake.
Then I say a
little prayer to myself for everyone, not people I just know. I like to do that
because you never know who could need a prayer, regardless if they are religious
or not. My prayer includes that, then I say something about starting the day off
right and leaving all the negativity in the previous day. Then finally I say a
little prayer for the people that I do know and love, especially if one of them
is having a problem with anything, I put that at the top of that order. So
that's the first thing I do in my day after gathering my bearings.
Then after I do
that, I proceed to get up, stretch, let out the initial morning yell, and do the
do. Make up the bed, straighten up, make sure all that I'm taking out for the
day is on the bed. Think if I need to do anything for the day, and if so, what I
would need to do it. Then I brush my teeth, then hop in the shower. As I am in
the shower doing my best rendition of either a rapper or singer, I remember
either something I have to do or something that I wanted to write about from the
day before or my dream. So I try to keep that on my mind when I'm in the shower,
so when I get out, I can adjust.
After doing the
proper maintenance to myself, I get dressed and all that good stuff. Now this is
the second most important part of my day after praying. This is because when I
get dressed, I put on my dog tags, black bracelet, and kiss my good luck charm.
People ask why do I wear my dog tags still even though I'm not in the military
full time anymore, and the reason for that is because a lot of good men died
while I was in, and a lot of them I met during training. I know you can go and
buy dog tags for a couple bucks, but those dog tags are the ones I earned with
some men that had their will tested by some pretty rigorous obstacles in
training, that not everyone goes through. So I wear them for them. I wear my
bracelet for all the ones that are deployed and doing hardship tours and getting
it in. Reminds me to always appreciate what I have, and who's protecting my best
interests. Then I kiss my good luck charm because it keeps me sane and focus
throughout the day. Just a daily reminder that I have a goal that I am working
towards and to never lose focus.
After doing that I
straighten back up, make sure I'm not forgetting anything. I take one final look
around my room, go downstairs, get something to drink and snack on, sometimes I
cook. But after I do that, I'm out the door for the day, and usually not back
til I get done with things. That's pretty much how I start my day in a nutshell.
It's pretty routine and organized, I like it that way because it keeps me from
missing a step a lot of days. When you're just rushing or you don't know what's
going on, I found you tend to make a lot of mistakes.
Do you have a
morning routine? If so, let me know in the comments below.
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