By Ahsan
Last year in May, I took a shower and discovered a new shampoo on the shelf next to my soap. I took the chance that it might be good to try it because the bottle had excellent bright colour and my hair had been frizzy lately. The rest of the day went great. My hair was shining and mostly because I did what the bottle said. I first washed my hair, rinsed it, and then retook a small dab of shampoo and repeated.
For some reason, that day went exceptionally well. I felt fulfilled, content, and happy, and everything I touched turned to gold. Who knew that shampoo could affect your life so positively.
Not every day goes so well. But it can if you know a thing or two.
If you feel like your day will be pretty much like yesterday, you may be missing out on a cool trick that can make all the difference.
If every day is the same as the last, boredom can set in, and the zeal for life can wear off.
So here is a great idea to get your day going in the right direction.
First, give thanks (gratitude) and secondly, make plans for the day (set intentions).
No one is guaranteed to wake up or be here next week. So at the very least, you can give thanks for having one more day to be here, love people, and do things.
Gratitude will put your heart and mind into a great feeling. Your state of mind is fundamental to living a great day. So as you wake up before leaving your bed, get your mind right and give thanks.
When you finish spending at least 2 minutes giving thanks for the long list of things you know you should not take for granted, then set some plans.
Planning your day can go two ways. It can be regimented, and it can go by trusting your intuition.
May I suggest that you do a bit of both? Set the intention to do things that fall into the must-do category: exercise, call your clients, and complete your to-do list.
Then think of what is intuitively the right thing to do today: calling a friend, visiting your mom, cooking a meal for the family, reading a book you have on your shelf.
If you do these two things every morning, you will go to sleep every evening feeling fulfilled. Rinse and repeat.
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