I don't want to get up early in the morning…

I don't want to get up early in the morning.
Most of the time I want to sleep in. 

My brain and my body wants to sleep in.
Press snooze. 
But I get up.
I get up for the person I want to be tomorrow. 

I make the green smoothie.
Not because it's such a hassle to make and requires several different ingredients and a walk to the garage to blend it (so I don't wake others up).
But because once I start drinking it, I realise I made the right choice. 
It was worth the effort. 

I move my body for 30 mins with yoga. 
My body doesn't always want to but once I start moving,
I start to feel like I made a better choice.

After yoga, I feel awake in my body and in my mind.
I use this new energy to have a tidy up, hang washing out, make people breakfast. Something I know I can't always do first thing. 

I then do 15 minutes of core strength. 
15 minutes won't really make a difference, right? 
I could skip it. 
Just for today. 

But 3 minutes in I realise I made the right choice. 
I feel the burn in my glutes, my core, my upper body. 
I feel alive in my muscles and I feel strong. 
Strong in my body yes. 
But also strong in my mind. 

I make my breakfast that's nothing gourmet. 
In fact, it's the same everyday! 
But it's full of seeds, oats, berries and nuts. 
Packed with protein and fibre because I know it's good for my whole body, not just my taste buds. 

I'm thankful, the yesterday me, made the effort to make a batch of this breakfast in advance. 
I do this whilst listening to something upbeat. 
Positive. (Not the news). 

It's 8:30am. 
I feel motivated. 
Productive. 
Refuelled and refreshed. 
Alive and awake. 

Whatever happened yesterday was a day in the past. 
Today is a new day and I'm ready to start my day because I got up early. 

I could have slept in. 
Easily. 
Too easily. 
But a sequence of events. 
Choices. 
Better choices put my body and mind in a stronger, better, happier place than the person I was yesterday. 

I try to choose the better choice each time. 
Small, seemingly insignificant choices that compound over time. 
The change I see in me now didn't happen overnight. 
It was small decisions that happened over time. 
Day after day. 

The hard thing in all of this is sometimes making that first decision of the day. 
Will it be an easy one or a better one? 
Even though it's more effort. 
More hassle. 
It's the one you will appreciate tomorrow. 

It's a culmination of all those little decisions. 
Better choices. 

I do it for the tomorrow me.