# My Morning Routine

By [Jason Peters](https://paragraph.com/@jasonpeters) · 2021-12-03

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I'm leading a 7-day morning routine habit challenge for the [iNNERVERSE DAO](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hvovl6g_rI1Qzo8DxPlAsRBCflvBd6W3iL5NgGq89_A/edit#heading=h.40k40cc85feo), where we are focusing on building our morning routine. Morning routines allow you to start the day proactively on your own terms.

Most days, I start with a ten minute guided meditation. This gives me time to notice what's going on inside of me. How is my attitude? How is my physical body? What thoughts are present? How is the energy flowing through me? How natural and free-flowing is my breathing? These are the things I am able to simply recognize.

Then, I start to write. I begin my writing with at least three things I'm grateful for, in an effort to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Expressing your appreciation is underrated. Sometimes I start with just three nuggets of gratitude, and the writing starts to flow. I may have a whole page full of gratitude if I’m called to keep the gratitude train rolling.

After this practice, I flow right into writing whatever comes to mind; a brain-dump onto the page. It's a free-flowing practice of expression, allowing the sub-conscious to rise up and become conscious onto the page.

This doesn't always happen because life gets in the way. But, for me, this is the right way to start my days at this point in my life. It’s an important practice of self discipline. Overall, this process above takes about 15-30 minutes, and then I can let in the rest of the day.

What’s yours?

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*Originally published on [Jason Peters](https://paragraph.com/@jasonpeters/my-morning-routine)*