Before the Day Goes; Morning Preparations

How you start your day matters a lot, to any individual of any calibre. The right mindset and energy start in the morning. When the morning doesn't go off well, then you can be sure that the day's activities and endeavours will follow suit. As a student, this is very much important and thus necessary to find the right routine to begin your day.

I now understand better why it's said that the most important meal of the day is breakfast; you shouldn't skip it and make sure you eat a good breakfast. I believe there's some health advice around the statement, but I'm not coming from there. I'm just drawing the point that, if a meal in the morning is tagged the most important for the day, when there are two other meals remaining and more than twelve hours in the day, then it says a lot about the morning routine.

Yes, the morning rituals or routine. As a student, we must find our morning routines that work well for us. Of course, there are times that they won't go the same way we plan or envision or even usually have it. Yet, it shouldn't stop us. I'll mention how that was with me as I discuss what my morning routines were like.

As a Christian, one of my core values in life is my faith. Not just a faith, rather a relationship with my God and my Lord and Saviour. What do I do first when I wake up? I engage in morning devotion. This involves me reading from the Bible and a devotional, praying and drawing inferences from the words for the day, to build and edify me for the world ahead. This was very much necessary for me and life, beyond just school.

I don't do this one often, but sometimes I engage in morning exercises. Some little exercises to help flex my muscles and get me refreshed for the day. This was especially during my latter years in school, and I found it helpful. Exercising is very important, so this was something I found necessary, especially when I could.

Then there's washing of plates, which I don't always do in the morning. The days I found time I did them if not till I was back from school. Cleaning or sweeping the room was there as well. But since I had roommates I didn't always do it. Sometimes, I do while they do at other times. And when there was an academic activity to do or wrap up, I did that. Not always though, it could get very busy in the morning sometimes.

Some scrolling through my chats makes up a part of this routine. There were times when I went to school not knowing lectures were cancelled, and sometimes that was the only lecture in the morning. So, a little scrolling to check this, and reply to some messages was part of the morning preparation. There could be some things to attend to there before stepping out for classes.

Like I said, things could not go the way we planned or usually have them. In my case, I don't know if to say what I mentioned above is the normal way I have it in the morning. Many times, my eyes see the rising of the sun. Not watching it do its thing of course; I happen to mostly work through the night, academic or otherwise. Nevertheless, it doesn't stop me from doing the things that could seem necessary in the morning, though it gets kind of different.

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