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# Resuscitating my Morning Routine
- URL: https://brianchristner.io/resuscitating-my-morning-routine/
- Published: 2015-11-03T19:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-10T06:59:51.000Z
- Author: Brian Christner
- Tags: Life Hacking, Books

My morning routine probably sounds like most people. Wake up in the morning, eat breakfast, drink lot's of coffee, consume Twitter and FB feeds until I have to make a mad dash out the door. I really felt my morning routine was just a waste of energy and time and I should just teleport directly to work. I tried a couple things but couldn't break my routine.

My previous morning routine can easily be summed up like "Fred the Baker" from the 1980's Dunkin' Donuts commercials.

## Time to make the Donuts

That is until this tweet:

> Day 2 of no snooze week: Another blog post drafted on the train, which I hope to edit & publish on the way home. Feeling good.
> 
> — Fred Rivett (@FredRivett) [October 13, 2015](https://twitter.com/FredRivett/status/653867922675396608?ref=brianchristner.io)

This single Tweet really struck a chord with me. Thanks Fred (make sure to give him a follow)! Something so simple really changed my outlook and the way I should spend my time. I wanted to try it out for myself by being productive during my morning commute in the train.

The first couple days blew my socks off. I couldn't believe the time that I was not utilizing on my 45 minute train commute to and from work. I started working on some GitHub and Docker projects. Wow, what a difference. However a couple days later I took my family to Arizona for a vacation. Before the trip I thought I would really like to investigate how to optimize my morning routine further. After asking Mr. Google and a couple friends the consensus directed me to one resource [The Morning Miracle](http://amzn.to/1Q9j6OZ?ref=brianchristner.io) (Affiliate link)

I started reading the book on the 15+ hour travel time between Switzerland and Arizona. By the time we landed I was buzzing with excitement and ready to hit the ground running. I slowly adapted the rules I learned in the book the best way I could considering my 4 month old was stuck on Swiss time while visiting Arizona. I was up at 5 everyday on holiday following the steps I learned in the book. My day started off better and better the more I followed the process.

I returned back to Switzerland and I'm still going strong with my Miracle Morning routine. Up at 5am and waking up like everyday is Christmas morning.

Each morning I start out with S.A.V.E.R.S. It’s an acronym that breaks out to be:  
S = Silence  
A = Affirmations  
V = Visualization  
E = Exercise  
R = Reading  
S = Scribing (or journaling )

The one book I've read this year that has really impacted me [The Morning Miracle](http://amzn.to/1Q9j6OZ?ref=brianchristner.io) (Affiliate link). Life hacking my morning routine has really inspired me to do more. Let's see where this leads..

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