{"id":2640,"date":"2023-02-12T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:04:54","slug":"30-days-to-set-up-a-morning-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/30-jours-pour-mettre-en-place-une-routine-matinale\/","title":{"rendered":"I hacked the 30-day Miracle Morning challenge and gained 60 hours a month"},"content":{"rendered":"

After discovering the routine of The Miracle Morning \u2013 Hal Elrod's best-seller<\/a> -, and after reading numerous testimonials about the benefits of the morning routine, I decided to take up the 30-day Miracle Morning challenge\u00ab<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rather than following the book to the letter, I started by defining my morning objectives, which were as follows:
\n\u2013 get a head start on my working day by dealing with the most important emails, sending instructions to my colleagues and drawing up my daily schedule,
\n\u2013 not to have an energy slump during the day,
\n\u2013 freeing up time for myself: sport, reading, meditation\u2026<\/p>\n

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To begin with, I had Prepare a wonderful morning routine<\/strong>, where everything was well-timed between 5:30 and 8:15 (the time I left for the office) ... and I never stuck to it!<\/p>\n

Miracle Morning: I couldn't get out of bed!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

January was probably not the best month to acquire the habit of getting up very early. At 5:30 am it is still pitch dark, and getting out from under the duvet means facing the cold of the bedroom. Not ideal for someone who feels the cold as much as I do!<\/p>\n

Waking up earlier also, and above all, means bringing your bedtime forward. Not easy when you train in the evening and still have to make dinner and do a few chores before going to sleep.<\/p>\n

Miracle Morning: morning meditation can be forgotten<\/h2>\n

The few attempts at morning meditation \u201cto start the day right\u201d all ended the same way: falling back asleep, which left me utterly drained of energy. No doubt about it, \u201cyoga\u201d or \u201cmeditation\u201d style morning routines are not for me. Failing to awaken spiritually bright and early, I will at least have learned that about myself.<\/p>\n

Morning workout routine, not feeling motivated<\/h2>\n

In my case, morning sports training turns out to be complicated to set up, since I leave for work at 8:15 and the gym opens at 7:00. Doable, but tight. There was also the running option, but in winter, it didn't spark much motivation on my part, even though during this period I ran three times a week, and I did sport almost every day<\/a>, but in the evening.<\/p>\n

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30-Day Miracle Morning Challenge: I created my own morning routine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

At this stage one might think that the experiment has been a total failure. But actually no! I improvised, tested, failed and then a few beneficial habits gradually took hold!<\/p>\n

I kept the 5:30 alarm every day, and then I went with the flow: sometimes I got straight up, other times I lingered, and a few times I chose to go back to sleep because I didn't feel well enough to get up early. Despite this, my average waking time went from 7:30 previously to 6:30.<\/p>\n

Every morning I prepared a hearty breakfast for myself, which gradually became my reason for getting up: tea, freshly squeezed orange juice, banana, honey, yoghurt, eggs, cheese, bread, honey, raisins, almonds and chia seeds<\/a>. This hearty breakfast allowed me to skip the midday lunch break, without any feeling of hunger and without a drop in energy.<\/p>\n

So every day I saved two hours (an hour in the morning and an hour at lunchtime), roughly sixty hours a month<\/strong>, without making any particular effort.<\/p>\n

These saved hours allowed me to have time to read, to learn Arabic on Duolingo, and to work. This meant I didn't have to work extra-long days and therefore had time for exercise at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

Adapt your morning routine as the seasons change<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I think that with the arrival of spring I could get up more easily at 5:30 and thus gain another hour, which would make three hours gained per day, or at least sixty hours freed up each month, if we stick to working days. Generally speaking, I think the morning routine should evolve with the seasons. Why persist in taking a freezing shower in winter? Why consume so many calories in summer when the body doesn't have to fight the cold? Why get up at a fixed time when the sunrise time varies just like our circadian rhythms?<\/p>\n

My advice: be flexible so that the \u00abMiracle Morning\u00bb can take place<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In my case, the morning has become a facilitator for the day, allowing me to have breakfast, organise my daily schedule, deal with a few priority tasks if necessary, and carve out time for reading, walking my dog or stretching, or even some housework. I make sure it stays an enjoyable time, during which I sometimes listen to a podcast or music. The aim is to get the day off to a good start and not necessarily to stick to a schedule, nor to be \u201cproductivity\u201d-oriented as soon as I wake up. You have to be flexible.<\/p>\n

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Apr\u00e8s avoir d\u00e9couvert la routine du Miracle Morning – le best-seller de Hal Elrod -, et apr\u00e8s avoir lu de nombreux t\u00e9moignages sur les bienfaits de la routine matinale, j\u2019ai d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defi-30-jours","category-developpement-personnel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3425,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/3425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/defi30jours.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}