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8 Strategies That’ll Help You Wake Up Feeling Happy

    |    by Rebecca

8 Proven Strategies That'll Help You Wake Up Feeling Happy - Everything Abode

Are you starting your day with so much mental clarity, energy, inspiration, and motivation that your whole day is brought together to be more productive?

The response is unlikely to be ‘Yes’, but rest assured, that can all be changed! 

You can for sure wake up feeling refreshed, with a great perspective come morning time. It’s very achievable and it can be done!

In fact, you’ll quickly discover that the fastest approach to rising to the challenge is to have a positive attitude combined with a few good actions early in the morning because once you know them, it’ll change everything!

Let’s look at ways to become the happy morning person that has plenty of motivation so that you feel fantastic after you wake up and don’t feel drained, miserable, or slow for the day.

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First, before we begin, you must have a compelling reason to wake up feeling happy.

We all would love to wake up with a smile on our face each morning but additionally, since we are talking about it, I don’t think anyone needs to wake up as though they are a kid on Christmas morning. 

But you surely must have a good compelling reason to wake up with enough energy and feeling ready for the day every morning? 

Maybe it’s a passion project that you have been putting off, or maybe it’s to win back time with your kids, and whatever your reason, if it gives you that extra motivation and drive to take charge of your mornings, then that’s the best place to start. 

Plus having a compelling reason will help make these 8 more ways to wake up feeling a little bit better, a lot easier to implement. Let’s start the list!

1. Know how much sleep you really need.

How long should you sleep at night? Did you know that you can actually get too much sleep?

Research has shown that sleep loss contributes to symptoms of exhaustion during the day while sleeping too much can have negative effects on your mental health. 

Since the most desirable amount of sleep is about 7-9 hours, a person must decide what hours their body requires between those hours, in order to evaluate their sleep sweet spot, and having a handy sleep journal will support you with your sleep problems to find the best hours for you!

Paying attention to the days you feel the most energy, simply measure how much sleep you had the night before a great day, or was in a better mood, these are good symbols and key indicators of when you are sleeping well.

To get the amount of sleep you deserve, check out these 14 ways to fall asleep faster here.

 

2. Start your day off with gratitude.

After you’re up and are out of bed, the next best thing that sleep experts suggest to start feeling really good in the mornings is to start retraining the brain to feel happier by thinking about what you’re extremely grateful for in life.

Ideally, this should be one of the first thoughts that enter your mind just after opening up your eyes, and repeating those positive thoughts will be all the better. 

It could be something tiny and minuscule like feeling grateful for a roof over your head or it could be very important such as overcoming an illness.  It could also be anything from your infancy that you are most proud of or something great that happened for you this week that makes you feel great just thinking about it. 

It doesn’t really matter what you choose to be grateful for, just as long as you are feeling the gratitude each morning. 


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3. Stretch Your Muscles as Soon as You Wake Up.

Stretching in the morning just after you wake up and before work can help ease some stress or aches from sleeping the previous night. It also refreshes the body and helps improve the blood supply for the remainder of the day. And helping your body out this way is a great way to start feeling a little bit happier in the mornings. 

4. Combat the snooze button if it’s making you sleep in.

Sleep experts suggest if you would like to take charge of your mornings and truly win back your days that hitting the snooze button multiple times will strip your joy away. 

We all do it, we press the snooze, but when we do, we have great remorse. So come morning time, you have to let your alarm know who’s boss, and counting backward from five to zero, then getting straight-up afterward, is the best way to combat the snooze button. 

5. Eat healthy fats.

Incorporating something healthy to eat such as healthy fats is a great way of giving your body the longevity it needs, thus bringing you more happiness and good fuel for the start of each day. These good healthy fats will help you conquer your day and they are the best mood and brain-enhancing foods your body can get! 

Here are a few healthy fats to include in your mornings:

    • Avocados
    • Cheese
    • Dark Chocolate
    • Whole Eggs
    • Fatty Fish
    • Nuts
    • Chia Seeds
    • Extra Virgin Olive Oil

 


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6. Smile and turn your positivity inward when you look at yourself!

Did you know that research shows that washing your face will wake you up faster than coffee? On top of that, you can also trick your brain into thinking happier thoughts if the only thing you do is smile!

Since we all know that getting out of bed in the morning is not always easy, if you go to the bathroom, wash your face with cold invigorating water, and say three nice things that you really like about yourself, it will really start your day off well. 

Make sure that you choose your words wisely, be kind to yourself, and don’t forget to smile as you do it. This little trick will help you go from grumpy to happy in a splash.

7. Create a simple morning exercise routine to get your body feeling extra energized.

We all know that fitness and happiness go hand-in-hand and that working out will also strengthen and release those extra endorphins that we need in the mornings, so if you can do some sort of fitness training – anything – in order to get your cells going. 

You’re really going to be starting your day off to a good start and in a more positive mood if you can try to choose anything from yoga, weight lifting, ab workouts to take a short brisk walk around your neighborhood, as these are all good ways to start the day off in a better mood. 


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8. Create a master checklist to feel less overwhelmed & stressed.

Lastly, you have to be aware that the design and implementation of a master checklist (for the day ahead) are extremely important if you want to achieve your goals. 

The good news is, it’s pretty basic and rather simple to create a master checklist. All you need is to create a list of your most important tasks (hopefully the night prior) and leave it right beside your alarm so you can grab it first thing upon awakening. 

Remember, humans thrive off of routines and if it’s already outlined for you, you’ll be much better equipped to knowing what you need to get done — done!

Plus you’ll be just a little bit more in control of your destiny, which will hopefully, have an end result in making you smile a little bit more in the mornings.


There you have it. Waking up feeling great in the mornings can be done, but you can’t just leave it to chance. You can’t just hope that you’re going to wake up smiling and in a good mood either — you have to actively try!

That’s why implementing a few of these morning tips is a good starting point for making your mornings just a little bit more joyful.  

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Author: Rebecca

Hi, my name is Rebecca and I am the face behind Everything Abode! I am a lifestyle and wellness writer based out of Vancouver Island. When I’m not writing or exploring mountains and beaches with my furry rescue, I love spending time learning creative ways to manifest a healthy home. Thanks for stopping by!

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