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5 Steps To A Better Morning Routine For High-Stress Times
Getting COMFY by Jordan Gross is all about making mornings manageable.
It’s packed with sensible advice and real-life examples that explain how to start your day with a peaceful attitude, ready to tackle any challenges life has waiting for you.
Jordan Gross outlines five action points to help kickstart your day in the right direction: from the psychological benefit of heartwarming videos, to the best way to wake up (spoiler alert: it involves a drill sergeant) and conversations with your Uber driver.
All of this combined will help get your morning off on the fast track to success.
Get ready to learn key lessons needed to jumpstart your day in style, while also developing a calm mindset that can offset stress and enable you to make better decisions throughout the day.
With Getting COMFY, Jordan Gross shows us why proper morning rituals are just as important as anything else we do during the day!
Start Improving Your Life By Creating A Morning Routine With Getting Comfy And The No Snooze Challenge
We all owe it to ourselves to develop a morning routine that makes us feel our best.
After all, we spend more time with ourselves than anyone else!
That’s why taking the time to improve our life starts with improving ourselves – and an excellent way to do this is to reinvent our morning routine.
Jordan Gross developed “Getting COMFY” which is a five-part morning routine that helps him reach his fullest potential each day.
He knows it works because when he doesn’t follow this routine, he feels sluggish and tired like he has missed out on an opportunity.
In order to make sure you have the time necessary for your new morning routine, Gross recommends the No Snooze Challenge.
This game involves setting yourself up for success by choosing an activity you love and then limiting yourself in terms of how much time you spend doing that activity if you oversleep.
The idea here is that this will give you the incentive to wake up right away when your alarm goes off.
And lastly, the key to ensuring a good night’s sleep so that you can implement your new morning routine successfully is “going to bed smiling.” This means spending some time before turning off your lights doing something enjoyable – such as watching TV or talking with a loved one – so that positive thoughts send you off for some deep restful sleep.
With these steps in place, you’ll be ready to get COMFY and start feeling your best each day!
Finding Calm In The Morning: Exploring Different Ways To Get Comfy Before Your Day Begins
Beginning your day with a sense of calmness is key to avoiding starting it feeling stressed.
To do this, Gross suggests having part of your morning routine devoted to some kind of calming activity.
One fantastic example is meditation – just find somewhere comfortable to sit and focus on deep breathing or repeating a short mantra.
If you need more guidance, there are plenty of apps like Headspace that can provide step-by-step instruction for beginners.
Yoga and stretching can also be great ways to find serenity in the morning, as they’re not only calming but also loosen up your body.
Touching your toes or tilting your head towards each shoulder can be beneficial even without any complicated poses.
The environment you choose can really set the tone for how peaceful you feel – try to pick somewhere that brings you happiness, whether it’s a nearby park, balcony, or video playing peacefully in the background.
Ultimately, whatever gives you peace of mind is what will help start your day off stress-free!
The Importance Of Openness And Self-Reflection In A Morning Routine
When it comes to getting the most out of life, it pays off to be open.
In his book “Getting COMFY”, Gross learned this lesson when he started talking to his Uber driver — a music legend in Chicago.
Through their conversation, Gross showed genuine interest and made the connection necessary to expand his knowledge.
Every morning can serve as an opportunity to “check in” with those around us.
It can be as simple as sending a text message to check with an old friend or reaching out to someone we admire in business.
Being candid and expressing our honest feelings is one of the best ways to foster relationships.
But before doing that, it’s important to check in with ourselves first.
Start your day with some introspection before attending matters outside yourself: Put away your phone and computer and try journaling instead – write down what you want, appreciate and fear instead.
Once you’ve done that, you’ll have a better idea about your needs and desires; write down a mini-to-do list for the day as a practical game.
Using each morning as an opportunity for openness is the key to building stronger relationships — both with the world around us and within ourselves!
Regardless of who we’re connecting with, being genuine, enthusiastic, and memorable should always come first if we want fruitful conversations or even small successes in life!
Start Your Day Off Right With Movement For Mind And Body
Starting your day by moving your body can have a huge impact not just on your physical state but also on your mental one.
As NASM certified personal trainer Jesse Gross explains, movement is an incredible way to get your heart pumping and your brain activity heightened.
But that’s not all – it can also be an effective mood-booster.
Gross himself had a first-hand experience with this when he woke up to terrible news once – he was rejected from his dream job at Google.
Rather than staying in bed discouraged, he followed his morning routine and went to the gym with added intensity.
By doing so he managed to shift his negative feelings into optimistic thoughts about the future.
Gross’ friend Jake found out about the power of morning workouts too when playing division 1 soccer at Harvard University with two Marine drill sergeants leading practice starting at 6:30am..
After they were done, Jake felt like he could do anything and that newfound confidence boosted him up for the rest of the day.
While you don’t need to complete a triathlon before breakfast, any bit of movement in the morning– whether its a light jog or an upbeat aerobics class –can help stimulate both the mind and body for the day ahead.
If you make finding time to move part of your routine every morning, you’ll feel unstoppable!
Laugh Your Way Through Every Morning With The Power Of Humour
You know the old saying: start your day with a smile and you’ll always have the last laugh.
This is something that Craig Gross learned firsthand while he was volunteering as a care partner at Mather Pavilion in Illinois.
He realized that when he managed to crack a joke or two, even in the most difficult of situations, it made his job so much easier and brought about smiles on the faces of those around him.
And that’s what we all need, especially to start our day off right.
Gross suggests incorporating some simple strategies into your morning routine to help you keep your spirits up and put a smile on your face each day.
To start off with, create your own Positive News Network.
Try avoiding all those negative headlines first thing in the morning by curating news websites with positive stories instead.
And don’t forget to share these stories!
Find someone you can exchange funny moments with every morning – like Kelly from Gross’s local laundry service – to make sure that laughter is part of your daily routine as well as theirs!
By simply making an effort to bring a little bit of comedy into everyday life, you will end up feeling refreshed and energized for a productive day ahead!
Comfy: Nurturing Your Passions To Help You Achieve Your Goals
We all know the feeling of being tired after hitting the snooze button one too many times.
That’s why it is important to get out of bed in the morning with motivation that comes from within.
The COMFY Book explains how to create a routine with your true passions in mind.
Gross explains that finding your passion requires doing something that not only excites you, but something that has a deeper meaning as well.
In his own life, he witnessed how his parents put aside time each morning to give him and his brother their love and attention before they left for work – their passion was taking care of them and this drove them through each day.
For Gross’s neighbour, Jim Fagan, his passion was running – regardless of obstacles like getting injured by a careless driver, he still managed to fit this into his daily routine.
Gross’ guiding interest is ‘adding value to others’, something he believes should be applied to every action we take in our lives.
This helps him prioritize projects such as launching MomdelS, which sells traditional Jewish cookies with profits going towards Multiple Sclerosis research.
To him, spending just 15-30 minutes on something meaningful and impactful every morning can often go a long way when working towards bigger goals later in the day.
Take this advice and make your mornings meaningful by pursuing your passions; no matter what you do for a living or where you are in life, dedicating some time each morning will help add focus and clarity throughout your entire day!
Wrap Up
The ultimate message of Getting COMFY is that the mornings don’t have to be the most dreaded part of the day.
By slowly introducing mindful habits, exercise, and a passion project or two into your wake up routine, you can create a calm and productive start to every day.
The actionable advice is then simple: try out the “lose your phone” challenge.
Make a list in advance of what you’d like to accomplish daily, stash your phone away in an inconvenient spot, and don’t pick it up until you’ve crossed off all of the items on that list.
With this challenge alone, you can increase your focus and get more done than expected in just a few hours!
