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If night is an inhale, the morning must be an exhale.

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As you get ready, give yourself time.

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Center your heart and mind on what is most important to you. It will end your morning routine on a positive note, and ensure you are ready to take on the day!

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Our capacity to wake in the right way—to recognize a morning as a morning and to do something about it besides complain and check our phones—can impact us similarly.

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I used to exercise first thing in the morning. Not anymore. I’ve found that exercising first thing in the morning actually sucks my energy, leaving me with less than I started.

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If I were to start with negative influences first, the rest of the day is an uphill battle to reach positivity.

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Every day we wake up looking for breakfast in bed,
of bacon and eggs
and honey and tea,
from someone who didn’t go to sleep with us.

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morning light rushes in as you sleep soundly. I burrow into the warmth of your chest, my ear against your heart. as your heart beats softly, I press my lips to the nape of your neck.

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When you’re with someone who makes you love Mondays, you’re bound to love every day. You’re bound to love every moment, no matter how small.

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“He gets up, puts on his slippers, and then lays mine by the bed for me to slip on right when I stand up. We’ve never spoken about it but he does it now every single morning, and my heart still melts a little bit every single time. It’s so little but it makes me feel so loved.”