How will your day go today?

The first few moments after you wake determines much.

 

What are your first moments like now?

 

Can that be changed?

And why would you bother?

 

To “win the day” means to “wake up on the right side of the bed.” “

 

It means to get a good start.

 

“Well begun is half done.”

 

That saying has value and power.

 

My search engine (Brave) defines it thus:

 

“The phrase “well begun is half done” means that a good start on a project or task makes it much easier to complete successfully.

 

Once you begin a project well, you do not need to exert much more effort to finish it.”

 

In those first few moments, the subconscious mind is most open to suggestion.

 

By inserting positivity into those moments, the subconscious mind sets up the day for us.

 

Makes the day “much easier to complete successfully. “

 

Do you suppose that this part may also be true:

 

“…Once you begin a project well, you do not need to exert much more effort to finish it?”

 

Could the day need less effort and flow more smoothly as a result of a good beginning?

 

Hmm..How to find out?

 

I know! Let’s experiment.

 

Do it for a week or three.

 

See how it goes.

 

Now…the devil is in the details…

 

If you say to yourself: “This is silly and stupid. Nothing so simple can work.”

 

What to do you suppose will happen?

Right. You are feeding that information to the subconscious.

 

So…just do it without the commentary.

 

Or….

 

Inject belief into it.

 

Sing it with feeling.

 

Sing what?

How about:

 

“When you’re smiling. When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you. When you’re laughing, the sun comes shining through.”

 

Know that song? If not, find it online.

 

And…don’t “try.” Do.

 

See what happens in one week.

 

Last night, I had a restless sleep. Woke up at three am. Finally got up at 4 am. Made some warm milk and nutmeg. Back to bed about 5.

 

Still got up in time to be in the office before 9am.

 

Much of the reason? Because I use this myself to start the day strong.

 

In previous days, I could and would have stayed in bed and started the day sluggishly and late…10 or even 11am.

 

Might this work for you too?

 

Let me know how it goes.

 

In Joy and Love                                                                                        

 

Matti Anttila PLD (Professional Laughter Dude)

Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher

Head Honcho at EasyStressRelease.com

Author of The Zen of Joy

 

“Joy and Love are key to overcoming our inner turmoil as well as the challenges and chaos present in the world.”

 

Free resource: “108 Tips for More Joy, Energy and Health.”   Click here:  https://joyenergyandhealth.com

Do your own research. Do not trust mine.    

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