Starting With A Solemn Morning - LOH #270

Happy New Year ladies and gentlemen of the @ladiesofhive community. It's a delight to see everyone healthy and strong in this 2026. Welcome to my blog. I'm particularly excited to participate in the first prompt of the year by @sacra97, choosing the first question which is equally a very good question to start the year with.

Life is too short to worry too much. How do you like to start your mornings?

Worry kills joy and robs one of one's blessings and happiness. That's why I'm so conscious of how I like to start my mornings. I'd always had this belief that how I start my mornings has a great effect on how my day goes. If I start with too much worry, it sweeps into the day's activities and I end up not achieving more. But if I start with positive vibes it reflects on my activities for the day.

Once I'm up from bed early in the morning, I take a glass of warm water to hydrate my system and boost my metabolism. I play some gospel or cool music to steer up my mood. After that I wake other members of the family( usually during school period) for the family's routine morning devotions. But if it's during the holiday period, I allow everyone to wake up on their own.

The next thing I do is to prepare breakfast. After that, I head to my garden, to water the plants. The moment I'm done with that, I switch on my phone, check on some messages on WhatsApp, respond to those that need to reply, read and reply to some emails and then move to Hive to check up on some notifications/write a post before heading to the office for the day's activities.

Having a great day starts with consciously imbibing healthy habits in the morning routine. A great day isn't one void of some challenges but one that is carefully, consciously and intentionally planned from the start of the day by those things we do at the start of the day. So, my morning starts with a glass of warm water, steer up my mood with solemn music, say my prayer, after which I prepare breakfast, water my garden and then check my phone for my Hive and other online activities.

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