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I splash cold water on my face now and again. Triggers our mammalian dive reflex, pops the lungs open. Also removes excess grease without going too far. Feels great!
Dad taught me to do this as a kid to wake up fresh. He didn't know about the reflex, but it works.
Meditate. It was difficult in the beginning but since doing it consistently every day I've found a way to "dissolve" almost instantly.
Sex in the morning.
A shower in the evening.
Riding the ebike to/from work instead of driving.
A good 30+ mins jog, especially for ADHD enjoyers.
Actually seems to help with general anxiety too
Drinking a hot tea for breakfast while lookong the landscape from the balcony.
I think of three things for which I am grateful every day. Reminders fire on all my devices and I don't dismiss the reminder until I complete the task. That might be first thing after I get my senses after waking up. It might not be until 7pm. But I do it every day, almost without fail (unless ill or something).
Some yoga / back stretching, highly advise for folks getting older.
thankfully im getting younger
Walk my dogs through the woods for 30 to 60 minutes with my wife and kids.
A joint before bed is always nice. It isn't everyday but its often enough
Sauna for 20m when i wake up.
You've got a sauna at home?
Yes, i highly recommend it! But you can often find saunas in community centers, gyms and other places where naked people hangout.
Are you from Finland?
If he was, the routine would also involve an ice cold lake and vodka...
Nah, not really. Beer is more of a drink after sauna, because it hydrates as well. (Yes the overall alcohol is a diuretic but beer as opposed to vodka.)
After sauna you can maybe have a shot or two but that's just for a weekend sauna or something.
Going to the sauna is hardly anymore special than taking a bath. In fact I'd argue that more Finnish households have saunas than bathtubs, although that is a guess. We have more saunas than registered cars.
Pretty much every apartment, even studios, built after like 1990 has a sauna. Perhaps of the tiniest ones don't, but a small one small two-room apartment built after -95 definitely would. Mine does. And these are cheap government rentbuildings.
There's no lake at my apartment building, so I just have to settle for a cool shower and/or sometimes standing on the balcony in the winter.
And if you live in an apartment building that you don't have a personal sauna in, there's definitely one in your building still which you're allowed to reserve as a tenant, for like an hour or two a week, some for free some for like 2e/h.
No! But it would be an amazing place to live!
I think, going to sauna in the morning can be a bit hard for me... (Morning and I...) But, I should try. Thanks for the tip though
I try to knock off work an hour earlier than I planned to in the morning and take my dog for a walk. Sometimes I even leave my phone behind. It is surprisingly relaxing just knowing I could have a heart attack back in the tree line and the dog would be the only other thing to know where I was.
drink water
I like to bow and namaste. Even with the worst things, I still give reverence to the universe, and despite my dislike for something or someone, these too have meaning, somehow, someway. It is not my position to know why, just that I recognize it and accept it.
Writing a list of things I want to do at the start of the day. Don't need to get them all done, but it just gives some direction. Things can roll over too, if they seem worth it.
If it's sunny: go for a good walk (about 5km/3mi). Or failing that, take the cat outside and sit on the back patio for a little while. The sun exposure gives me some much needed vitamin D.
Other than that, I make sure I get some quiet time each day to recharge away from other people, virtual and otherwise.
