THANK YOU for watching!!! We are SO grateful for YOU!!!!!!! Mega Motivation Morning Routines Playlist: cli.re/Morning-Routine-Playlist and the Frog Projects Video: th-cam.com/video/bgXA2PE2zzw/w-d-xo.html
You should whatch the Huberman lab podcast. He explains the neurological benefits of looking at the sun around sunrise and the positive effects to your circadian rithm. You might want to step outside though, it's even better 😀
I am so grateful to have found your channel! I’m 65 and decluttering after three children, all grown with homes and children of their own. ❤️ Your message is timeless. God bless you and your family. ~ Maria
I’m not a morning person. When our marriage was young, I had to tell my husband not to speak to me until after my coffee and shower. We immediately stopped arguing every morning. And he started bringing me my first cup of coffee.
I am not a morning person. I’ve told my husband that I might would get up and make him breakfast if he promised not to talk to me lol 😂. He can’t do it!! I may or may not have stayed really still and pretended to be asleep before....🥺 lol
My husband accepts me as a non morning person. If he is talking too much while we are all getting ready for work/school, I remind him I dont like him (or anyone) too early in the morning 🤷♀️🤦♀️❤🤣
My grown kids have thanked me for teaching them a morning routine of "5 things" (one for each finger on one hand): make bed, get dressed, brush teeth, pray, stretch. This routine sets their compass and then they are ready for whatever comes their way.
Love this! I wish I had implemented this when I started homeschooling. The kids day did begin with Bible video with their curriculum but I needed to be more organized. Routine makes things easier.
I watched you morning routine yesterday .. and I absolutely love it ! I’m a new subscriber to you, Natalie and am absolutely LOVING all your content ! Your inspirational to me as a 14 year old who’s dream is to be a mom and wife !
Saying that we aren't going to get up in the mornings for things we don't enjoy was such a huge mindset shift. It seems obvious, but thank you for actually saying it! You are always encouraging.
I have noticed recently that being happy for someone else actually makes me happy. I have to say, I am so happy that Tom moved that shed for you. Seeing that sunrise every morning for years to come is priceless. I am so happy that you appreciate that beauty!
This explains everything! Now that I am working from home I fell like I am getting more done at home on my breaks. I was useless in the morning and at night after a stressful day at work.
THANK YOU for admitting you don’t make the bed in the morning! I’m tired of people acting like it’s the epitome of laziness to not make the bed. So what? We all have different priorities! 😁
I make the bed in the morning NOT because it's lazy not to, but because if it's still unmade there is a very real chance I will crawl right back in! LOL!
Thanks for being real about how you tried evening and morning routines that didn’t work for you. I have also tried to do devotions in the morning, or in the evening after my baby goes to sleep. But that has not been working. I’m so grateful that I found time to “have lunch” with Jesus lately and I’ve been enjoying and looking forward to it everyday!
Looking out at that sunrise and “grounding yourself” is a form of devotional. You are taking the time to enjoy and appreciate the world around you and your blessings. I think that is great!
This is the best morning routine video I have ever seen. It just releases you from guilt and caused me to think of everything from a different perspective. Definitely lightened the burden that we put on ourselves
I wake up a hour before my alarm without trying, which is almost two hours before my husband and daughter wake up. The very first thing I do is leave a message each for my two closest friends (both who live in a different country to me and one who's in a different time zone) just so they have something nice to wake up to and know someone is thinking of them.
For some of us the mornings are hard... moms struggling with chronic pain, mornings are usually the hardest, when things are stiff and body isn’t cooperating. We have to take courage and never give up. (Also probably not compare our morning routine to someone else’s who is not battling chronic pain. 😅)
I almost didn’t watch this because all of these people with their morning routines depress me. I have chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and mornings just hurt. I love how Dawn lets us know that it’s ok to not have a “perfect” routine. It’s ok to be real.
I agree chronic pain makes mornings tough (and afternoons and evenings too!) "Grace" is such a lovely word and we need to allow ourselves lots of that.
Yes! I used to be a morning person but chronic pain definitely makes mornings harder (but I still have 2 small people who get up before me!), and evenings (my brain shuts off at like 7pm and I don't want to talk to anyone). My routines consist of: try to reduce current pain level and avoid triggering more pain, feed/hydrate myself, do something for mental stimulation. I don't get much fancier than that right now lol.
Shout out to my afternoon people! I can get up early in the morning, but only if it means quiet time for me. I’m most productive between 10 am and 4 pm.
I love that your message was not like "do these 5 things in the morning and be successful", but instead, "find out what works for you".😊 I'm a kind of person who needs to get things written down before going to bed, or else I keep thinking about them all night. I put even littlest things on my phone calendar. I've even put "take a shower" as a notification sometimes.😅
I absolutely LOVE your honesty!!! I cannot tell you what freedom it has given me to NOT fold my toddlers clothes every time she pulls them out of the drawer (at LEAST 3X DAILY), or not feeling guilty because I DON'T want to clean all day! And THIS....all you said about morning time really resonates with me!
Dawn, what a delight for someone to be honest about routines! I tried to do the flylady routines. I can’t .......now when I get up I have coffee, then do the same things, but later. Retired, not getting up at the crack of dawn. Not feeling the anxiety of rush anymore! Amen!
Your simple honesty and self-acceptance are playing such a big part in me learning to have peace with myself! I tend to make these ideal routines that I cannot live up to either! Thank you for your inspiration, it is helping me to make my life so much better!!!💐💕🌈
I have always been a “night owl” until I needed to change my health. After hearing so much about how important sleep is to health, I decided to get up early. My “Good Morning” list starts at 8 pm. When I do the same things every night, it starts me toward feeling sleepy. This was new for me. Not everyone wants to set up the day on the night before...but when I do, I feel better for sleep at night and then sets me up for a good day.
I love how each woman in these videos has a real house. It's not Instagram perfect. Insides of cabinets aren't painted. Some details aren't the trendiest or most modern. There's a little clutter or chaos. Their homes look loved and lived in. Dawn's videos and collaborators never make me feel like I'm falling short while showing ways to be better
I have a 6mo old(child #6). I find i need to sit with her either by a window or out on the porch sipping coffee just enjoying the quiet & sunshine before the chaos of the other children.
I wake up, hubby brings coffee, and I have “coffee time” with my dog and watch a few TH-cam friends, then hubs and I pray before he leaves. This is new since my youngest is driving to school now and after so many years of busy early mornings and drives to school, I’m really relishing it ! Love your new view Dawn ! Think of all the women to come in your house who will cherish their morning coffee with that view !
As always, THANK YOU for not pretending there’s one right way to live life. I have had guilt over morning routines my whole life because I hate mornings and every fantasy morning routine I tried always failed within days or weeks. This gives me some food for thought moving forward! 💕 Love you!
I agree that there's not one right way to live, but I think that even for the same person there's not one right way to live. Seasons change in our lives and what might have worked for a season in my life (of days or weeks), now doesn't fit, and that's okay, too. Learning to be gracious to myself through ALL the seasons of life. Thanks for your post! So wise!
Going on you tube is a part of my morning routine. It makes me feel less lonely and motivates me to get going and do things; especially, watching your videos. I have a cup or two of coffee, get my motivation fix, and get started on my day. It takes about an hour. I have tried getting up early and following other morning routines, but they don't work for me. I feel empty until I get on you tube and watch other people living their lives. I don't know why this is, but it really works for me. You inspire me to apply your ideas to my life and helps me live creatively.
PREACH!!!! I am so over the perfect 10 step morning routines that are Not. Fun. At. ALL!! I love how real you were in this video saying things many of us have all felt! Exercise does not get me out of bed! But an amazing, sweet, warm cup of my morning coffee or creamy dandelion tea does!!
This is BY FAR my favorite video of yours. I've watched so many of them but this one touched a very sensitive string in my heart...I teared up just listening to you. EVERY SINGLE WEEK...I feel so defeated because I don't seem to get my "ideal" morning routine up and going and not being spiritual enough to wake up and have that alone time with God. Seriously, thank you Dawn for opening up your heart about this
For me it's the birds singing. I'm up at 4:30 a.m. for some quiet time before I get my first Granddaughter up for school (yes, she and her Dad are waiting for the bus while the moon is still out). I open the patio door for the dog to go out and leave it open so I can hear the birds at around 5:00 a.m. Love it. I do start my time off with TH-cam, but mostly people like you, Prepper Princess, Patera, and others that I feel will educate and inspire me for the day (but no Pinterest, FB, don't have Instagram or anything like that).
Two snooze buttons, coffee at hand, and no talking. Definitely no music or sound of any sort. (Love you, Honey Bear). Early to bed as well. Thanks for making me feel normal in a super overdrive world. I do make the bed as I crawl out of it. I cannot stand an unmade bed. Blessings!
@@kdonor yeah, we’ve been having issues with our account being impersonated, kind of a bummer, but they usually get taken down right away so that’s good!
SAME! My husband and I watch much of your episodes with Tom and you together and have gone through al our camper searches with your help. We both feel like you guys are our close friends! This episode was SO HELPFUL to me. I often feel such guilt of not getting up early and doing these things. I don't have to be like someone else and live their morn morning routine. Plus its just not practical with little kids. I'm going to reevaluate my morning.
Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head that doing things first thing in the morning that don't excite you will lead to you laying in bed. I always wanted to be that person that works out first thing in the morning, but I'd rather sleep or lay in warm covers than workout. I got tired of fighting myself and feeling like a failure so I started working out after my workday before I do anything else when I get home -- it has made all the difference. My morning is short, I give myself enough time for getting ready, breakfast and getting to work on time (now it's even shorter since I just need to stroll down my hallway to the office). I've learned that doing things first thing doesn't invite my focus.
Dawn you are a morning person, you enjoy the mornings to yourself. Just because you don't want to talk right away doesn't mean your not a morning person. I am a night owl getting up is so hard for me but I come alive and start cleaning the house after 9pm it's crazy. Getting up early is so hard and I don't enjoy it at all
My husband used to say that he didn't need to look at the clock to know it was around 10 pm because I always got my "second wind" around then and would start getting more active - washing dishes, dusting, etc. LOL
I watched your morning routine and the Daily Connoisseur’s morning routine - I connected to both these options, but I had a good laugh because I think that your chatting with Tom was very similar to what my husband and I would say about the mornings! We have a 7 year old who is a morning person and early riser - so having quiet time before the kids wake up would require a 4am rising time! It is a wet morning here , so I get Dawn’s grounding staring at the sunrise. I like to smell the air and listen to the little animals around our house. It really is grounding and a great start to the morning. Thanks for this Dawn!
One of the refreshing things that I love about you is how you present “this is what I do, or how I do it” but make it clear that each individual has to find what works for you.
I always thought I was a night person. But really, I am a morning person. Who knew?!?! I read a book about the importance of sleep and did one of the challenges and found out my rhythm really is in the morning and now, I seem to get more done. But I am with you, my three kids know not to talk to me until I am done with my first cup of coffee! LOL They rarely wake up that early anyways. I found out too, it is easier for me to do my devotion and practice contemplative prayer at night when the kids go to bed. The house is soooo quiet at night and I love the glow of a candle with a small lamp. It just really sets my heart to God. We are all created differently and supporting each other in our differences is so meaningful. Thank you for your videos!! You are an inspiration for me.
Not a morning person not a night person! So funny yet I can relate😄💗 That's why I like to get up first in the morning before anyone else and no exercise for me either 😂Loved seeing your morning Dawn! The sunrise is amazing from your window! Thank you for including me in your playlist collaboration! 😀💟🤗💗💗
Hi Noémi. Actually I found Dawn through your channel (you had another collab before, right?) and I’m grateful for that. I enjoy both of your videos and I get so much inspiration from them.
"Understanding ourselves and how we're wired"...wise words! I have NEVER been a morning person and now that I'm retired, I go to bed after 1:00 a.m. (late night reading habit) and I don't get up until at least 10. In the past, when I had to get up early for work/kids, I hated it. I really agree with your advice regarding social media in the mornings...if for nothing else, I've learned it's a real time-waster.
I was so happy to see that you look out the kitchen window when you get up. That's what I love to do while waiting on my coffee. I'll put up the blind for few minutes to enjoy, then put it back down because we leave during the day. If even for a few minutes it's a beautiful way to start your day. Thank God for waking me up for another day and admire nature's beauty.
I’ve transitioned from a night owl most of my life to a morning-ish person. To me it’s worth getting up at least an hour before my kids so I can have peaceful time. For me it’s coffee, ten minute stretch, personal and work emails, and a TH-cam video that makes me happy.
I HAD to show my husband this video simply because the SAME conversation happens between us all the time. I've always been a "morning person", BUT I need an hour by myself to wake up and just do my routine before I can even think about speaking to anyone. And at night, by 7 or 8pm......don't try to talk about anything of importance. I'm toast. You guys are awesome!!
40 years ago, your dream morning was my morning routine. It was the only way I got some quiet time to myself. When the kids got up, it was full-tilt boogie. In the evening I had to make a list for the next day so that I wouldn’t stay awake in bed thinking about all that. Whatever works for you. Now, it’s totally different.
I tried to start watching this several times thinking that this was gonna tell me to wake up early,work out,drink some tea and get motivated. I have seen dozens of videos like that thinking...that’s just not me. I’m not motivated in the morning to do anything but sit and stare out the window for a bit. I’m glad I watched this. I’m glad its relatable. I’m glad there is someone like me that thinks if I have to wake up to work out in the morning then, I don’t want to get up. Thank you for making this video. It’s taught me being successful is learning who we are and being ok with that and still strive to do the things we want to do. It’s actually a very powerful message. I use to think that I had to be super woman to get stuff done. This fantasy idea of the perfect me. But maybe the perfect me isn’t what some would call perfect but I get stuff done and that works for me. And if that’s what works for me then that’s perfect. I will re evaluate later and see if I need to adjust things. Thank you so much.
The intro is hilarious!!! You guys are so funny and cute together! My husband is a morning person and I am not. He will pop off with "Is that my lovely wife" as I stumble through the bathroom to the closet as he is showering. I reply "ugh" and he joking says "ggrrrrooowwwlll". Always gives me a smile. Loving and accepting each other through the difference makes for a happy marriage.
1. Reconcile fantasy morning routine with one that is actually practical. 2. Figuring out what I need in the morning. 3. What am I willing to do the night before to set myself for a good morning? 4. Simplifying helps morning routines. 5.
I’ve been binge-watching your videos for weeks now and I just have to say THANK YOU!! I’ve been de-cluttering like a BOSS and my house and my heart feel so much lighter! ♥️ My fantasy morning person is much like yours. Get up early, devotion time, coffee, and exercise. The only part of that that ever happens is the coffee part. 🫣 I love what you say about looking out the window. I live in the country and have such beautiful views and your comment about the sunrise being consistent hit me like a ton of bricks. I’m not consistent, but the sunrise is. Just looking at the sunrise while sipping on coffee in the morning CAN be my devotional time because I’m always so thankful for God’s handiwork in the morning sunrise. Thank you Dawn and Tom for such amazing videos and advice. ♥️♥️
I love these collaborations. Thank you so much for coordinating them. I look forward to the new theme each month. The difference between a fantasy morning and an inspiring morning that will actually get you out of bed was like a light bulb. It was very helpful to help for me to rethink my morning routine and why I’ve been struggling so much with getting a new routine started.
I feel like everything you have said lately has been exactly what I needed to hear at each moment... I thought I would start back up with my morning routine.... Bible study, work out, all the important things.... but I think maybe getting up and getting ready for the day and feeling prepared maybe will help me feel more motivated to do it.... plus I’d rather my kids see my Bible study then cleaning the dishes? I’m going to give this a shot. I’ll be more motivated to get out of bed if there is work to be done
You made my day, week, year- admitting you like to get up, but don't want to talk to people. I am the same way and have always heard how weird I was for that. 💙 Love, you ,Tom and Diana!
I love the fact that you give everyone permission to do what works for us. The courage you had, to say that you don't feel like doing devotions in the morning, is all I needed today. I have been feeling down because I have been trying to wake up at 4AM to do my QT but because I enter to work so early (7AM), it needs to be at 4AM. I haven't been able and I have felt so much guilt. But it's like you say... we need to stop following the routines everyone and their dogs are doing according to THEIR lifestyle and start having more grace on ourselves to do what works for US. THANK YOU DAWN. ♡ Your channel is so cool and it has help me SO MUCH with decluttering, organizing, spending less, and feeling more at peace at home. God Bless You!
Ann, me too! I am a retired nurse and spent years getting up at the crack of dawn, feet on the floor , get ready for work. No longer I get up when I wake up. I have coffee. Then I get going with my routine. Finally I can take a breath in the morning!
The thing with social media in the morning, I often listen to some minimal motivation as I'm waking up to get me in that mindset before I get up to do my morning routine so I can think about what decluttering or cleaning I might want to do that day.
Good morning! Wow what a gorgeous view you have outside your window. I love starting my mornings slowly and intentionally by avoiding my phone for the first hour of the day 😌💛
Thank you for this, I have being going insane for years trying to follow the perfect morning routine. It just doesn't stick. What works for me is coffee. I always get a cup of coffee and write in my gratitude journal. It gets me started then I write down the most important things I need to do and listen to motivational speakers, while I shower and get dresses. By then I'm starving and eat a good breakfast and then I'm ready to take on the day.
Dawn, you are truly an inspiration. You have so much wisdom for such a young woman. I’m 68 and recently retired. I am definitely not a morning person. It’s just agony to make myself get out of bed to an alarm. I strived for so long to have my devotion early in the morning. Then I realized I was giving God the worst of myself, the worst of my day. Now I give myself permission to do it later after I’m really awake and am cognitive of what I’m reading and praying. Thank you for your videos. I am wanting to embrace minimalism but have a way to go. Especially after 50 years of marriage and all the stuff we have collected. I will get there, though.
I must admit, i hate early mornings, but my relationship with God has deepened so much and I have sensed the Holy Spirit speaking to me so much more when I give the first part of my work day to Him. When my alarm goes off (between 4.30-5.30am) I want to get up, get my coffee and pray.
I love the VIEW surrounding your home. Very few people wake up to such beautiful scenery every day. That's definitely one reason, in itself, to get up every day in a good mood🙂.
If I had to wake up early for a flight to Disney World, I'd definitely get up early! I need to treat every day with that level of excitement, though, because God made each day special!
So agree with you! On day 3 at the parks, I'm walking like a 15 year old and riding rides eating junk like, what ulcer? When I get home it's back to the 63 year old who barely makes it around the block. So you now know why next year my husband and I are retiring to Florida.😂😂
Such a big blessing that my son is big enough to prepare for school and breakfast alone.... I just realized how less stressful my morning is. ( part of it because he is such a picky eater and he was always unhappy with the food I prepared).
I am a morning person. I wake up at 5 on purpose, I drink coffee, and sometimes will do a grateful journal, but mostly I watch TH-cam, like your channel. My dr wanted me to come up with a habit of walking 10 min 3x a week, I don't do it in the morning because it just doesn't work for me. It makes me crabby and I can't stay consistent with it. I feel like getting up early gives me quiet time by myself that I don't get in the evening. On the weekend early mornings I meal plan and do my calendar for the week. Love your videos!
I love this message, do what works for you. My morning routine changes seasonally. I like to walk/jog outside in the morning. In the winter I do that later in the morning, in the summer I do it pretty much as soon as I get up. I also just recently changed my evening routine because it just wasn’t working for me, and was causing me all kinds of guilt. 💙✌🏻
Greeting the sun and getting grounded with nature is devotions , at least to me. I have been thankful, sorrowful, humbled, motivated , forgiven forgiving , and much more looking into nature.
I’m so with you about quiet in the morning, my shift pattern for work means I’m often up before everyone else in the family and I love the peace. I also agree with the shutdown in the evening and not wanting to do stuff the night before. I’m so glad I don’t do night duty anymore
Being a planner girl, I have watched tonnes of routine vidoes, and this is the only one which made sense. Thank you so much for finally breaking the myth - you are either a morning person or night person. I am a day person, yes. 👍
My sister has done that for years and it is amazing to me. For me, that 15 minutes would turn into 90+ minutes of zzzzzzzz followed by an adrenaline rush as I woke up and realized how late I was! LOL
@@pvg1236 LOL! True, I set a second alarm on my phone, just in case! Yes, I have fallen back asleep. If I do fall asleep, I miss hubby's freshly brewed coffee. It gets stale. Fresh coffee, and breakfast, is my incentive.
Tidying up the kitchen, putting out my clothes the night before and other next-day prep was a gamechanger for me. I am NOT a morning person but have to be up and at work by 7am.
I like getting up in the morning but I find it difficult because I naturally stay up late. A friend of mine said instead of working out first thing like a lot of people do, she does chores and I tried it and I actually love it. Unload the dishwasher or put on some laundry, it’s something useful I can do while I’m still waking up and don’t really have to use my brain for. Working from home I usually take my first call still in my PJs, then shower mid morning. Weekends are so much more productive for me because I can lie in but still get loads done (maybe it’s because it feels more varied than my desk job all day even if I do different projects as part of that). Part of my evening routine has become watching your videos Dawn - I find them really relaxing and peaceful to watch just before bed, like I’m going to sleep with good mindfulness and intentions ☺️
I’ve been really enjoying these playlists, & it’s introduced me to some channels I’ve subscribed to that otherwise I doubt I’d have found. Thanks Dawn!👍❤️
I cracked up when you said you aren’t a morning or a night person because that’s exactly how I feel about myself! Thank you for the tips and encouragement!
This made me laugh out loud so hard ! Dawn: "I like to get up in the morning...I just don't want to see people in the morning." I think that is me too : ) In contrast, my 21 yo daughter, we have always said she is a night owl and an early bird all rolled into one : ) I have just recently found your channel and am very inspired. So much fun, you & Tom; you and Diana together too! Thank you!
Dawn, I just want to ty for u t the first person I know of to tell the absolute truth about mornings! You have given me permission to breathe ! I was taught by my “spiritual friends” that the first thing that should come first is God. And I was able to do that for years during Holy Hour at 3am but after I became sick with depression and anxiety I was just never the same. Then I found Joyce Meyer and I felt hope again. But I just can’t seem to do what she says by doing prayer time in the morning it means that we putting God first. When I heard ur video tonight I felt like I finally found someone who felt the way I do in the mornings. Ty Dawn for removing the guilt I was feeling. Xo
I’m glad you mentioned the 20 other people doing morning routine videos with you. I’ve seen a ton lately and I thought it was just something in the water 😆
You mention feeling guilty about so many different things in your videos- and that we don't have to!! It has taken me decades to TRUST the God I believe in!! Finding your channel, listening to you, watching you, has helped to reinforce "letting go and trusting Him more and more!!" I count you as a dear friend and look forward to your videos/encouragement every day. Thank you for being vulnerable and real with us about 'fantasy ideas' and finding OUR real!!! Love you Dawn!!
For the last 17 years I've got up with the sunrise to walk my sweet little dog. Then I'd take him home & walk 2 miles. Welp, my dog passed away on Friday and I've cried every morning since, but I guess through habit my eyes open at 5:30 to 6am. But you are so right, if you're not a morning person, don't torture yourself. We all need to play to our strengths & be kinder to ourselves. I'm still going to miss my dog for a very long time, but this was good of you to coordinate a morning routine video & now decide how I'm going to do morning without my sweet boy. ❤
@@melissataylor5187 Thanks 😊 it's amazing how much that furry little face helped me be happy each morning despite this pandemic. He was such a good and sweet dog thru all the years. Morning is weird now, evenings are weird too. Thanks again for the sympathy cause I really did love him.
You can’t replace the dog you lost but you can get another one to fill the “dog hole” in your heart. I highly recommend another fuzzy baby in your life. You will never forget or completely stop grieving for this long time companion of yours but if there is a doggy hole that is now empty then by all means refill it. Life is so much better when we have those little critters around.
I have always been a late night person. I have autoimmune diseases and I seldom feel great early on. Afternoons and evenings I started focusing better. By 10 PM I am usually at my best. Fortunately, my husband is a night owl as well. I can get up and function in the morning. Just leave me alone. I really enjoyed this video. I especially love that your husband joins in. Huge hugs.
This intro is funny. I hate mornings, so anytime I watch a lifestyle blogger or mom blogger talk about their morning routines I’m always like “wow I am the worst” hahaha
I love how you are so REAL I start shutting down around 7pm also and recently quit prepping for the next day. since I'm a morning person(430am-devotion, exercise before morning routines). I only do a quick brain dump before bed now. My life flows soo much better.
I make my bed, clean my house and relax. I’m retired so I do as I please after that. Devotion is a nighttime routine for me. But time for anything that’s important to me.
THANK YOU for watching!!! We are SO grateful for YOU!!!!!!! Mega Motivation Morning Routines Playlist: cli.re/Morning-Routine-Playlist and the Frog Projects Video: th-cam.com/video/bgXA2PE2zzw/w-d-xo.html
You should whatch the Huberman lab podcast. He explains the neurological benefits of looking at the sun around sunrise and the positive effects to your circadian rithm. You might want to step outside though, it's even better 😀
I am so grateful to have found your channel! I’m 65 and decluttering after three children, all grown with homes and children of their own. ❤️ Your message is timeless. God bless you and your family. ~ Maria
What do you use for your kids’ piano lessons? I can’t find the video that says it!
Hi Dawn! I know this is off topic, but where did you get those gorgeous earrings??? 😍
Hey Dawn where did you buy your quilt please please please 🙏🙏 let me know in detail I want it like now,looks neat and polished
I’m not a morning person. When our marriage was young, I had to tell my husband not to speak to me until after my coffee and shower. We immediately stopped arguing every morning. And he started bringing me my first cup of coffee.
Wise man.....
I am not a morning person. I’ve told my husband that I might would get up and make him breakfast if he promised not to talk to me lol 😂. He can’t do it!! I may or may not have stayed really still and pretended to be asleep before....🥺 lol
My husband accepts me as a non morning person. If he is talking too much while we are all getting ready for work/school, I remind him I dont like him (or anyone) too early in the morning 🤷♀️🤦♀️❤🤣
Ahaha omg the same happened to us
Awww!!
My grown kids have thanked me for teaching them a morning routine of "5 things" (one for each finger on one hand): make bed, get dressed, brush teeth, pray, stretch. This routine sets their compass and then they are ready for whatever comes their way.
omg i love this
Thanks for sharing this!
Love this! I wish I had implemented this when I started homeschooling. The kids day did begin with Bible video with their curriculum but I needed to be more organized. Routine makes things easier.
Good teacher. Your family is bless because of that 🙏😍
That's smart! ❤
*The intro to this video is everything! Loved the pillow talk!* I loved doing this collab with you, Dawn! Thanks for including me!
Thank you Natalie! SO fun getting to work with you, too!!!!
Totally agree! 😆
I loved how Tom was like "Yeah I'm not gonna fake this morning filming..."
I watched you morning routine yesterday .. and I absolutely love it ! I’m a new subscriber to you, Natalie and am absolutely LOVING all your content ! Your inspirational to me as a 14 year old who’s dream is to be a mom and wife !
Loved the intro too! It made me chuckle! Love these two! 💕
Saying that we aren't going to get up in the mornings for things we don't enjoy was such a huge mindset shift. It seems obvious, but thank you for actually saying it! You are always encouraging.
Yes!! Thank you for the permission to get up in the morning for the things that actually motivate us to leave our comfy, warm bed!
I have noticed recently that being happy for someone else actually makes me happy. I have to say, I am so happy that Tom moved that shed for you. Seeing that sunrise every morning for years to come is priceless. I am so happy that you appreciate that beauty!
Right? What an incredible view. Moving that thing was no joke but boy was it worth it!
Yes
Yes! So glad the shed was moved!!!
@@rhondasview1230 maybe the people who built it were not morning people LOL and the sun was in their eyes 😆
I believe that saving your spiritual studies and practices for the hours of the day when you are at your best is a gift to God.
I’m not a night owl or an early bird, but I can rock 11:30 am like nobody’s business. Lol 😂
Me too!!
Hahahaha....you just made my morning with that comment! Thanks!
Rotlf....YES!!!
This explains everything! Now that I am working from home I fell like I am getting more done at home on my breaks. I was useless in the morning and at night after a stressful day at work.
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THANK YOU for admitting you don’t make the bed in the morning! I’m tired of people acting like it’s the epitome of laziness to not make the bed. So what? We all have different priorities! 😁
I make the bed in the morning NOT because it's lazy not to, but because if it's still unmade there is a very real chance I will crawl right back in! LOL!
Thanks for being real about how you tried evening and morning routines that didn’t work for you. I have also tried to do devotions in the morning, or in the evening after my baby goes to sleep. But that has not been working. I’m so grateful that I found time to “have lunch” with Jesus lately and I’ve been enjoying and looking forward to it everyday!
Great idea! My whole life I've heard you have to start the day with it but it doesn't seem to work well for me.
What a lovely idea, "having lunch with Jesus" :) + good way to be flexible but also consistent in spending time with God :)
Thank you for giving me permission to let go of that “ideal morning routine” in favor of one that actually works for me 🥰
Wow!!! That’s sunrise could possibly turn me into a morning person!! 💕💕 I can see why you knew long term that view was worth moving the building!!!
Looking out at that sunrise and “grounding yourself” is a form of devotional. You are taking the time to enjoy and appreciate the world around you and your blessings. I think that is great!
This is the best morning routine video I have ever seen. It just releases you from guilt and caused me to think of everything from a different perspective. Definitely lightened the burden that we put on ourselves
I wake up a hour before my alarm without trying, which is almost two hours before my husband and daughter wake up. The very first thing I do is leave a message each for my two closest friends (both who live in a different country to me and one who's in a different time zone) just so they have something nice to wake up to and know someone is thinking of them.
That’s the nicest habit ever!
That's so sweet ❤️
Your an awesome friend!
I do that with my children tooo
For some of us the mornings are hard... moms struggling with chronic pain, mornings are usually the hardest, when things are stiff and body isn’t cooperating. We have to take courage and never give up. (Also probably not compare our morning routine to someone else’s who is not battling chronic pain. 😅)
I almost didn’t watch this because all of these people with their morning routines depress me. I have chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia and mornings just hurt. I love how Dawn lets us know that it’s ok to not have a “perfect” routine. It’s ok to be real.
Yes!
I agree chronic pain makes mornings tough (and afternoons and evenings too!) "Grace" is such a lovely word and we need to allow ourselves lots of that.
Yes! I used to be a morning person but chronic pain definitely makes mornings harder (but I still have 2 small people who get up before me!), and evenings (my brain shuts off at like 7pm and I don't want to talk to anyone). My routines consist of: try to reduce current pain level and avoid triggering more pain, feed/hydrate myself, do something for mental stimulation. I don't get much fancier than that right now lol.
Oh yes I hear you!!
Shout out to my afternoon people! I can get up early in the morning, but only if it means quiet time for me. I’m most productive between 10 am and 4 pm.
I love that your message was not like "do these 5 things in the morning and be successful", but instead, "find out what works for you".😊 I'm a kind of person who needs to get things written down before going to bed, or else I keep thinking about them all night. I put even littlest things on my phone calendar. I've even put "take a shower" as a notification sometimes.😅
I absolutely LOVE your honesty!!! I cannot tell you what freedom it has given me to NOT fold my toddlers clothes every time she pulls them out of the drawer (at LEAST 3X DAILY), or not feeling guilty because I DON'T want to clean all day! And THIS....all you said about morning time really resonates with me!
Where's the love button here?! Like is just not enough!! I'm not the only one who has a fantasy morning routine? I love your honesty ❤
Dawn, what a delight for someone to be honest about routines! I tried to do the flylady routines. I can’t .......now when I get up I have coffee, then do the same things, but later. Retired, not getting up at the crack of dawn. Not feeling the anxiety of rush anymore! Amen!
What sunrise view....that makes a great morning!
I don't want to see people in the morning. Love it! I'm with you.
Your simple honesty and self-acceptance are playing such a big part in me learning to have peace with myself! I tend to make these ideal routines that I cannot live up to either! Thank you for your inspiration, it is helping me to make my life so much better!!!💐💕🌈
I have always been a “night owl” until I needed to change my health. After hearing so much about how important sleep is to health, I decided to get up early. My “Good Morning” list starts at 8 pm. When I do the same things every night, it starts me toward feeling sleepy. This was new for me. Not everyone wants to set up the day on the night before...but when I do, I feel better for sleep at night and then sets me up for a good day.
"You're not a morning person and you're not a night person" 😂 So funny. Loved the intro and thank you for inviting me to do this fun collab xx
I so get this. I like to say that I good between 1 and 2 in the afternoon. LOL
‘What kind of person are you?!?!’
I'm also a middle-of-the-day person. Lol
I loved that too! I say, “I’m not a morning person, I’m not a night person..I guess I’m not a person!”
I'm like a 9am person :)
I love how each woman in these videos has a real house. It's not Instagram perfect. Insides of cabinets aren't painted. Some details aren't the trendiest or most modern. There's a little clutter or chaos. Their homes look loved and lived in. Dawn's videos and collaborators never make me feel like I'm falling short while showing ways to be better
Moving the shed was an inspired decision. Good for you getting it done.
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The sunrise is incredible!! All the work to move that shed was 100 % worth it, so beautiful.
I have a 6mo old(child #6). I find i need to sit with her either by a window or out on the porch sipping coffee just enjoying the quiet & sunshine before the chaos of the other children.
What works for me is doing gratitude right when I wake up; in my bed, it works! My whole day is a blessing and productive
My day always goes most smoothly when I put God fist. I love the tip of not going on social media right away in the morning.
I wake up, hubby brings coffee, and I have “coffee time” with my dog and watch a few TH-cam friends, then hubs and I pray before he leaves. This is new since my youngest is driving to school now and after so many years of busy early mornings and drives to school, I’m really relishing it ! Love your new view Dawn ! Think of all the women to come in your house who will cherish their morning coffee with that view !
What you are doing is setting the stage for THANKFULNESS!! LOVE IT!!!.. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SUN RISING
There is so much safety found in consistency. Children find this most. Inside we truly are just grown up kids.
As always, THANK YOU for not pretending there’s one right way to live life. I have had guilt over morning routines my whole life because I hate mornings and every fantasy morning routine I tried always failed within days or weeks. This gives me some food for thought moving forward! 💕 Love you!
I agree that there's not one right way to live, but I think that even for the same person there's not one right way to live. Seasons change in our lives and what might have worked for a season in my life (of days or weeks), now doesn't fit, and that's okay, too. Learning to be gracious to myself through ALL the seasons of life. Thanks for your post! So wise!
Going on you tube is a part of my morning routine. It makes me feel less lonely and motivates me to get going and do things; especially, watching your videos. I have a cup or two of coffee, get my motivation fix, and get started on my day. It takes about an hour. I have tried getting up early and following other morning routines, but they don't work for me. I feel empty until I get on you tube and watch other people living their lives. I don't know why this is, but it really works for me. You inspire me to apply your ideas to my life and helps me live creatively.
PREACH!!!! I am so over the perfect 10 step morning routines that are Not. Fun. At. ALL!! I love how real you were in this video saying things many of us have all felt! Exercise does not get me out of bed! But an amazing, sweet, warm cup of my morning coffee or creamy dandelion tea does!!
This is BY FAR my favorite video of yours. I've watched so many of them but this one touched a very sensitive string in my heart...I teared up just listening to you. EVERY SINGLE WEEK...I feel so defeated because I don't seem to get my "ideal" morning routine up and going and not being spiritual enough to wake up and have that alone time with God. Seriously, thank you Dawn for opening up your heart about this
I take my dog on a walk every morning and it really starts my day off right! Even when it’s cold, rainy, and snowing.
For me it's the birds singing. I'm up at 4:30 a.m. for some quiet time before I get my first Granddaughter up for school (yes, she and her Dad are waiting for the bus while the moon is still out). I open the patio door for the dog to go out and leave it open so I can hear the birds at around 5:00 a.m. Love it. I do start my time off with TH-cam, but mostly people like you, Prepper Princess, Patera, and others that I feel will educate and inspire me for the day (but no Pinterest, FB, don't have Instagram or anything like that).
That’s me! I like waking up in the morning but I don’t wanna see anyone 😂😂😂
My friend is definitively like this. She's an introvert and a morning person.
Wait, what? People get up early to socialize? The whole reason I wake up early in the morning is to avoid people....
Me too! And if I do have to see people, I stay in bed!!
I'm not chatting in the morning. I think I need about n hour to wake up...
Lol same, night owl wanna be morning person
Two snooze buttons, coffee at hand, and no talking. Definitely no music or sound of any sort. (Love you, Honey Bear). Early to bed as well. Thanks for making me feel normal in a super overdrive world. I do make the bed as I crawl out of it. I cannot stand an unmade bed. Blessings!
I love your honesty so much! You are my favorite youtuber. My husband has to remind me we are not friends. 🤣❤
What! Tell him that we are friends!! I feel a connection with you all, too!!!
@@TheMinimalMom you got hacked.
I think it is spoofed not hacked.
@@kdonor yeah, we’ve been having issues with our account being impersonated, kind of a bummer, but they usually get taken down right away so that’s good!
SAME! My husband and I watch much of your episodes with Tom and you together and have gone through al our camper searches with your help. We both feel like you guys are our close friends! This episode was SO HELPFUL to me. I often feel such guilt of not getting up early and doing these things. I don't have to be like someone else and live their morn morning routine. Plus its just not practical with little kids. I'm going to reevaluate my morning.
Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head that doing things first thing in the morning that don't excite you will lead to you laying in bed. I always wanted to be that person that works out first thing in the morning, but I'd rather sleep or lay in warm covers than workout. I got tired of fighting myself and feeling like a failure so I started working out after my workday before I do anything else when I get home -- it has made all the difference. My morning is short, I give myself enough time for getting ready, breakfast and getting to work on time (now it's even shorter since I just need to stroll down my hallway to the office). I've learned that doing things first thing doesn't invite my focus.
Dawn you are a morning person, you enjoy the mornings to yourself. Just because you don't want to talk right away doesn't mean your not a morning person. I am a night owl getting up is so hard for me but I come alive and start cleaning the house after 9pm it's crazy. Getting up early is so hard and I don't enjoy it at all
Me too Jess!
Night owl society! It's just so absurd to have to wait for sunrise to do the vacuuming 😂
I am a night owl too.
I'm a night time cleaner too. I think its got something to do with feeling like "i don't HAVE to do it " (my little form of rebellion😉)
and its quiet.
My husband used to say that he didn't need to look at the clock to know it was around 10 pm because I always got my "second wind" around then and would start getting more active - washing dishes, dusting, etc. LOL
I watched your morning routine and the Daily Connoisseur’s morning routine - I connected to both these options, but I had a good laugh because I think that your chatting with Tom was very similar to what my husband and I would say about the mornings! We have a 7 year old who is a morning person and early riser - so having quiet time before the kids wake up would require a 4am rising time! It is a wet morning here , so I get Dawn’s grounding staring at the sunrise. I like to smell the air and listen to the little animals around our house. It really is grounding and a great start to the morning. Thanks for this Dawn!
I love how Tom still makes you giggle, after how many years of marriage?
One of the refreshing things that I love about you is how you present “this is what I do, or how I do it” but make it clear that each individual has to find what works for you.
😂 Loved the intro! I wake up at 5am just so I don’t have to talk to anyone for 2 hours. 😂 I need that time to wake up and become human.
Yep...that’s me too..lol
I know right!! Like that is so me!
I always thought I was a night person. But really, I am a morning person. Who knew?!?! I read a book about the importance of sleep and did one of the challenges and found out my rhythm really is in the morning and now, I seem to get more done. But I am with you, my three kids know not to talk to me until I am done with my first cup of coffee! LOL They rarely wake up that early anyways. I found out too, it is easier for me to do my devotion and practice contemplative prayer at night when the kids go to bed. The house is soooo quiet at night and I love the glow of a candle with a small lamp. It just really sets my heart to God. We are all created differently and supporting each other in our differences is so meaningful. Thank you for your videos!! You are an inspiration for me.
Not a morning person not a night person! So funny yet I can relate😄💗 That's why I like to get up first in the morning before anyone else and no exercise for me either 😂Loved seeing your morning Dawn! The sunrise is amazing from your window! Thank you for including me in your playlist collaboration! 😀💟🤗💗💗
Love ScandishHome channel too!
@@dixien6601 Awe thank you!
Hi Noémi. Actually I found Dawn through your channel (you had another collab before, right?) and I’m grateful for that. I enjoy both of your videos and I get so much inspiration from them.
That means both of you are morning people. Honestly, if you're a night person, you never want to see the dawn! lol
I can relate to minimalism cause thats me
"Understanding ourselves and how we're wired"...wise words! I have NEVER been a morning person and now that I'm retired, I go to bed after 1:00 a.m. (late night reading habit) and I don't get up until at least 10. In the past, when I had to get up early for work/kids, I hated it. I really agree with your advice regarding social media in the mornings...if for nothing else, I've learned it's a real time-waster.
I just now realized my morning routine needs to include a view of the sunrise.
In my case, it involves getting out of bed. 🙄
Yes, I'd love that, too, but then I'd have to move my neighbors house. 🤔 Wheels are turning now... Oh, Tom!!! 😆
I was so happy to see that you look out the kitchen window when you get up. That's what I love to do while waiting on my coffee. I'll put up the blind for few minutes to enjoy, then put it back down because we leave during the day. If even for a few minutes it's a beautiful way to start your day. Thank God for waking me up for another day and admire nature's beauty.
I’ve transitioned from a night owl most of my life to a morning-ish person. To me it’s worth getting up at least an hour before my kids so I can have peaceful time. For me it’s coffee, ten minute stretch, personal and work emails, and a TH-cam video that makes me happy.
I HAD to show my husband this video simply because the SAME conversation happens between us all the time. I've always been a "morning person", BUT I need an hour by myself to wake up and just do my routine before I can even think about speaking to anyone. And at night, by 7 or 8pm......don't try to talk about anything of importance. I'm toast. You guys are awesome!!
40 years ago, your dream morning was my morning routine. It was the only way I got some quiet time to myself. When the kids got up, it was full-tilt boogie. In the evening I had to make a list for the next day so that I wouldn’t stay awake in bed thinking about all that. Whatever works for you. Now, it’s totally different.
I tried to start watching this several times thinking that this was gonna tell me to wake up early,work out,drink some tea and get motivated. I have seen dozens of videos like that thinking...that’s just not me. I’m not motivated in the morning to do anything but sit and stare out the window for a bit. I’m glad I watched this. I’m glad its relatable. I’m glad there is someone like me that thinks if I have to wake up to work out in the morning then, I don’t want to get up. Thank you for making this video. It’s taught me being successful is learning who we are and being ok with that and still strive to do the things we want to do. It’s actually a very powerful message. I use to think that I had to be super woman to get stuff done. This fantasy idea of the perfect me. But maybe the perfect me isn’t what some would call perfect but I get stuff done and that works for me. And if that’s what works for me then that’s perfect. I will re evaluate later and see if I need to adjust things. Thank you so much.
That intro is hysterical LOL! 🤣 Can Tom help me talk my husband into doing videos like this? 🤔
The intro is hilarious!!! You guys are so funny and cute together! My husband is a morning person and I am not. He will pop off with "Is that my lovely wife" as I stumble through the bathroom to the closet as he is showering. I reply "ugh" and he joking says "ggrrrrooowwwlll". Always gives me a smile. Loving and accepting each other through the difference makes for a happy marriage.
1. Reconcile fantasy morning routine with one that is actually practical.
2. Figuring out what I need in the morning.
3. What am I willing to do the night before to set myself for a good morning?
4. Simplifying helps morning routines.
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I’ve been binge-watching your videos for weeks now and I just have to say THANK YOU!! I’ve been de-cluttering like a BOSS and my house and my heart feel so much lighter! ♥️ My fantasy morning person is much like yours. Get up early, devotion time, coffee, and exercise. The only part of that that ever happens is the coffee part. 🫣 I love what you say about looking out the window. I live in the country and have such beautiful views and your comment about the sunrise being consistent hit me like a ton of bricks. I’m not consistent, but the sunrise is. Just looking at the sunrise while sipping on coffee in the morning CAN be my devotional time because I’m always so thankful for God’s handiwork in the morning sunrise. Thank you Dawn and Tom for such amazing videos and advice. ♥️♥️
I love these collaborations. Thank you so much for coordinating them. I look forward to the new theme each month. The difference between a fantasy morning and an inspiring morning that will actually get you out of bed was like a light bulb. It was very helpful to help for me to rethink my morning routine and why I’ve been struggling so much with getting a new routine started.
I feel like everything you have said lately has been exactly what I needed to hear at each moment... I thought I would start back up with my morning routine.... Bible study, work out, all the important things.... but I think maybe getting up and getting ready for the day and feeling prepared maybe will help me feel more motivated to do it.... plus I’d rather my kids see my Bible study then cleaning the dishes? I’m going to give this a shot. I’ll be more motivated to get out of bed if there is work to be done
You made my day, week, year- admitting you like to get up, but don't want to talk to people. I am the same way and have always heard how weird I was for that. 💙 Love, you ,Tom and Diana!
I think you mean “Tom and DAWN”
I think the "you" was referring to Dawn. Diana is her sister 😊
I love the fact that you give everyone permission to do what works for us. The courage you had, to say that you don't feel like doing devotions in the morning, is all I needed today. I have been feeling down because I have been trying to wake up at 4AM to do my QT but because I enter to work so early (7AM), it needs to be at 4AM. I haven't been able and I have felt so much guilt. But it's like you say... we need to stop following the routines everyone and their dogs are doing according to THEIR lifestyle and start having more grace on ourselves to do what works for US. THANK YOU DAWN. ♡ Your channel is so cool and it has help me SO MUCH with decluttering, organizing, spending less, and feeling more at peace at home. God Bless You!
I'm retired . After 43 years getting up at 6:30 am I decided to get up when I wake up. This works really well. I wake up between 5am -7am .
What a dream! lol I'm in the toddler years of motherhood. lol
@@caroc4327 Enjoy it, the time flies by like the wink of an eye!
Ann, me too! I am a retired nurse and spent years getting up at the crack of dawn, feet on the floor , get ready for work. No longer I get up when I wake up. I have coffee. Then I get going with my routine. Finally I can take a breath in the morning!
The thing with social media in the morning, I often listen to some minimal motivation as I'm waking up to get me in that mindset before I get up to do my morning routine so I can think about what decluttering or cleaning I might want to do that day.
Good morning! Wow what a gorgeous view you have outside your window. I love starting my mornings slowly and intentionally by avoiding my phone for the first hour of the day 😌💛
Thank you for this, I have being going insane for years trying to follow the perfect morning routine. It just doesn't stick. What works for me is coffee. I always get a cup of coffee and write in my gratitude journal. It gets me started then I write down the most important things I need to do and listen to motivational speakers, while I shower and get dresses. By then I'm starving and eat a good breakfast and then I'm ready to take on the day.
You guys are so down to earth.
Dawn, you are truly an inspiration. You have so much wisdom for such a young woman. I’m 68 and recently retired. I am definitely not a morning person. It’s just agony to make myself get out of bed to an alarm. I strived for so long to have my devotion early in the morning. Then I realized I was giving God the worst of myself, the worst of my day. Now I give myself permission to do it later after I’m really awake and am cognitive of what I’m reading and praying. Thank you for your videos. I am wanting to embrace minimalism but have a way to go. Especially after 50 years of marriage and all the stuff we have collected. I will get there, though.
I must admit, i hate early mornings, but my relationship with God has deepened so much and I have sensed the Holy Spirit speaking to me so much more when I give the first part of my work day to Him. When my alarm goes off (between 4.30-5.30am) I want to get up, get my coffee and pray.
I love the VIEW surrounding your home. Very few people wake up to such beautiful scenery every day. That's definitely one reason, in itself, to get up every day in a good mood🙂.
If I had to wake up early for a flight to Disney World, I'd definitely get up early! I need to treat every day with that level of excitement, though, because God made each day special!
So agree with you! On day 3 at the parks, I'm walking like a 15 year old and riding rides eating junk like, what ulcer? When I get home it's back to the 63 year old who barely makes it around the block. So you now know why next year my husband and I are retiring to Florida.😂😂
Such a big blessing that my son is big enough to prepare for school and breakfast alone.... I just realized how less stressful my morning is. ( part of it because he is such a picky eater and he was always unhappy with the food I prepared).
I love these collaborations. I've been introduced to so many new channels to follow. Thanks.
i invite you to check mine out too if you'd like! :)
I am a morning person. I wake up at 5 on purpose, I drink coffee, and sometimes will do a grateful journal, but mostly I watch TH-cam, like your channel. My dr wanted me to come up with a habit of walking 10 min 3x a week, I don't do it in the morning because it just doesn't work for me. It makes me crabby and I can't stay consistent with it. I feel like getting up early gives me quiet time by myself that I don't get in the evening. On the weekend early mornings I meal plan and do my calendar for the week. Love your videos!
I love this message, do what works for you. My morning routine changes seasonally. I like to walk/jog outside in the morning. In the winter I do that later in the morning, in the summer I do it pretty much as soon as I get up. I also just recently changed my evening routine because it just wasn’t working for me, and was causing me all kinds of guilt. 💙✌🏻
Greeting the sun and getting grounded with nature is devotions , at least to me. I have been thankful, sorrowful, humbled, motivated , forgiven forgiving , and much more looking into nature.
See just look at how great the lighter colors look on you! They make your skin and your hair just pop!
I’m so with you about quiet in the morning, my shift pattern for work means I’m often up before everyone else in the family and I love the peace. I also agree with the shutdown in the evening and not wanting to do stuff the night before. I’m so glad I don’t do night duty anymore
I love how Tom is in bed and ready to have you film without even knowing what the video is going to be about, lol.
Being a planner girl, I have watched tonnes of routine vidoes, and this is the only one which made sense. Thank you so much for finally breaking the myth - you are either a morning person or night person. I am a day person, yes. 👍
Sometimes, laying in bed for about 15 minutes can help. It gets rid of the grogginess and I’m more productive later on
i do this on the weekends haha i agree
I fall back to sleep. Lol
My sister has done that for years and it is amazing to me. For me, that 15 minutes would turn into 90+ minutes of zzzzzzzz followed by an adrenaline rush as I woke up and realized how late I was! LOL
@@pvg1236 LOL! True, I set a second alarm on my phone, just in case! Yes, I have fallen back asleep. If I do fall asleep, I miss hubby's freshly brewed coffee. It gets stale. Fresh coffee, and breakfast, is my incentive.
Tidying up the kitchen, putting out my clothes the night before and other next-day prep was a gamechanger for me. I am NOT a morning person but have to be up and at work by 7am.
Oh thank goodness! Someone else that doesn’t always make the bed! Thanks for including me in this collab, so fun! 😘
@@alaskagranny5466 I think you may have some issues with maybe being hacked.
Thank you, taking care of it!!
I like getting up in the morning but I find it difficult because I naturally stay up late. A friend of mine said instead of working out first thing like a lot of people do, she does chores and I tried it and I actually love it. Unload the dishwasher or put on some laundry, it’s something useful I can do while I’m still waking up and don’t really have to use my brain for. Working from home I usually take my first call still in my PJs, then shower mid morning. Weekends are so much more productive for me because I can lie in but still get loads done (maybe it’s because it feels more varied than my desk job all day even if I do different projects as part of that).
Part of my evening routine has become watching your videos Dawn - I find them really relaxing and peaceful to watch just before bed, like I’m going to sleep with good mindfulness and intentions ☺️
I’ve been really enjoying these playlists, & it’s introduced me to some channels I’ve subscribed to that otherwise I doubt I’d have found. Thanks Dawn!👍❤️
I cracked up when you said you aren’t a morning or a night person because that’s exactly how I feel about myself! Thank you for the tips and encouragement!
This made me laugh out loud so hard !
Dawn: "I like to get up in the morning...I just don't want to see people in the morning."
I think that is me too : ) In contrast, my 21 yo daughter, we have always said she is a night owl and an early bird all rolled into one : ) I have just recently found your channel and am very inspired. So much fun, you & Tom; you and Diana together too! Thank you!
Dawn, I just want to ty for u t the first person I know of to tell the absolute truth about mornings! You have given me permission to breathe ! I was taught by my “spiritual friends” that the first thing that should come first is God. And I was able to do that for years during Holy Hour at 3am but after I became sick with depression and anxiety I was just never the same. Then I found Joyce Meyer and I felt hope again. But I just can’t seem to do what she says by doing prayer time in the morning it means that we putting God first. When I heard ur video tonight I felt like I finally found someone who felt the way I do in the mornings. Ty Dawn for removing the guilt I was feeling. Xo
I’m glad you mentioned the 20 other people doing morning routine videos with you. I’ve seen a ton lately and I thought it was just something in the water 😆
You mention feeling guilty about so many different things in your videos- and that we don't have to!! It has taken me decades to TRUST the God I believe in!! Finding your channel, listening to you, watching you, has helped to reinforce "letting go and trusting Him more and more!!"
I count you as a dear friend and look forward to your videos/encouragement every day. Thank you for being vulnerable and real with us about 'fantasy ideas' and finding OUR real!!! Love you Dawn!!
For the last 17 years I've got up with the sunrise to walk my sweet little dog. Then I'd take him home & walk 2 miles. Welp, my dog passed away on Friday and I've cried every morning since, but I guess through habit my eyes open at 5:30 to 6am. But you are so right, if you're not a morning person, don't torture yourself. We all need to play to our strengths & be kinder to ourselves. I'm still going to miss my dog for a very long time, but this was good of you to coordinate a morning routine video & now decide how I'm going to do morning without my sweet boy. ❤
I'm so sorry about your dog! That's so hard.
💔so sorry for your loss... wishing your heart some comfort ((hugs))
So sorry for your loss. Losing my dog was one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through. It took a long time to start to feel better.
@@melissataylor5187 Thanks 😊 it's amazing how much that furry little face helped me be happy each morning despite this pandemic. He was such a good and sweet dog thru all the years. Morning is weird now, evenings are weird too. Thanks again for the sympathy cause I really did love him.
You can’t replace the dog you lost but you can get another one to fill the “dog hole” in your heart. I highly recommend another fuzzy baby in your life. You will never forget or completely stop grieving for this long time companion of yours but if there is a doggy hole that is now empty then by all means refill it. Life is so much better when we have those little critters around.
I have always been a late night person. I have autoimmune diseases and I seldom feel great early on. Afternoons and evenings I started focusing better. By 10 PM I am usually at my best. Fortunately, my husband is a night owl as well. I can get up and function in the morning. Just leave me alone. I really enjoyed this video. I especially love that your husband joins in. Huge hugs.
This intro is funny. I hate mornings, so anytime I watch a lifestyle blogger or mom blogger talk about their morning routines I’m always like “wow I am the worst” hahaha
I love how you are so REAL I start shutting down around 7pm also and recently quit prepping for the next day. since I'm a morning person(430am-devotion, exercise before morning routines). I only do a quick brain dump before bed now. My life flows soo much better.
I make my bed, clean my house and relax. I’m retired so I do as I please after that. Devotion is a nighttime routine for me. But time for anything that’s important to me.