We all wake up in the morning hoping that the day ahead of us will be a perfect one, full of joy, happiness, and success. And, secretly, we also hope to see something extraordinary happening to us because what would life be without moments we spend lost in daydreaming?
However, the truth is that we can reach optimal levels of happiness without waiting for the extraordinary events. The best part is that we don’t even have to wait for anything or anyone anymore. Your dose of happiness is in your own hands and you can activate it early in the day with morning exercise.
Here’s how.
Endorphins are your best friends
Regardless of your age, morning exercise will make you a healthier and happier person.
When we exercise, our bodies release endorphins, the chemicals that trigger positive emotions. Try to imagine activating these early in the morning, every single day, regardless of what happened the previous day. The repetition is an enormous part of success, so it does make sense to conclude that releasing endorphins each morning will result in reaching new levels of happiness we weren’t able to discover before.
Self-esteem boost
Morning workouts will inevitably result in an improved self-esteem. How? Again, it is all about repetition. Exercising each morning will help you feel better and stronger at work later in the day, which will make your coworkers notice you more. If that’s not enough, have in mind that your social life will also skyrocket. You will smile more. You will be proud. You will feel better about yourself just because you have finally decided to ditch the early morning laziness and replace it with a workout. When bedtime comes, you will have so many reasons to look forward to the next morning.
Nice physique
Another way to activate your dose of happiness is to look good. As simple as that – you will feel better about yourself once you become more attractive. It goes without saying that morning exercise is one of the essentials in this department. If you prefer an outdoor morning exercise, jogging could be just perfect for you, especially if you are looking for ways to strengthen your abdomen and legs. The guys who want to enrich their jogging equipment should look for men’s running tights that not only add an extra support to your training by making you less prone to injuries, but they also help you focus on the training process itself.
A strong and shaped body will only increase your self-esteem, especially when the time to show your beach body arrives. So, don’t waste time and go for a jog instead.
Healthier lifestyle
First, you allowed your body to release gallons of endorphins. Then you improved your self-esteem and became more noticeable. Finally, you also became a physically more attractive person.
Congratulations, you have finally discovered the healthier lifestyle you had been reading and listening about for so long. A healthy morning exercise will help you become more aware of the importance of breakfast. At some point, you will find yourself googling small but well-mixed healthy snacks for breakfast. Moreover, gallons of coffee you once needed to take in order to kick off the day might finally become a matter of past.
Have you seen the movie ‘Eat pray love’ with Julia Roberts? If you did, then you know that food plays an important role in our pursuit of happiness.
Consistency
So far, going through this article helped you understand the importance of repetition:
- Many days of endorphin release – a gradual increase of the overall happiness
- A gradual boost of self-esteem – you become a more noticeable person
- Physical activity in the morning – beach body to die for
- Breakfast awareness – a healthier life
The repetition can also help you become a more reliable person. Once you become more responsible towards yourself through morning exercise, you will start noticing how your consistency improves the other areas of your life as well. This will make you a more reliable person in the eyes of your family, friends, colleagues, and employers.
Now that you’ve learned that it is possible to activate the daily dose of happiness without waiting for spectacular events or special occasions in your life, go schedule your workout for the next morning. All that it takes is a little effort and a willingness to change your mornings forever.
Peter is a health and lifestyle writer at Different Reasons magazine. Follow Peter on Twitter for more tips.