How To Improve Your Day With A Morning Walk
6:30 AM. A bright day is dawning. I am walking briskly through a leafy path.
My ears are free!
No electronics jammed into my ears!
No heavy metal pumping into my head!
No soothing music floating in my heart!
No talk-show host influencing my decisions!
I am listening to the world!
Echoes of the traffic on the road!
Little birds chirping in the bush alongside the path!
A lonesome crow caws in the distance!
A couple of greedy squirrels joyfully squeak as they collect more nuts than they need!
They fill me with the music and the noise and communicate with me along the way. They form the background score to the thought-picture running in my mind.
What a blissful experience to the ears, to the eyes, to the body, and of course to the mind!
Regardless of our surroundings — rural, urban, or in between, we can always find a path to walk.
“If there is a will, there is always a way!”
Beyond the physical benefits, walking enriches our thinking, feeds positive energy to our mind, and makes our life better.
Before getting into the hustle and bustle of the day that awaits, spend time in the morning to gain focus and live through the day before it gets you!
Here are a few benefits of a morning walk that can help improve your life!
1. It Helps to Prepare Your Day
Regardless of your profession and what you do in life, you somehow need to get through every single day. When it comes to daily life, some people are better equipped than others. How do they make it look so effortless?
Well, how you prepare yourself for the day can make all the difference. Let that preparation begin with your morning walk!
Bring a smile
Shake off the darkness with a bright smile!
“When you bring a smile on your face in the morning, it will stay with you for the rest of the day!”
While walking, let your face glow with a smile. Instruct your brain to remember that smile for the rest of the day. As you go through the hardships of the day, never wilt but find that smile and bring it to your face.
Inject positivity
Never doubt your ability to make it a better day for you and others!
“Your self-belief in the positive outcomes of the day will fill you with confidence and energy for the day!”
As you walk, think about the day. Even when you have a packed schedule, never bring a defeated-self picture to your mind. Think about your strong characteristics, your achievements, and your winning attitude and keep them fresh in memory as a reminder.
2. It Helps to Plan for Your Day
If the preparation was for your body and mind, then planning is for your profession.
I have come across people who never needed reminders. I have worked with managers who less relied on their assistants. These may be exceptions or extremely talented individuals, but we all can try to aspire like them.
You may be someone in charge of a corporate, or studying for your exams or managing things at home. Regardless of what you do, you can make use of the time in the morning to plan for your day.
Know your day
As the dawn breaks, let the new day be a transparent one for you!
“Thinking of your day early in the morning helps to make it a meaningful day!”
Is your day divided into appointments and meetings? If so, take a look at the day’s schedule, the night before, or in the morning.
Are you commuting to different places? Look at a map and aware of the destinations and the weather for the day.
Remembering much of the day brings familiarity. When the day becomes familiar, it won’t be a surprise when a reminder pops up or when you hear the knock on the door.
Rehearse your day
Beat the clock! Go through your day ahead in time, in your mind!
“If practice makes perfect, then practicing your day in mind will get you closer to having a productive day!”
Once you know the day, try and pre-live parts of the day in your mind. These could be your business meetings, your travels, your focus hour, or the time with your loved ones. Whatever those may be, try and go through them in your mind.
- How are you going to contribute to the meeting?
- How are you going to greet the visiting guests?
- How are you going to help with your kid’s homework?
The more you think and mentally prepare, the more comfortable and successful your day becomes.
3. It Helps to Cleanse Your Thoughts
We all have emotions. At times it is hard to stop our brain from re-playing bitter life experiences. If this involves oppressing someone in mind as our way of taking revenge, then we feel comfort in deepening such thoughts. These will soon result in anxiety and anger. The beautiful morning all too soon becomes glum.
Don’t waste your morning and your day going into the rabbit hole of negative thoughts. Make the time to purify your mind for a better day and a better life.
Control your mind
Never let your mind drag you into negative and dismal thinking.
“Feed your mind with positive feelings in the morning, and it will flow with constructive thoughts all day long!”
It’s not that easy to switch-over from somewhat comforting negative thinking. Before it gets out-of-control, ask yourself these questions,
- What am I benefiting from this thinking?
- How are these negative thoughts helping me to have a better today?
Now, force your mind to change into something pleasant, and then to something important for the day and life.
Focus your thoughts
A wandering mind becomes the devil’s playground for unhealthy thinking!
“Prepare your mind to focus on meaningful thoughts, that then gives you the focus to succeed in life!”
Distractions are part of modern life. Social media and technical advancements distract us all the time and steer us in different directions. Staying focused under such circumstances needs extra mental effort.
You require super control to stay focused beyond a few seconds. Free yourself from technology during your morning walk. That helps you to control your mind to focus on essential things.
4. It Helps to Accomplish Your Goals
Each of us has different goals in life. We often set short-term and long-term goals.
Register your ambitions in your subconscious mind and work towards them every day. Your mindset and dedication play crucial roles in that process.
Believe in yourself
Nothing can substitute the self-belief in what you do!
“If you do not believe in you, then no one will. Reaffirm your faith in you every morning!”
Your ambition of what you want to achieve may look impossible from the outside. Spend time to think through and break it down into smaller goals. Register these smaller and achievable targets in your mind. They become the stepping stones towards reaching your bigger goal.
Set daily target
Morning is the best time to feed your mind with your daily goal!
“Staying on track can be challenging. Focus your mind and channel your thoughts towards winning the race!”
Once you have broken down your goal into smaller targets, take one at a time and set that in your mind. That helps with your daily plans and keeps you on track when distractions surround you.
None of us get a serene environment to succeed. We endure and thrive in challenging situations by continuously focusing and instructing our minds to guide us through.
Wishing You a Good Life!
We all have different circumstances, lifestyles, and professions. Yet, amidst everything that happens around us, if we want to make a difference in our lives, I am sure we all can.
Your mind is more powerful than you think. So, set it off to work with the right focus and useful thoughts.
Small steps and simple commitments, when repeated with success, they will bring greater rewards.
Get out, go for a walk, and free your mind to bring better things in life!