Writing Practice 46: My whole world

I'm writing enough now to be thinking about writing when I'm not writing.
I woke up this morning wanting to write. I was tired and groggy and was facing an overall mood that needed a kick start.
Here's how I'm used to starting my day.
1) A shower
2) Coffee

I've got two things that I"ve convinced myself will help me wake up in the morning and I've relied on those things for so long they're automatic kick starts. I wake up thinking: "If I want to get myself fully awake, I need a shower and I need some coffee.

This is nothing more than habit. Two things work for me and I've always done them. That's how I wake up - a shower and a coffee.

I can beat that.
What if I suffered through a week of waking up and working out?
There's two ways I'd rather wake up.

1) Exercise
2) Sunshine

Well, sunshine is conditional to nice days. So, let's restate.

1) Exercise
2) Nature

If I wake up and it's raining, why not step out into the rain?
Or, why not go on my front porch and smell the rain in deep inhales.

3) Breathing

I never think about breathing, which means I could be doing it wrong and not be noticing.
I breathe, but I'd never say I'm doing it properly.
Well, I'm alive so it must be working but am I breathing to maximum efficiency?

I'd say no. And I say that because whenever I concentrate on breathing and take a few proper, deep breaths I instantly feel better.

1) Exercise
2) Being outside
3) Breathing

If my new habit is wanting to write and I know I write better depending on my mood, I should be crafting new habits in order to constantly feel better so that I'll more frequently be in the mood to write, and, when I do, I'll be writing better.

To be a better writer, I have to be a more positive, more healthy, more energetic person.

Be a better person, be a better writer.

Constant reminder: To be good at anything, you've got to practice.
Spend time with the thing, repeat.

This goes for habits, interests and life.

It's going to suck to start working out.
I'm going to be bad at it at first, and it's going to be very difficult to sustain.

Accept that. Accept the training period. Accept that anything I don't do needs time to do better.

Accept the difficulty and understand that it's the process to ease.
This will only be hard for a while.
Then, it'll be a permanent, beneficial habit.