Daily Positivity

  I have observed that the first thing that college students do is go on their phones. From personal experience, I go on my phone first thing in the morning. I check the time and calendar to see if there is anything important coming up in the day. Others may check their phone to talk with their friends and family when away from their homes or simply check social media. Many popular morning routine preachers, tell us to refrain from checking social media because it doesn’t give your brain to form thoughts itself. Instead, social media dictates what you should think first thing in the morning. Is it true? Yes, to some extent. But what if you woke up in a bad mood and seeing a good morning message on social media inspired you to be happy? And what if you woke up in a good mood but saw someone’s vacation pictures on social media? That quickly puts you in a “self-pitying zone” because you believe here you are trying to work hard and this person is vacationing. Seem unfair, right? So are...

        There are numerous tabloids that tell you how to live well. Wake up at 5 am in the morning, eat fruits and vegetables, meditate, exercise, hydrate, spend less time on the screen, go to bed early in the night, phew! For starters, this may seem impractical. Sure it is, given the busy lives we got. I read many books on the morning routine and cannot help but wonder how these people get time to wake up peacefully, burn a candle, meditate for 30 min, run on a treadmill for 60 min, drink a green smoothie, eat breakfast and plan out their day! What! It will be the afternoon when I finally finish these tasks. Then how is this morning routine even possible? When such routines come across, I just tag them as impractical and impossible for me. Because in reality, I wake up 10 minutes earlier than my lecture start time so I practically run to the class in my pajamas. Well, this is embarrassing but considering every student in an 8 am class can understand this complete fa...