by Hans Bool
Transitional rituals are those rituals that are called in to support a transition. Marriage is such a transitional ritual and so is the (fe)male bonding night before. The function is to help with a fresh start and to end a previous stage. A same kind of ritual could help you start a new day. You need only two things, finish the previous day (night) and energize yourself for the new one.
If you are standing in front of a sea when the water is still cold, thinking how to get in, you have already made it more difficult than it really is. It gets even harder when you first probe the water; that really withholds you from taking a next step. Getting started.
When wondering about the best way to start a day you should first ask yourself how to value each day. Is every new day an adventure that will bring a new experience? Or is it a project that you should end on time, budget and functionally on target. Or is it just a number on your personal calendar, a piece of paper you tear off each day and that you throw away? If your day is a unique challenge, perhaps a battle, you might consider a morning ritual similar to the one described here.
The saying goes: the first step is the hardest… In this case the hard part consists of two steps. The first part is to get rid of your past (finish the previous day), the other part is save time (energize for the new one).
To start with the former. Take a cold shower. So far, it doesn’t matter whether you schedule this at eight, seven or nine. The purpose of the shower is to get rid of your past, in this case: your sleep. You have been sleeping for whatever hours and if you do not kill this previous activity you won’t be able to start a new one. The cold shower – but other activities with similar impact may also do – will finish your previous state like resetting a computer; everything is forgotten and the horizon is clear. How do drag yourself to the shower? First you need to wake-up and then to move yourself to the shower. Waking-up is something that requires a preparation. You plan this the night before (by using a clock). The idea is to get up (act) once you wake-up and eliminate every thought that might intrude.
At this stage you might think, why would this work? What would be the motivation to do so?
To see this you only need to remember the day in front of the cold sea and trace-back the moment you got out the cold water and the energy that it had given you.
Starting your day like this will give you energy in two ways. One from the cold shower which you have overcome will energize you because you know that if you can handle a cold shower you can take on more. The other energizer is the one where you have saved yourself time, you are right at the start of a new day and there is nobody chasing you. Such a first step might appear tough, but it will only help you once you come out. A good beginning makes a good ending.
Transitional rituals are those rituals that are called in to support a transition. Marriage is such a transitional ritual and so is the (fe)male bonding night before. The function is to help with a fresh start and to end a previous stage. A same kind of ritual could help you start a new day. You need only two things, finish the previous day (night) and energize yourself for the new one.
If you are standing in front of a sea when the water is still cold, thinking how to get in, you have already made it more difficult than it really is. It gets even harder when you first probe the water; that really withholds you from taking a next step. Getting started.
When wondering about the best way to start a day you should first ask yourself how to value each day. Is every new day an adventure that will bring a new experience? Or is it a project that you should end on time, budget and functionally on target. Or is it just a number on your personal calendar, a piece of paper you tear off each day and that you throw away? If your day is a unique challenge, perhaps a battle, you might consider a morning ritual similar to the one described here.
The saying goes: the first step is the hardest… In this case the hard part consists of two steps. The first part is to get rid of your past (finish the previous day), the other part is save time (energize for the new one).
To start with the former. Take a cold shower. So far, it doesn’t matter whether you schedule this at eight, seven or nine. The purpose of the shower is to get rid of your past, in this case: your sleep. You have been sleeping for whatever hours and if you do not kill this previous activity you won’t be able to start a new one. The cold shower – but other activities with similar impact may also do – will finish your previous state like resetting a computer; everything is forgotten and the horizon is clear. How do drag yourself to the shower? First you need to wake-up and then to move yourself to the shower. Waking-up is something that requires a preparation. You plan this the night before (by using a clock). The idea is to get up (act) once you wake-up and eliminate every thought that might intrude.
At this stage you might think, why would this work? What would be the motivation to do so?
To see this you only need to remember the day in front of the cold sea and trace-back the moment you got out the cold water and the energy that it had given you.
Starting your day like this will give you energy in two ways. One from the cold shower which you have overcome will energize you because you know that if you can handle a cold shower you can take on more. The other energizer is the one where you have saved yourself time, you are right at the start of a new day and there is nobody chasing you. Such a first step might appear tough, but it will only help you once you come out. A good beginning makes a good ending.
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