Your Morning Routine Toolkit
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How amazing is that? Who doesn’t want a little
candle cheerleader?
- Music
This one is huge for me. Music wakes me up, helps
me tune my heart to Jesus, and stirs my soul. I have a
morning worship playlist with some of my favorite cur-
rent worship songs, and I have another playlist of old
hymns that I enjoy.
- Warm drink
Y’all, I’ve used everything under the sun for my morn-
ing time. I’ve had tea, smoothies, coffee, and water. I’ve
used a coffee pot, a Keurig, a French press, a carafe of
hot water, and a heater to get the water hot.
I’ve made instant coffee, tea bag coffee, and last
night’s coffee.
There are so many ways to prep a nice, warm drink
without having to do a lot in the morning (or wake up
anyone). Here is the simplest and cheapest: the carafe.
Just get a small Thermos or carafe, and fill it up with hot
water (or coffee) the night before. Then when you wake
up, you can just pour your water (or coffee) and prep
your drink. Simple. The other bonus of a carafe is that
you don’t have to worry about the coffee maker waking
up anyone. Another option, if noise isn’t an issue, is to
use a programmable coffee maker and set it to be ready
when you get up.
Again, I like to have a small basket filled with dif-
ferent kinds of tea, flavored coffees, and hot chocolate.
There is something oddly fun about ceremoniously
selecting my morning drink. “I choose you.”
