So autism and morning routines in this video, I'm talking to you about a little
hack that I use in the morning as a morning routine to help kickstart my day
and get me going in the best possible way.
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see daily videos of me, right guys, in this video, I guess that I'm
talking about autism routines?
Now there's a lot of different routines that people see from people on the
autism spectrum, but they're usually.
You know, young adults or young kids or children.
And so I wanted to do more of a daily routine for me as a, an adult
on the spectrum and what helps me.
Right.
So the first thing I want to talk about.
Before I get into the routine is proprioception.
Now I do this thing called the sensory diet in my course, the
autism acceleration academy.
Now, if you're interested in that, send me an email.
We ask people that email the Commonwealth, and i'll tell you more
about the autism acceleration academy, but right now, all you need to know
is that proprioception is deep muscle tissue work that helps stimulate the
body and helps reduce some of the issues of sensory processing disorder.
Position in space.
You know, how far away from a wall are you or how much do I need to
open the door for him to get through?
To how much I need to open a door to walk through the door
frame, that kind of stuff.
So bear that in mind.
So my morning routine, I get up about five to 6:00 AM.
Since my kid gets up at those times, which is pretty crazy.
Yes.
He's one of those kids that gets up between five and six.
So we get up between, sorry, my kid gets up about six to seven.
Sorry.
I get up at five five between five and six.
Now, before he gets up, I do a 30 minute hangout with myself to get myself ready.
And this is.
First go to the toilet.
Um, brushed my teeth, have a shower because this stimulates proprioception
kind of like a sensory stimulation thing, a shower to get you, uh,
invigorated ready for the day.
Then I take five minutes to sit in complete silence, just nothing
but complete silence with my eyes closed and just breathing.
Then I do five minutes of reading out affirmations.
Now these could be like my goals for the day, my goals for my
life, my goals for my family.
Going to do my best.
I am the best version.
It can be anything you can change affirmations every single day, but
these are ways of keeping you focused on the goals and the things that are
important to you in life, but also keeps you ready and steady for the day.
So, you know, you're not starting off on the wrong foot.
Right.
Then I do visualizations.
I look at a vision board.
I created on my phone.
So basically got a vision board on my phone.
I just look at the vision board and have a look and see what kind of,
you know, it just looks at, you know, maybe my vision board was a house.
I want to buy a new house.
Maybe it's a job position.
Now, maybe it's wanting to buy a new car or something.
I don't know whatever your vision board has just stare at it.
Look at it, take it in.
Really look at that.
You know, it could be a job prospect.
It could be anything, but just really visualize that and look at it.
Then I do exercise.
Usually I do like Tai Chi or Qigong, or I do like yoga, but I
normally do simple pushups exercise.
I used to do like running in the mornings.
Now I run in the afternoons because it's a bit more.
It's super cold in the morning.
And by doing that, you're activating that deep muscle tissue and deep
muscle proprioception, which helps you become more aware of your body
and surroundings and stuff like that.
And definitely helps with sensory processing throughout the day.
Super important, but also wakes up your mind a little bit then
reading I'm super dyslexic.
So I have two.
Uh, listened to eBooks that have them read out to me or listen to audio books,
but I do five minutes of reading because it's good to get your mind engaged and
expanded that early in the morning.
Cause it's like really kickstart to get you motivated for the day and get you
really pumped to go and do something.
And then after that, Five minutes of journaling.
I literally typed down on my iPad or my iPhone, my thoughts and feelings, you
know, expressing all the things that are maybe worried about or I'm concerned
about or the things I'm excited for.
All the things I'm grateful for.
I normally just do a gratitude list in the morning scene and grieve with
my family, uh, you know, my dog and my son like, oh, that kind of stuff.
Um, and by doing that, it helps again, align you with the things
are super important in life.
Once this is.
Back to work to, you know, breakfast, hanging out with the family for
feminists and then kicking butt at work.
This is such a great morning routine.
If you can follow this, it was actually taken from a book called
the miracle morning by Hal Elrod.
And I've actually read this through audio books I have on my phone and it says.
It's a great book and it's great for you to align yourself
with something like that.
So definitely check that out.
I would highly recommend it and yeah, leave me a comment down below with your
morning routine and share this video.
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I'll see you in the next one.
Peace.