How to Overcome Loneliness With a Morning Routine

00:00 Introduction
01:03 The origin of my morning routine
01:46 My realization
02:27 Why do you get out of bed?
03:07 Debugging the snooze
04:35 Constructing the routine
04:54 Journaling
05:20 Meditation
05:41 Affirmations
06:17 Exercise
06:49 Reading
07:17 Sample Routine

Growing up, you were probably told that you could do, have, and be everything you wanted when you got older. Now that you've reached the adulthood you coveted as a child, are you doing, having, and being everything you've ever wanted? Or did you revise what you define as "everything" somewhere along the way?

The average American is $58,604 in debt, 17 pounds overweight, watches 33 hours of TV a week, reads only four books a year, consumes 11 alcoholic drinks a week, exercises only 17 minutes a day, and has less than one close friend. 

None of those statistics may apply to you, but my point is that we have been domesticated by society to conform to certain behaviors and thought patterns that result in misfortune. I know from personal experience that loneliness comes from feeling disconnected, and we feel disconnected because of that domestication - we aren't in touch with who we really are, and so we wake up in despair.