It is just as important to end the day right as it is to start it. Morning habits are essential to a successful day but a structured night time routine is just as important if not more.

I write a list of things to do the next day 

There's only so much time in the morning to structure your day. When you write a list of things you need to do the next day you are letting your mind rest with assurance that the following day is taken care of before it has even begun. You get rid of those scattering late night thoughts before they start. In the morning we wake up and need time to adjust. Having a list helps me feel calm about taking my time to get ready without that feeling of uncertainty or needing to do something straight away.

Brush and cleanse always

I can never have a well rested night without brushing my teeth and cleansing. The cleanser I have been loving is Purity by Philosophy. I have been searched high and low and tested many cleansers but nothing has matched the gentle but effective cleansing this does. It melts away makeup and leaves my face feeling fresh. I don't like using harsh chemicals on my skin and this one is fragrance free and hydrating. While I am brushing and cleansing I occasionally like to put on some music. I love classical music for winding down. Here's a playlist I replay over and over.

One line about my day

As soon as I get into bed I pick up my journal. I love to reflect on the day that has passed. I always feel a little nostalgic about a good day being done and gone. I was gifted this One Line a Day 5 Year Memory book. The idea is that you write one line about your day every night so that on the same date next year and the year after that you'll remember what you were doing. It's a little bit like social media's Timehop. The beautiful part about this is that it encourages me to reflect on my day where most nights I otherwise would not have if it wasn't a particularly significant day. It reminds me that every single day, every moment, even the mundane are significant because it is all life after all.

Some other things

• I make my bed again even though I make it in the morning. During the day my sheets get creased. I love getting into hotel style no-crease bedsheets.
• I switch my phone to silent face down and use the iPhone's Bedtime feature that helps you get the same amount of sleep every night. It notifies me to get ready for bed half an hour before bedtime and wakes me up at the same time every single day regardless of whether it is a weekend. 
• A cuddle and reflection about our day (or separate days) with Taz.

I have been drip feeding my realisations as a conscious human on my Instagram page so it is only fitting that I put them all together here on my blog. I love writing poetically on my journey on becoming spiritually aligned with my true self. This is a place where I can share all the matters of my heart with you.

We are not warriors

One of my biggest realisations as a conscious human was that I must assess not react. A lot of us go about life in warrior mode touching to the primal instincts we no longer need. Since we no longer need to react instantly for survival by running from a wild boar it is insanity that we should expend the same amount of energy this takes on the small stuff. Examples of going about life in warrior mode include reacting instantly to anything that produces negative or uncomfortable feelings. When someone says something that offends you or if you happen to stub your toe, it doesn’t make sense to react with the same feelings our sapien ancestors would have when in mortal danger, but we do. We seem to think that we will be happier and powerful if we react to negativity with our own negativity. You will only attract back what you give out. To be happy, to be truly joyous, we must let go of warrior mode which only fuels ego.

Most importantly, it is not enough to ignore negative feeling, in fact, it is dangerous. I learnt that in order to rise to joy I must accept feelings of fear, resentment or anger. I must then honour that feeling, forgive myself and begin again. In my early days, and even now sometimes it really helps for me to recite aloud my carefully written faith statement:

'I honour you for how you feel. I have so much compassion for where you are in this moment.'

Forgiving myself

The biggest step to becoming conscious is by practicing compassion for yourself. When you don’t let go of negative feelings you are living a mindless life pushed, like that of a tumbleweed, by every bump and scratch and forever powerless. Remember that letting go of a feeling is left more painful and almost impossible to do if you don’t at first honour the feeling. By simply recognising it as a legitimate feeling equal to that of happiness you open your heart to joy.

I beat myself up about stepping out of my conscious alignment but I then realise that to step back in I must forgive myself. For this I have another powerful affirmation:

'I recognise that I have chosen wrongly, I forgive this thought, and I choose again. I choose love.'

Love

Love conquers all and overcomes all obstacles as the ancient roman poet Vigil claims. We think of love as an all consumptive feeling confined only to our relationships. Instead love is everywhere like that of the free open air, ready to be accepted into your heart whenever you decide you want to feel it. It is important to continually feel love for all things. Feel love for the universe, for God or whatever you believe in. It is the people who love the least that need our love the most. When we stop feeling love, feelings of resentment, fear and anger creep in. That is the pollution of the world, all the wars and hatred are simply an outward reflection of an inner pollution. The inner pollution of people not taking responsibility for their own inner peace.

Be here, now

'Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live' - Eckhart Tolle

I became conscious as soon as I noticed myself trying to hurry past the seemingly insignificant or mundane aspects of life. I filled my everyday with distraction from real life. Whiling away time on the train with a rubbish magazine or the coffee I was chugging down to curb the tiredness were all mindless actions.

Whiling away time isn’t the only time waster. Instantly reacting to every text, notification or alarm we float aimlessly. By reacting instead of observing and being present in the moment despite how ‘mundane’ this moment may seem we are checking out of our lives. We peer gape-mouthed into other people’s show reels while we’re still in our ‘behind the scenes’. We allow other people to dictate how we feel by reacting to their hate with hate. We allow the bad weather we know we have no control over to keep us from a road trip. Unconscious humans will forever react, never stopping to assess, never stopping to enjoy the scenic view of the detour that the inconvenient road works take them in. If we checked in with ourselves we would actualise our dreams. If we checked back into our lives we’d be living it.

Living consciously means to live powerfully, to have a life that you are the director of, to have dreams that you are the dreamer of and to be the master of your fate and destiny.

I have been sharing some of the most thought provoking podcasts on my Instagram stories. Ever since I became a London commuter I've been looking for ways to make the hour productive. My mind works best early mornings and starting your day right is so important.

Some of the things I love to do while stuck on a train is reading a good book, writing, editing my YouTube videos. I’ve recently added podcasts to my list of things I love to do on the commute. I listen to everything from mindfulness to entrepreneurial success and wealth management and they really work to shape my day. I wanted to share only two podcast. I've narrowed it own to these two because these are the podcasts I've been listening to non stop, sometimes even on repeat. I've loved listening to them that much and I hope you do too.

The Think Grow Podcast

I have to say that my favourite one is Ruben Chavez’s The Think Grow Podcast. I listened to every single episode in a week. I love his worldview and the guests he has on the show have provoked many thoughts and mindful actions towards my dream life. I talk about my dream life a lot. I’m quite open about where I’m heading and my journey on the road less travelled. It is true that it’s the words you tell yourself now, the people your surround yourself with now and the media (books/podcasts) you consume now that will shape the next five years of your life.

Favourite episode: 5 Way to Increase Your Intelligence
If you've been reading my blog or watching my videos for a while you'll know how much I love learning about the power of the mind and it's potential to help you reach your dreams. This episode breaks down how you can use the power of your mind to get closer to your dream.

The Genius Network

I love the format of this podcast. It's recorded with an audience and you don't need to see the audience to know their reactions. While Ruben's podcast is a one on one conversational this one that covers different aspects of creating your dream life the focus on this one is very much specific to entrepreneurial success. I love learning how people started up especially because my dream life involves working for myself.

Favourite episode: The Happiness Advantage
In this episode Shawn Actor shares some of the reasons why people think they're not happy and how to experience more joy. I've learnt that there's a difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is short lived, only if you let it, but joy is our birth right. It is something we were supposed to have for as long as we are in full alignment with our true self.

I love journaling. There's something therapeutic about writing down your thoughts. Today's post is a special one. It includes a free downloadable and printable copy of my very own morning and night journaling prompts.

These prompt are so simple but so effective in my productivity and in manifesting my goals into reality. I love to slow time, live in the moment and to truly appreciate the here and now. I do this through journaling morning and night. This enables me to do something today for a better tomorrow.

I have recently finished reading Brendon Burchard's The Motivation Manifesto. It is a poetically written book to live powerfully to achieve your big dreams. While reading that book I found myself journaling a lot more than I used to and which has now inspired this post and free printable for you. I hope you enjoy this and that it brings great value to your life.

After you've downloaded you may want a little guidance in filling the lines out. So below you will find my responses to the prompts from the last 24 hours. I hope this inspires you.

Morning
What would make today great? (think simple)
- To go with the flow of my heart's desires (to me this means that I must lead with the heart in my           projects today).

Daily affirmation. I am… (just the one! e.g. worthy of great things, physically strong, confident)
- I am strong.

Night
Have I felt grateful for this day and its opportunities? (list three things you are grateful for today)
1 The book I've been sinking into (which is currently Me Before You by Jojo Moyes).
2 My bed
3 The 20 minutes extra I had this morning to simply do nothing.

What can I do to make tomorrow better?

The Washington Monument, Washington DC USA

A lot of people sabotage their dreams by limiting themselves. What we think of ourselves and how far we can go in life can be attributed to our environmental factors. The good news is that most of our potential to live our dream life, whether that be driving a Bentley or living in a beach house, starts from the mind. In today's posts I'm sharing tips that can enable you to overcome your limitations and live the life of your dreams.

A lot of people hold limiting beliefs about the maximum salary they can attain or how strong and resilient their body can be with the effects of exercise. They simply accept their current reality and continue to be a victim of their circumstances. The worst types are the people who blame others for their misfortunes or believe that successful people are that way because they must be corrupt or just got lucky. Devastatingly, this kind of thinking is self-destructive, often beyond repair.

To remove yourself from the victim mindset you must at first allow yourself to dream, and secondly, and most importantly, believe and believe some more, irrevocably and unconditionally. One of my favourite quotes regarding belief is 'those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait and wait without anxiety.' This was quoted by Gabrielle Bernstein who quoted from A Course in Miracles.

You don't have to be religious to have self-belief. Having faith in yourself trains your brain to be alert for any opportunity that can bring you closer to your dream. Here are a few tips on training your mind to achieve the seemingly impossible.

Step one: Be clear

Be clear on what it is that you want and declare it as if it will definitely come true. Instead of saying 'I want to be a published author' say 'I will publish my novel and it will make it to Amazon's top 10'.

When you be clear on exactly what you desire, your mind instantly seeks out tools to become primed in finding opportunities for you to come closer to that dream. You begin to look for ways to find time to write, read and become inspired.

Step two: What is limiting me?

What limiting beliefs are holding me back? Ask yourself these questions to gain further clarity and to enable you to release these toxins out of your system. Is it inadequacy, not being an expert in the field, lack of funds or having too many projects to focus on? Find out what exactly is holding you back and resolve to find ways to solve it.

Step three: Proclaim that you already are/have

Step four: Commit to your dream

And finally,

Opportunity only comes when you prepare for it. When you believe you are not worthy of something you won't receive it. When you feel the scarcity of something you fall into the poverty trap: your bank account, your lack of job promotion, food, clothes, books, anything. How you feel towards something determines what energy you release and in turn your focus.

When you are driven to act in scarcity by refusing to coach another person to rise up in fear that they will ascend you, the more you descend. When you believe in the abundance of all good things and have relentless faith in yourself you are safe in the knowledge that you will ascend to greater planes. Environmental, socio and economic factors play a huge part in keeping people where they are. The tragedy is that many people don't understand that a simple shifting of their mind can change everything.

The people who have come from great levels of poverty to riches aren't lucky. They believed they were worthy and that there is abundance of all good things.