Here’s an unexpected bonus: The affirmation is meant to be said aloud both in the morning and at bedtime. I usually do say encouraging things in the morning, I also write down intentions, do my prayers and devotion and am mostly what I’d call a ‘morning person.’ THis New Anthem practice I’m doing for 30 days is for saying in the morning and at night which means yesterday was one of the first days where I practiced intentional thinking before bed.
How interesting. I intentionally said something good and grounding prior to letting go of the day. It reminds me of this good Shui rhythm practice I heard my girl, Amanda Gibby Peters mention in the latest Art School Podcast with Leah Badertscher:
Get up to journal and work out: wood energy/Go to work, be seen, take meetings and phone calls: fire energy, come home, make a meal and come back to yourself: earth energy/ prepare for bed, let the day go: metal energy/sleep peacefully: water energy.
The power of intentional routine working through thoughts and actions according to the time of day. It reminds me of daily prayer practice, of good routine and ritual, lighting candles, changing clothes, marking the shift in time with a shift in us, asking for a shift in ourselves with intentional words in a chosen moment.
Is it weird to stand in the bathroom reading the New Anthem affirmation to myself? Yes. It is worth doing to see what will happen? Also yes. Have a great day.