One important thing I’ve learnt throughout my entire 14-year life, is the importance of friends and friendship.

When you’re down, your friends should be the first people asking you if you’re okay and listening to you rant about your problems.

When you’re at your best, they should be the ones cheering you on from the sidelines, making fun of you in any blank moment.

They should make you laugh, make you smile, push you, inspire you, and teach you something new every single day.

I’ve always been a huge fan and strict follower of routine and habit. For years now, I’ve followed the same schedule each and every day in order to maximise my day, and everything I do throughout it.

Creating a morning routine, in my opinion, is all about finding what works for you. This post today is just a fun way for you to get to know me better, and does not in any way mean using this routine, ESPECIALLY if you're no morning person.

Getting a good night's sleep is essential to our physical and mental health.

While we spend approximately one third of our life sleeping, for many, they still ignore and lack acknowledgement of the importance of sleep.

Sleep benefits us in almost every way; boosting and optimizing all aspects of our life. Lack of sleep, on the other hand, does the complete opposite.

Do you ever feel like the days are flying by? That, even though we all have the same 24 hour day, you’re getting nothing done?

You ask yourself…

Where did the day go?

Did I get anything done?

What did I do all day?

If you feel like this regularly, I can completely relate! You may be falling into one, or many of the following time wasting habits.

Your morning routine sets the tone for the rest of your day. While some days you wake up feeling calm, alert and enthusiastic, others you feel in dread, annoyed and sleepy.

Now, let me ask you; Do you have a morning routine filled with simple daily habits? And do those habits make you feel good or bad?

The morning is by far the most important part of our day, setting the tone for how we feel, act and achieve.

By doing the right things in the morning, and avoiding the wrong things, we set ourselves up for a peaceful, productive and positive day!

We all have bad habits. I have them, you have them, we all have them! Though many of them may seem harmless and unique, believe it or not, they can also endanger our health, wellbeing and happiness. 

Good habits are the basis for a successful life. As we transition to high school, we carry all of our habits in our back pocket. Everything we learn from our entire school life, the good, bad and ugly, are waiting to be used in any given moment. But is this enough to get through high school with success? According to the statistics, it isn’t.