5 Minutes Every Morning to Reset Your Mind
You don’t need a routine. You need a ritual.
Every day starts with noise.
Notifications.
Deadlines.
Unfinished thoughts from yesterday.
A dopamine loop before your brain even knows what year it is.
Most people never leave this loop.
They check in with the world before checking in with themselves.
So they lose clarity before the day even begins.
This isn’t about self-care.
It’s about control.
You don’t need an hour-long morning routine.
You don’t need incense, supplements, or cold plunges.
You need 5 minutes.
5 minutes to reset.
5 minutes to reclaim your mind before the world takes it from you.
The 5-Minute Reset (use it daily)
1. Sit.
No music. No phone. Just sit.
Let the world be quiet for the first time in 24 hours.
Close your eyes. Drop your shoulders. Unclench your jaw.
2. Ask: “What’s here?”
Scan your mind like a room.
Is there pressure? Guilt? Tension? Urgency?
Label it. Don’t judge it. Just see it.
3. Breathe into what you find.
Not to get rid of it — to make space for it.
Most people try to escape discomfort.
This is how you hold it without letting it own you.
4. Choose one word.
A compass for the day.
Not a goal. A quality.
Clarity. Focus. Patience. Energy. Truth. Stillness.
Let that word shape what you do next.
5. Move forward on purpose.
Open your eyes. Don’t grab your phone.
Go do the next thing with intention.
Even if it’s just brushing your teeth.
Why this works:
Because most people are reacting by default.
They wake up inside someone else’s story.
But these 5 minutes break the loop.
They give you distance from the noise.
They give you back your mind before the algorithm gets it.
And that’s enough to change the trajectory of your entire day.
It’s not about discipline.
It’s about direction.
Routines keep your time.
Rituals keep your soul.
Still Point
A place to return to before the world wakes up.
The best practice is the one you do. I like this one it reminds me of the poem by Rumi, Guesthouse. This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
Namaste
🙏🏽💙🧘🏽♂️
Because most people are reacting by default.
They wake up inside someone else’s story
So true and agreeable 👍🏻
Good read