The perfect morning routine is often made to feel complicated, and time-consuming, leaving many women overwhelmed before the day even begins.
This post simplifies it with seven must-have Amazon essentials that remove the guesswork and help you build a calm, supportive morning routine using only what you truly need.
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This post is all about the perfect morning routine!
Amazon Essentials for a Perfect Morning Routine
1. Sunrise alarm clock
It is exactly as it sounds, a sunrise alarm clock gently wakes your body with gradual light instead of a jarring sound, helping regulate your circadian rhythm and reduce morning grogginess.
By mimicking a natural sunrise and aligning with your circadian rhythm, it supports calmer mornings, and more natural energy (before caffeine ever enters the picture).
Personally, I love waking up at 5AM (I know it's wild), but having something that mimics the sunrise is critical for those early mornings. With a sunrise alarm clock it slowwwllly lights up, and a game changer for those mornings!
2. Warm-colored light bulbs
When I lived at my old house, the moment my alarm went off early in the morning I would flick on my bedside table lamp and do the "feet on the floor" trick for early wake ups...
The warm-colored light bulbs, in my lamp, not only helped me go to sleep (because it has minimal blue light), but it's soft enough in the morning to not totally shatter my brain and make my go blind.
Once I moved out of that house with my warm lighted lamp I could seriously feel a difference getting up. You don't necessarily need a whole new lamp, but getting the warm-colored light bulbs will help drastically!
3. Stainless steel water bottle
You probably already have one of these (maybe even this one), but to prepare cold water in the evening and have ice water ready in the morning helps wake you up a TON.
Water is a sure way to start a perfect morning routine because it is a natural energy booster. Water flows into the energy-center of our cells and plumps them full of water to create energy, like a natural cup of coffee.
So, get a stainless steel bottle and prepare yourself some water in the evening to have a little morning-wake-up hack!
4. THIS Coffeemaker
My bread and butter for a perfect morning routine. Oh wow, this will change your life (if you are a coffee drinker). Otherwise, scroll past...
I say this coffeemaker because of one special feature I am obsessed with. This coffeemaker allows you to prep a pot of coffee in the evening and SET THE TIME for it to start brewing in the AM.
If you get up at 7AM, then you can have your coffee ready by 6:55...
I mean that is genius and the greatest invention of all time, this coffeemaker deserves a raise. The moment you wake up, your house smells like fresh coffee, and you meander out and easily pour yourself a cup. C'mon, THAT is perfect!
5. Electric kettle
For my matcha and tea drinkers we did not forget about you. You can find a very similar electric kettle that is programmable. However, not for the time you wake up (womp womp).
BUT, you can choose the temperature based on what kind of tea you are making and you can keep it warm for up to three hours.
Personally, I do not use an electric kettle (because obviously coffee is supreme), but this would be a go-to kettle for me if I drank tea!
6. High quality journal
In a perfect morning routine it can be nice to have time to journal your thoughts, write down your dreams, etc. The morning is a potent time for creativity and a time for great discernment in life's questions.
We love this high quality journal. She comes in so many colors and is big enough to have substance (but not overly large to cause annoyance).
Something I have toggled with in the mornings is something called "morning pages". The term was coined by the author of the book Artist's Way. It is a practice that encourages more creativity throughout the day.
You do a constant stream of consciousness for 3 whole pages. No stopping, just writing whatever comes. Anyways, this high quality journal is great for morning rituals such as that!
7. Planner
What is a perfect morning routine without jotting down a to-do list, your day's schedule, etc?
Right after my coffee (and a couple other rituals) I head straight for my planner. The first thing on my list in my planner is "morning routine". So, by the time I open my planner and start to write my day, I already have the first thing checked off.
This can psychologically start your day on the right foot. You woke up, check! And you acknowledge it, check! Let's tackle today.
We love this planner because you can write in your own dates and fill it in at ANY time of the year! I swear by this planner and wouldn't be able to organize my life without it.