Game 1: The Right Side of the Bed ( or Start Your Day with a Laugh Track)
âWhen you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.â T ECUMSEH , NATIVE AMERICAN LEADER
Okay, so this game involves music and a couple of easy movements that I call calisthenics for big- ass manifesting. Using the first five minutes of your day to feel good is like programming a destination into your GPS, like fixing your eye on the spot where you want your golf ball to land. For the sake of experimentation, itâs only necessary to do the little ritual Iâm about to impart for the next three days. But my hope is youâll dig it enough to include it as a treasured part of your morning routine along with brushing your teeth and showering. Hereâs how it works: LMFAOâs âParty Rock Anthemâ is now the theme song for your morning.
Watch it on YouTube if you havenât already. For the next three days, for a mere five minutes (câmon, how easy it that?) youâre going to throw the following feel- good party in your brain:
1. Listen to one or more of these songs, all easily accessible on your phone (maybe it could be your alarm?) or your computer:
âHappyâ by Pharrell Williams âWhat a Wonderful Worldâ by Louis Armstrong âBest Day of My Lifeâ by American Authors âI Believe I Can Flyâ by R. Kelly âThree Little Birdsâ by Bob Marley âCelebrationâ by Kool and the Gang âI Feel Goodâ by James Brown âI Gotta Feelingâ by Black Eyed Peas 2. Perform the following series of movements: Pump your fist in the air with complete glee. Repeat five times. Pretend youâre a Latin American soccer player who just made a goal. In the finals. When the score was tied. Do the Harlem Shuffle on your way to the bathroom in the morning. Before you brush your teeth. Go outside and stretch your arms wide to salute the sun that comes up every day without you having to pay for it or ask it to. Dancing to Pharrell Williamsâs âHappyâ while brushing my teeth has literally resculpted my brain and lowered my stress level. As I mentioned earlier, dancing and pumping my fists in the air is better than Breaking Badâ s Walter White at furnishing me with a constant supply of happy drugs: dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin, to name just a few.
Game 2: Ask for Your Own Personal Cosmic Joke
Put in an order with the FP for something that will amuse you, something that makes you laugh out loud. Intend to be shown this âinside jokeâ within the next 72 hours, during the time frame of this experiment.
Game 3: PDA for Your Mind
For the next three days, make a commitment to be grateful for everything that happens. And not just for things like, say, the turkey handprint your daughter brings home from school or your neighborâs blooming hydrangeas. If your mayonnaise jar falls out of the fridge while youâre looking for the leftover chicken fried rice, say âThank you!â If the po- po notices youâre running late to work and gives you a citation to prove it, say thanks!