My Favorite Morning Routine: A Decadent Cup of Coffee and More

As I sit down to write this article, I'm excited to share with you my favorite morning routine that sets me up for success. For me, mornings are all about something to look forward to. As soon as I wake up, I know there's something delicious waiting for me downstairs - my favorite coffee drink is always a highlight of the morning.

I'm still drinking the same blend of iced coffee mixed with my favorite creamer, which is sweet cream. I love sipping on this as I make breakfast, it's a ritual that I cherish. If you're not eating a filling, balanced, and healthy breakfast, trust me when I say you need to start doing so. I used to fuel myself poorly and would lose steam easily. But after incorporating a nutritious breakfast into my routine, I've noticed a significant increase in my energy levels.

My go-to breakfast is crispy fried eggs with parmesan cheese. To make them, you get your eggs going, cook one side, season it up, cover the top with cheese (I like to use an Italian blend), and then flip it so that the cheese gets crispy on both sides. The key is to not burn the cheese, but rather achieve a nice crispiness. This may not look appetizing at first glance, but trust me when I say that these eggs are addicting! I have them with buttered toast, which adds an extra layer of flavor and texture.

As I eat my breakfast, I usually watch a YouTube video or listen to a podcast. However, one thing that's not on the agenda is checking my email - at least, not yet. I find that I need to be awake and energized before diving into emails, especially if there's any chance of bad news. In this state, I'm more focused and can tackle tasks with clarity.

After breakfast, I make sure to clean up after myself. Although things are usually tidy from the night before, I take a quick look around to ensure everything is in order. This may seem like a small task, but it helps me feel calm and centered, especially when Carter wakes up and starts making a mess downstairs!

With my morning routine now complete, I move on to getting ready for the day. I follow a simple five-minute beauty routine that has become second nature over time. My DIY lash extensions have been a game-changer - they save me so much time in the mornings! With just a few quick strokes of my makeup brush and a swipe of lip liner, I'm looking mildly put together and ready to take on the day.

Now, if you're thinking that five minutes is an impossible task, think again. I've mastered this routine over four years and can complete it in under five minutes - most days! With just a few minutes left before Carter wakes up at 7:30 am sharp, I use this time to plan out my day. I find solace in using the Google Keep app, where I write down all my tasks and objectives for the day.

This framework helps me stay organized and focused, ensuring that I make the most of my day. And trust me when I say it's been a month of productivity since I started this morning routine! I've noticed a significant difference in my energy levels, mood, and overall well-being. So, what is your one thing that you like to do in the morning that sets your day on the right track? Let us know down below - I'd love to hear about it!

Lastly, I want to thank LG for being such incredible supporters of my channel. It means the world to me, and I'm grateful for their partnership.

Thank you guys again for watching, and I'll see you soon with a new video!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everybody welcome back to my channel today I'm going to be sharing with you my productive morning habits that I follow the first hour of my day that has not only changed my days and put me on the right track every day but altogether has been so transformative and has changed my life and I know that sounds really dramatic calm down Brittany we're talking crazy so we're gonna be walking through these one by one I also want to give a quick thank you to LG for sponsoring today's video they have been such a huge supporter of my channel and my family so I appreciate them so much so let's get started with tip number one which for me was the hardest of all of these but now that I've made the switch everything else is possible and that is waking up one full hour before you have to before you have to get out the door or if you're a mom before your kids wake up so taking that full hour to yourself and that's how long this whole routine it takes me this is what has made all the difference so number two this is also difficult to do but now it's a habit and that is when my alarm goes off for me at 6:30 a.m. Carter wakes up at 7:30 I immediately get out of bed I roll right out of bed the only thing I'm thinking is get up so I roll out of my bed and walk right over to my blind I open the blinds and I let the light in that will naturally start to wake you up then I go over to my nightstand and I have water already set up here from the night before and I drink 16 ounces of water to start my day what a lot of people don't realize that feeling of being tired and groggy is very often related to dehydration and I am chronically dehydrated I don't drink enough water so I just force myself to drink a lot of water right when I wake up after I just chug my water I'm over here by my nightstand by the bed so I just make the bed right then I'm there already it's very easy to do I sleep on top of my covers I know people think this is very weird but I have my big cozy blanket so all I really need to do is arrange my and then I fold up my blanket and put it over in the basket next to my bed the bed is made and that's just one little productive thing get it over with quickly I walk over to the bathroom brush my teeth do all of that and then next little Hobbit that I started doing is I apply my skincare cold I have my little mini skin fridge I talked about this in a recent video but I have found that using your skin care cold really helps wake me up and energize me in the morning it just makes the entire experience feel more luxurious and I used this little silicone brush to apply my skin care all of this together is such an enjoyable a little a couple minutes of my morning that I really look forward to now it just sets the tone for your day of being put together now on my way out the door I grab my laundry basket and this is another new thing I've been doing I do two smaller loads of laundry a week I used to kind of let it pile up and have this whole massive laundry situation I now do it in smaller manageable chunks I pop over into my laundry room you guys have probably seen I have now the most beautiful ultimate laundry room going on with my LG appliances in here and I get three things going at once and I find that when I do my laundry first thing it just guarantees I get it done the first thing I get going is I use my lg styler this is my companion to my washer dryer and I put my coat and Carter's coat in here I like to do this every week it has been really chilly and raining here in San Diego so our coats just get musty and I do a refresh cycle and what that does is it steams the coats it refreshes them deodorizes them sanitizes them removes allergens it just freshens them up so I get these going on a refresh cycle then I put my main load of wash this is my clothes and Carter's clothes in my washer which is the WM 3900 best washer on the market I'm not just saying this Consumer Reports agrees with me number one rated washer there's also steam technology in this so it uses the power of steam to clean your clothes deeper and sanitize them and remove allergens it just cleans your clothes better very very noticeably better especially from the last one I had it is a night and day difference and so at the same time I also get my athletic clothes washing down below in the LG sidekick so I have the twin wash system here the sidekick down below has a mini washer in it that is where I put my leggings my athletic jackets those are different materials that need to be washed on a delicate cold cycle so I will do that down below and so I have three things going at once first thing in the morning getting them done and all of these appliances have smart technologies so I will just get a text message to my phone when they are all done these appliances have truly transformed my laundry game they are next-level amazing so if you are in the market for new laundry appliances you need to look into these I will have all of the information and the links down in the description box so check them out after I get my laundry going I walk into the kitchen and I start my diffuser and I do an energizing happy blend my favorite blend that I usually go with is four drops of grapefruit and four drops of lemon that is just very uplifting and energizing then I have Alexa put on some music play Christmas music downstairs know is my favorite part of the morning that is when I have something to look forward to so this could be an amazing decadent cup of coffee cup of tea whatever it is that excites you for me I have my favorite coffee drink I'm still drinking the same blend of this iced coffee mixed with my favorite creamer this is a sweet cream creamer so I'm sipping on this as I am making my breakfast so that is my next thing that I very very highly recommend if you are not eating a filling balanced healthy breakfast you need to start and just see how it affects your energy I wasn't fueling myself enough and then I would just lose steam and if you follow me on Instagram you know my favorite breakfast right now is crispy fried eggs I'll show you how I make it you just get your eggs going cook it on one side so I season it up and before you're ready to flip you cover the top with cheese and I like to put a parmesan Italian blend really blow it up and then you flip it because you want to fry the cheese on there then you let that fry until the cheese gets crispy very important that it's nice and crispy this is the crisp eNOS that you're looking for not burned just crisp I know doesn't look super appetizing but trust me when I say this is so addicting I have to have this every day for breakfast now and I have it with a side of buttered toast as I'm eating my breakfast I will watch a youtube video or listen to a podcast usually but you will notice still I have not checked my email and I have not checked Twitter I find that I really need to be awake and energized and in a good mood before I check my email especially because if I ever do get bad news it's usually coming through my email so I need to be in the right mental place now after I've eaten I will make sure to clean up after myself I don't make a big mess things are usually clean from the night before but I will just do a quick little look around to make sure that things are mostly in order before Carter wakes up and terrorizes the downstairs I feel more calm when things are in order it just stresses me out especially to wake up to a messy cluttered environment then I go back upstairs and I do my five minute mommy makeup and when I say five minutes I actually mean five minutes I have my DIY at lash extensions I did a whole video on these I love them so much it just saves me time all I do I put on my foundation I use the it cosmetics CC cream I'm in the medium shade now I do my concealer I now use the covergirl concealer that my mom told me about and it has replaced my shape tape and it's only seven dollars so that's a hot tip this benefit brow pencil so so good I have my completed eyebrows so I just have to barely fill them in but this has the thinnest tip to it so it just makes really realistic brow hair I'll put on a little bit of bronzer and blush and sometimes I'll take a bit of bronzer and just put it as eye shadow very quickly and then my lip liner and lipstick very exciting news after four years I have a new lip combo this is a dose of colors lip liner in the shade Teddy and my new favorite lipstick is called baddest beige and it is by Maybelline I have this down to a science and I can literally do it in under five minutes I look mildly put together because Carter and I do go out everyday so I want to look you know presentable and then if I have a few minutes to spare which I usually do I have about five minutes left before Carter wakes up at 7:30 on the dot like clockwork I will plan my day and I just do this on my phone I still use the Google keep up and I just had my to-do list on there so get that in order sort it out so I have a framework for my day and that is it that is my one hour productive morning routine that I have started doing I started on November 1st and this has been the most productive month of my life I've had the best energy been in the best mood because I have made it a priority to take this hour of time to myself to get on the right track so let me know down in the comments what is your one thing that you like to do in the morning that you feel sets your day on the right track leave it down below I would love to read thank you guys so much for watching I hope you did enjoy this video thank you again to LG for being such a huge supporter of my channel I appreciate them so much and thank you guys as always so much for watching and I will see you soon with a new video youhello everybody welcome back to my channel today I'm going to be sharing with you my productive morning habits that I follow the first hour of my day that has not only changed my days and put me on the right track every day but altogether has been so transformative and has changed my life and I know that sounds really dramatic calm down Brittany we're talking crazy so we're gonna be walking through these one by one I also want to give a quick thank you to LG for sponsoring today's video they have been such a huge supporter of my channel and my family so I appreciate them so much so let's get started with tip number one which for me was the hardest of all of these but now that I've made the switch everything else is possible and that is waking up one full hour before you have to before you have to get out the door or if you're a mom before your kids wake up so taking that full hour to yourself and that's how long this whole routine it takes me this is what has made all the difference so number two this is also difficult to do but now it's a habit and that is when my alarm goes off for me at 6:30 a.m. Carter wakes up at 7:30 I immediately get out of bed I roll right out of bed the only thing I'm thinking is get up so I roll out of my bed and walk right over to my blind I open the blinds and I let the light in that will naturally start to wake you up then I go over to my nightstand and I have water already set up here from the night before and I drink 16 ounces of water to start my day what a lot of people don't realize that feeling of being tired and groggy is very often related to dehydration and I am chronically dehydrated I don't drink enough water so I just force myself to drink a lot of water right when I wake up after I just chug my water I'm over here by my nightstand by the bed so I just make the bed right then I'm there already it's very easy to do I sleep on top of my covers I know people think this is very weird but I have my big cozy blanket so all I really need to do is arrange my and then I fold up my blanket and put it over in the basket next to my bed the bed is made and that's just one little productive thing get it over with quickly I walk over to the bathroom brush my teeth do all of that and then next little Hobbit that I started doing is I apply my skincare cold I have my little mini skin fridge I talked about this in a recent video but I have found that using your skin care cold really helps wake me up and energize me in the morning it just makes the entire experience feel more luxurious and I used this little silicone brush to apply my skin care all of this together is such an enjoyable a little a couple minutes of my morning that I really look forward to now it just sets the tone for your day of being put together now on my way out the door I grab my laundry basket and this is another new thing I've been doing I do two smaller loads of laundry a week I used to kind of let it pile up and have this whole massive laundry situation I now do it in smaller manageable chunks I pop over into my laundry room you guys have probably seen I have now the most beautiful ultimate laundry room going on with my LG appliances in here and I get three things going at once and I find that when I do my laundry first thing it just guarantees I get it done the first thing I get going is I use my lg styler this is my companion to my washer dryer and I put my coat and Carter's coat in here I like to do this every week it has been really chilly and raining here in San Diego so our coats just get musty and I do a refresh cycle and what that does is it steams the coats it refreshes them deodorizes them sanitizes them removes allergens it just freshens them up so I get these going on a refresh cycle then I put my main load of wash this is my clothes and Carter's clothes in my washer which is the WM 3900 best washer on the market I'm not just saying this Consumer Reports agrees with me number one rated washer there's also steam technology in this so it uses the power of steam to clean your clothes deeper and sanitize them and remove allergens it just cleans your clothes better very very noticeably better especially from the last one I had it is a night and day difference and so at the same time I also get my athletic clothes washing down below in the LG sidekick so I have the twin wash system here the sidekick down below has a mini washer in it that is where I put my leggings my athletic jackets those are different materials that need to be washed on a delicate cold cycle so I will do that down below and so I have three things going at once first thing in the morning getting them done and all of these appliances have smart technologies so I will just get a text message to my phone when they are all done these appliances have truly transformed my laundry game they are next-level amazing so if you are in the market for new laundry appliances you need to look into these I will have all of the information and the links down in the description box so check them out after I get my laundry going I walk into the kitchen and I start my diffuser and I do an energizing happy blend my favorite blend that I usually go with is four drops of grapefruit and four drops of lemon that is just very uplifting and energizing then I have Alexa put on some music play Christmas music downstairs know is my favorite part of the morning that is when I have something to look forward to so this could be an amazing decadent cup of coffee cup of tea whatever it is that excites you for me I have my favorite coffee drink I'm still drinking the same blend of this iced coffee mixed with my favorite creamer this is a sweet cream creamer so I'm sipping on this as I am making my breakfast so that is my next thing that I very very highly recommend if you are not eating a filling balanced healthy breakfast you need to start and just see how it affects your energy I wasn't fueling myself enough and then I would just lose steam and if you follow me on Instagram you know my favorite breakfast right now is crispy fried eggs I'll show you how I make it you just get your eggs going cook it on one side so I season it up and before you're ready to flip you cover the top with cheese and I like to put a parmesan Italian blend really blow it up and then you flip it because you want to fry the cheese on there then you let that fry until the cheese gets crispy very important that it's nice and crispy this is the crisp eNOS that you're looking for not burned just crisp I know doesn't look super appetizing but trust me when I say this is so addicting I have to have this every day for breakfast now and I have it with a side of buttered toast as I'm eating my breakfast I will watch a youtube video or listen to a podcast usually but you will notice still I have not checked my email and I have not checked Twitter I find that I really need to be awake and energized and in a good mood before I check my email especially because if I ever do get bad news it's usually coming through my email so I need to be in the right mental place now after I've eaten I will make sure to clean up after myself I don't make a big mess things are usually clean from the night before but I will just do a quick little look around to make sure that things are mostly in order before Carter wakes up and terrorizes the downstairs I feel more calm when things are in order it just stresses me out especially to wake up to a messy cluttered environment then I go back upstairs and I do my five minute mommy makeup and when I say five minutes I actually mean five minutes I have my DIY at lash extensions I did a whole video on these I love them so much it just saves me time all I do I put on my foundation I use the it cosmetics CC cream I'm in the medium shade now I do my concealer I now use the covergirl concealer that my mom told me about and it has replaced my shape tape and it's only seven dollars so that's a hot tip this benefit brow pencil so so good I have my completed eyebrows so I just have to barely fill them in but this has the thinnest tip to it so it just makes really realistic brow hair I'll put on a little bit of bronzer and blush and sometimes I'll take a bit of bronzer and just put it as eye shadow very quickly and then my lip liner and lipstick very exciting news after four years I have a new lip combo this is a dose of colors lip liner in the shade Teddy and my new favorite lipstick is called baddest beige and it is by Maybelline I have this down to a science and I can literally do it in under five minutes I look mildly put together because Carter and I do go out everyday so I want to look you know presentable and then if I have a few minutes to spare which I usually do I have about five minutes left before Carter wakes up at 7:30 on the dot like clockwork I will plan my day and I just do this on my phone I still use the Google keep up and I just had my to-do list on there so get that in order sort it out so I have a framework for my day and that is it that is my one hour productive morning routine that I have started doing I started on November 1st and this has been the most productive month of my life I've had the best energy been in the best mood because I have made it a priority to take this hour of time to myself to get on the right track so let me know down in the comments what is your one thing that you like to do in the morning that you feel sets your day on the right track leave it down below I would love to read thank you guys so much for watching I hope you did enjoy this video thank you again to LG for being such a huge supporter of my channel I appreciate them so much and thank you guys as always so much for watching and I will see you soon with a new video you\n"