Ever think about what happens as soon as you open your eyes each morning? What thoughts go through your head? What do you do as the first thing each morning? When I switched my first-thing-in-the-morning ritual from a REACTIVE one (playing snooze tag with my two alarm clocks and checking my email on my Blackberry), to a PROACTIVE one (creating a series of personal practices gathered from my various teachers), my energy completely changed, and my life started to change perceptibly also.