1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: Being a stellar morning person starts the night before, but 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: sticking with a morning routine means incorporating activities and habits 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: that fill you up and make you feel excited. What's 4 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: going on, everyone, Emily Abadi? Here, you are listening to 5 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: another installment of Hurdle Moment from Hurdle a While this 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: focus podcast reconnect with everyone from your favorite athletes to 7 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: top CEOs and industry experts about their highest highs, toughest moments, 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: and everything in between. We all go through hurdles in life, 9 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: and my goal through these discussions is to empower you 10 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: to better navigate yours and move with intentions so that 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: you can stride towards your own big potential and of 12 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: course have some fun along the way. So I mentioned 13 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: this I think at some point on the show since 14 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: the Imposter Syndrome episode came out, but that episode went gangbusters. 15 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 1: You all really seem to enjoy solo hurdle moments. I'm 16 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: here for it. And so when I took to social 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: media and asked exactly what it was, what it is 18 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: that you want to hear more about from me? There 19 00:01:21,280 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: were a lot of you weighing in about becoming a 20 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: morning person. I know I am often up with the sun, 21 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: and I'll get into that entire routine today what that 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 1: looks like for me. But I also recognize that not 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 1: everyone shares the same enthusiasm about being up with the sun, 24 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:43,840 Speaker 1: and so that's what we're getting into today. I am 25 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: giving you my tricks and. 26 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 2: Tips for what it looks like to be a quote 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: unquote successful morning person, and there is some motivation for 28 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: you to want this for yourself. 29 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: Research shows that morning people are more proactive, they're happier, 30 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: and they are also more consistent within their workout routine. 31 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: So I'm bringing you seven different tips that you can 32 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: use to become a morning person too. You might want 33 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: to either have your notes. 34 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: App open while listening to this, or you know, just 35 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: a fresh notebook. 36 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: I love a good pen and paper moment. I'm here 37 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: to help, and like I said, I want to bring 38 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 1: you content that makes you excited. So if you have 39 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: a question that you want me to answer dedicate in 40 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: an entire episode two I am all ears, you can 41 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: leave me a voice message and maybe your voice will 42 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: even make the feed. The link to do that to 43 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: submit something for me is in the show notes. I 44 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 1: also do want to take a moment. I know I 45 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: talk about this sporadically, but to remind you that there 46 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: is a newsletter from Hurdle that comes out every single Friday, 47 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: landing directly in your inbox, so much of the same motivation, inspiration, 48 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: and things you love about the show in addition to 49 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: gear picks, what I'm watching, reading quotes that I'm loving 50 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: in the moment. So many awesome things in there. So 51 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: make sure you're subscribed. It is absolutely free. The link 52 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: to do that is in the show notes as well. 53 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: Make sure you are following along with Hurdle over on 54 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: social media. It is at Hurdle Podcast. I myself am 55 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: over at Emily a body with that. Let's get to it, 56 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: Let's get to hurdling. Oh, mornings for me. Mornings for 57 00:03:52,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: me are my time. They're my opportunity to reclaim my 58 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: sanity and find some stillness. There is just so much 59 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: that happens throughout the day that feels unpredictable. But for me, 60 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: first thing in my morning is my time to kind 61 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: of control the controllable when it comes to me and 62 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: being a morning person, I've kind of always been this way, 63 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: Like I've kind of always been an early person, even 64 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: in college, I had a roommate that would sleep until 65 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: like ten or eleven. Ashley, if you're listening to this, 66 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: I love you and I would just like get up 67 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: and go do some other stuff, and thankfully, at that 68 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: time it worked for us. I do think that being 69 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, single, helps with being a steady warning person. 70 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: But I do know that it's something that I really 71 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: take into account when it comes to thinking about my 72 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: life partner. Because I can't date some and that's going 73 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: to make me feel guilty for not staying in bed 74 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: with them or living a life that makes them feel 75 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: okay but makes me feel not my best self. I've 76 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: got to do what feels good for me, and what 77 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 1: feels good for me is being a morning human. I digress. 78 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: So what we've covered so far, I've always been kind 79 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: of an early raiser. It just seems to work for me. 80 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: Before the pandemic, I would say like in my working 81 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: adult life, I was definitely a mourning alarm setter. I 82 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: now rarely set alarms and just kind of naturally am 83 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: waking up on the early side of things. I will 84 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: if I know that there's something I want to get 85 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: done before I have something else that I have on 86 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: my calendar, I will set an alarm, but those days 87 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:49,119 Speaker 1: are kind of few and far between. Perhaps it's because 88 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: I want to meet a group for a workout and 89 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 1: I know that I need to be there for a 90 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: certain time. But if I'm flying solo, I just put 91 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: my faith in the fact that I'll get up and 92 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: I'll get done what I need to get done to 93 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: set myself up for a really, really good day. So 94 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: a little insight into what my mornings look like right now, 95 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 1: I'm typically up by like five forty five. Naturally, the 96 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 1: first thing I do walk over to my espresso machine, 97 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: make an Arondio that's my favorite blend. Then I go 98 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: use the bathroom, take my medications that I take in 99 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: the morning, put vitamin D on my face, and then 100 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: I grab my n espresso. I walk over to the couch. 101 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: That's when I open the open app no pun intended. 102 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: To start my day. I pick a breathwork meditation that's 103 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: between three and five minutes. After I do that breathwork, 104 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: I journal for one page. At the end of that page, 105 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: I write down a highlight from my day from the 106 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: last twenty four hours. Then I typically go downstairs and 107 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: do a workout. Right now, I'm strength training four days 108 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: a week and running three days a week. One of 109 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 1: those days is an overlap. The run is about twenty 110 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: minutes and the strength training is about twenty five minutes. 111 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: Then I come back upstairs, and that's when the fun 112 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: really begins. It's a shower. Some days, if I have 113 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: the time, I'll go back out and take a walk 114 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: around my neighborhood for a little bit. It just helps 115 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 1: me decompress and gather my thoughts a little bit more. 116 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: Then come inside, shake up some ag one, hop into 117 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: the shower, make breakfast, and before I know it, I'm 118 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: at my desk. I'm opening my journal, in which the 119 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: first thing I do another moment of gratitude, is right, 120 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: what is one thing I am grateful for again that 121 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: will be different than whatever I wrote in the morning 122 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: in that journal, And then I will get into to 123 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: do listing, looking at my schedule, organizing, and I end 124 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: that practice by writing what is one thing that can 125 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: make today great? Now? I find it important to tell 126 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: you I have been a morning person for over a decade, 127 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: but really what feels like my entire life? And I 128 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: do believe that part of this is hereditary actually, I 129 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: have early morning parents, so this was behavior that I 130 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: saw modeled for me from a really young age. And 131 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: now my tips, Now that I've given you all my 132 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: background on being a morning human, my first tip to 133 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: being a morning human is keep a study sleep schedule. Now, 134 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: I feel like this may speak to a little bit 135 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: of my occasional lack of a social life. I am 136 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: certainly a homebody, but there is rarely an evening where 137 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: I am away from my apartment past ten pm. So 138 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: that means that even if I am asleep by nine thirty, 139 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: at ten or ten most nights, at the very latest, 140 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: even on the weekends, I'm going to bed by eleven, 141 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: that means that the following morning I might get up 142 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: a smidge later. But my sleep schedule is pretty consistent 143 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: that I'm sleeping between the nine and ten PM hour 144 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: at the latest, and I'm up between five thirty and 145 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: six thirty. Almost every single day, I am consistently getting 146 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: about eight hours of sleep. And when I put in 147 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: the you know, the parameters between nine and ten pm, 148 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to sleep. Some nights I'm literally sleeping at 149 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: eight thirty, and that's just what feels right for me. 150 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: So making sure that you're having a steady sleep schedule 151 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: is going to help you sleep better, get better sleep quality, 152 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: which is really really important. You can get a ton 153 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: of sleep, I'm talking eight nine, ten hours, but if 154 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: you're getting crappy sleep, if you're awake a lot, if 155 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: there are things in your environment that are causing you 156 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 1: to reduce the quality of your sleep, like loud noises, 157 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: bright lights. You know, a partner, even not to say 158 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: that I don't want you to have a happy and 159 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,719 Speaker 1: healthy relationship, but just saying that someone getting in and 160 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: out of the bed constantly can impact your overall sleep quality. 161 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: You know, these are things that are going to ruin 162 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: your sleep, even if you are getting a lot of it. 163 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,200 Speaker 1: So tip number one, keep a steady sleep schedule. Tip 164 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: number two, you're like, you're good morning. It starts the 165 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: night before, so that means having a wine routine that 166 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: makes you feel calm. I have my phone on a 167 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: default setting where it goes on do not disturb starting 168 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: at eight pm. I will check it at least one 169 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: more time before I get to bed. But I really 170 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: do try to put my phone down in the hour 171 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: before I am hitting the hay, so to speak. So 172 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: I can kind of wind down from that stimulation. Also 173 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: really big, I'm like dimming the lights in my apartment. 174 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: I do not sleep with my phone next to my bed. 175 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: I sleep with it like too far away from me 176 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: just to reach to it, and that way I'm not 177 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: laying in my bed scrolling. I'm really working on getting 178 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: better about my skincare routine, just like trying to find 179 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: things that calm me down, not drinking water too close 180 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: to when I'm getting into bed so that I'm not 181 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: like getting up to pe in the middle of the night. 182 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: Everyone's going to have a different Goldilocks, you know, approach 183 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: to their nighttime routine, just like you will to your 184 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: morning routine. We'll talk about that in just a second, 185 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: but finding something or a series of events that relaxes 186 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: you is absolutely key. My next tip for you, skip 187 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: the snooze button. Resist the snooze button. I mentioned to 188 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: you that I don't really set regular alarms, but I 189 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: totally understand if you're in the intro phases of getting 190 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: into a morning routine, or maybe you're just not in 191 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: the place in your life we're naturally getting up earlier 192 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: in the day. Is something that serves you or feels 193 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: like it serves you just yet, you're gonna need an alarm. 194 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: That alarm would be best if it's not your cell phone, 195 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: but it could be your cell phone. I'm just gonna 196 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: disclaim that the goal here, whether it's your cell phone 197 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: or whether it's an alarm that you buy off of Amazon, 198 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 1: do not allow yourself to press snooze. Yes, you're gonna 199 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:44,439 Speaker 1: have that moment, that minute, those few minutes right when 200 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: it goes off, where you're like, do I want to 201 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: do this? Do I want to do this? Do I 202 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: want to do this? The answer is yes, you want 203 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: to do it, and if you start moving sooner, the 204 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 1: less doubt you're going to have in that decision. It's 205 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: hard to think about that moment when you're done with 206 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: your entire morning routine and you're feeling really stellar and 207 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 1: you're really happy that you did it, When you are 208 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: like laying horizontal in your bed and it's comfortable and 209 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: it's warm, and it is like free of like a 210 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: lot of chaos, right, it's hard to think about that moment. 211 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: It's hard to think about that finish line. But if 212 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: you resist the snooze and make a move, you will 213 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: be nine times out of ten more likely not to 214 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: get back into your bed and go back to sleep. 215 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: So resist the snooze button. Tip number five. I'm pretty 216 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: sure we're on five here, we are, okay? Tip number 217 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: five resist the scroll. Trust me, nothing good comes from 218 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: picking up your phone first thing in the morning and 219 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: sitting there and scrolling for twenty to thirty minutes. There 220 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: are so many better ways to use your time that 221 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: will set you up for much better success, feelings, vibes, 222 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 1: you name it. This is exactly where phone placement can 223 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: come in the clutch. If you are just like easily 224 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: reaching over to get your phone, you're turning off your alarm. 225 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: You're lying in bed, your phone is in your hand. 226 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: It's going to be very tempting to lay there and 227 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,199 Speaker 1: just like investigate the things for a while. But if 228 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: you have to get up to turn your alarm off, 229 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: you're already standing. You can really see quickly if anything 230 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,320 Speaker 1: like a fire is happening on your cell phone, so 231 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: to speak, and then you can put it back down. 232 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: The great thing about the morning, like I said at 233 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: the top of this episode, is that the morning is 234 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: yours for the taking. You don't have to worry about 235 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: the other things that are going on in the world 236 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: at that very moment. Because this time it is yours, 237 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: it is for you. So in this time, instead of 238 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 1: using it to further drain yourself, take it as your 239 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: opportunity to give back to you. That is the purpose. 240 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: I'm sure that is why you hope or strive to 241 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: be a morning person to get an extra thirty to 242 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: sixty minutes of phone time in your day. Tip number six. 243 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 1: Fill your morning with things that make you excited. Your 244 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: morning routine should be unique to you. You don't have 245 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: to execute your morning routine in a way that you 246 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: see someone else do on Instagram or TikTok. If you 247 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: find that journaling is something that really resonates with you, 248 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: incorporate journaling into your morning routine, and incorporate journaling in 249 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 1: a way that feels really true to who you are 250 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: into your morning routine. So maybe it's writing one page 251 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 1: in a highlight at the end of that page of 252 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: something good that happened to you in the last twenty 253 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: four hours that's my current jam. Maybe it's using a 254 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: five minute journal or a one line a day journal, 255 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: so many different options to make something like that fit 256 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: into your groove. Also, I mean, if journaling is not 257 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: your thing, the meditation is your thing, maybe you want 258 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: to be a person that works out first thing in 259 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: the morning. Whatever habit that really feels like it calls 260 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: to you, right, that's what you want to put together 261 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: in your ideal mourning. Because if you're just doing something 262 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: again since you see someone else doing it and you 263 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: think that it could be good for you, Okay, if 264 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: you try it, cool, but if it doesn't resonate with you, 265 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: you're not going to stick with that habit. You want 266 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: to make sure again, if you're getting up early in 267 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: the morning for trying to take advantage of this time, 268 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: that you are doing things that make you feel excited, 269 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: that make you feel invigorated to tackle your day. On 270 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: this note, I want to make sure that I reiterate 271 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: that if you want to be a morning workout person, 272 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: the best way that you're going to stick with that 273 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: habit is by figuring out what type of sweat makes 274 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: you feel really truly good and happy and that you 275 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: look forward to. For me, it's no secret that I 276 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: am a huge runner, but there are days that I'm 277 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: craving something else and I listen to my body and 278 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: what I am craving and I go with that. Maybe 279 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: your secret to actually sticking with a morning exercise routine 280 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: is finding some accountability, whether that is virtually or going 281 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: to the same studio, or simply asking a friend to 282 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: be your workout buddy and check in with you or 283 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: check in with each other after that sweat is done. 284 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: Trust me, when you have someone else waiting for you 285 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: or looking to speak to you or wrap with you 286 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: about what is going on in your life, in your morning, 287 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: in your sweat, it's gonna make you more likely to 288 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: actually show up and get the thing done. And my 289 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: last tip for you today when it comes to taking 290 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: full advantage of your morning routine and becoming a morning person, 291 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: is making sure that you shift your mindset. If you 292 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: keep on telling yourself I am not a morning person. 293 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: I am not a morning person, well guess what you're 294 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: putting that energy into the world. Instead, say to yourself, 295 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 1: I can do this, I can handle more. I can 296 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: be a morning person. You don't need to lie to 297 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: yourself and be like I am the most excited morning person. Ever. 298 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: It doesn't work like that. It doesn't work like that, 299 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: but you can be realistic that you have opportunity in 300 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: the early hours of the day, and that you are 301 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: willing and excited to try to take advantage of them, 302 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: saying something like the morning can be good for me, 303 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,439 Speaker 1: saying something like these new habits will really serve me, 304 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: setting positive framework, having a positive mindset around again, a 305 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,719 Speaker 1: routine that will be really good for you. If you 306 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,479 Speaker 1: get it nailed down, Trust me, you will not regret 307 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: it again. A lot of takeaways here, and I want 308 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: to make sure that I'm helping all of you. So 309 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: if you do have more questions about mornings about developing 310 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: a morning routine, I am all ears. You can leave 311 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: a voice message for me and ask a question at 312 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: any time by clicking the link in the show notes 313 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: that prompts you to do so. Like I said, remember, 314 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: being a stellar morning person starts the night before, but 315 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: sticking with a morning routine means incorporating activities and habits 316 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: that fill you up and make you feel excited. That's 317 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: it for this week, Another hurdle conquered. Catch you guys 318 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: next time.