The Gateway Drug To Personal Development

Foreign. This is Busy Getting Better, the podcast for women who are committed to prioritizing their own personal growth. I'm your host, Madison J. A mindset and money coach, a first generation wealth builder and a woman on a mission to help you master your finances and live your best life. Money is not all we are covering though, because in order to live your best life, you have to become your best self. So we are diving deep into all things personal development and bringing you the mindset shifts, money, tips and inspiration. You need to go out there, be bold and build the life you can't stop daydreaming about. It's time to get busy, babe. Busy getting better. What is up you guys? Welcome to the podcast today. I am excited for today's conversation because we are talking about one of the most impactful, simplest and affordable things that you can do to radically transform really every facet of your life. I'm talking about what I believe to be a gateway drug into personal development. And this is a morning routine. I know for me this was definitely the very first thing that I started to prioritize in my life when I was wanting to just feel more in control, wanting to feel more intentional about my day, more grounded in my day, and also start to carve out some of that time to focus on me instead of giving all of my time and energy away to my job. I I feel like morning routines are something that are commonly talked about but can feel really intimidating. And also some people just have like the most insane morning routines and so it can feel intimidating to get started. And so today I want to talk a little bit about my own journey with a morning routine. What has worked for me, what hasn't worked for me, as well as some books that you can read. If you are someone that wants to start prioritizing your morning routine, hopefully by the end of this, if you aren't already that person, you will be because I'm telling you, it is so such a game changer. Some tips and tricks on how to build your own perfect morning routine as well as my favorite hack for getting out of bed way faster in the morning and also something I think we don't talk enough about when we are talking about a morning routine. So let's go ahead and get on into it. Okay, I'm going to take you back to Madison Pre morning routine. This is what my life looked like. I would wake up, hit snooze a couple times on my phone on that like really annoying alarm clock and then I would eventually roll in bed, pick up My phone, start scrolling on Instagram, and then eventually make my way out of bed when I had very minimal time left in my morning to get ready, get out the door, and go straight to work. And that cycle would just continue on. I would sleep in as long as I can. I would rush out of bed, rush to get ready for work, go to work, start my day, come home, sit on the couch and watch tv, and then go to bed and do it all over again. And when I was in that cycle, I felt like I was a slave to my job. All I was doing was working and then kind of mindlessly scrolling and going back to work and doing it all over again. Now when I think about my old morning routine, I get so stressed out. I honestly can't believe there was a time where I had absolutely no time to myself. And I just gave all my time and energy over to my job. I eventually got sick of feeling like that and wanting to be able to have more time in my day for myself. And I wanted to just start focusing on becoming a better version of myself. This is really where my entire personal development journey started. That's why I say this morning routine was a gateway drug to personal development, because once I was able to start carving out time for myself, I started to see all of the areas that I wanted to continue to get better in. And I started to see how good it felt to pour into myself before my day started and I started to pour into other people in other activities. So I picked up two very well known books on the topic of morning routines. And one of them was called the 5am Club. The other was called the Miracle Morning. And when I say after I read these books, the pendulum swung so far from absolutely no morning routine to me feeling like I had to be doing everything under the moon in the morning before I started my day. And this was lesson number one on developing a morning routine that I hope you can learn from. Because what happened when the pendulum swung so far and I was trying to do all of the activities that I learned about was I actually ended up creating this feeling of failure in the morning because I went from having no morning routine to trying to do seven things in the morning, and I couldn't get to them all because I didn't have the time, I didn't have the habits, I didn't have the structure in place. And I think this can happen to a lot of people when they try and just go all in. We're like, cool. I am a morning routine girly now, and I'm gonna do all of these activities before I start my day. But what you want to do when you're creating new habits is actually take small, small steps. Small bite size actionable changes are the way to create sustainable habit changes. And so when you're trying to just do the absolute most, from day one, it didn't work and I wasn't able to do all the things in the morning. And so I started to feel like I was failing at my morning routine. And that was not the point of the morning routine. The morning routine was to feel good in the morning. And so I eventually had to just take a little chill pill from trying to do all of the activities that I'm going to break down for you and try and find something that worked for me and try and find a good balance in building out a morning routine. And I know everyone is online right now posting about the most insane morning routines and how you have to, you know, wake up at 4am and cold plunge and go to the gym and journal and work out. And I don't know all of the things. Like it just, it's overwhelming to keep up with. And so I just want you to know that if you are someone who's trying to prioritize a morning routine or try and get better at it, you don't need to do all of the things. You don't need to do a hundred activities in the morning for you to be able to create space for yourself to start your day off feeling good. But I do believe adding some of this stuff in and carving time out for yourself in the morning will absolutely, without a doubt make such an impact in your day and your overall happiness in life. So I'm going to go ahead and break down all the different activities that I learned about in the book Miracle Morning, which is definitely a great starter book if you're somebody who wants to learn more about this. But essentially he breaks down this framework work called savers. SAVERS is something that stands for silence, affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading and scribing. And these are the activities that he talks about implementing in your morning routine to have a really big impact on your day. So let's go ahead and talk about why they're so impactful and some easy ways that you can start to implement them in your morning that are really time efficient. So first up is silence. Silence is another way to say meditation. There are so many studies out there that show the benefits of regularly meditating. And some of those include things like reduced stress, improved memory, increased attention, enhanced willpower, better sleep, Less pain, lower blood pressure, less anxiety, less depression, greater compassion, and more gratitude for life. On top of that, meditation is one of the ways that you can actually tap into your subconscious mind and be able to start rewiring some of our negative thought patterns and limiting beliefs that we have about ourself and what we think we are capable of. Meditation also can be really challenging. It is not something that comes easily for anybody. It is a skill and a practice that takes time to get good at. How the heck do you start learning how to meditate? One of the ways that you can do it is to find a nice quiet spot sitting, sit down, close your eyes, get comfortable, and start focusing on your breathing and breathing in and out in a way that helps you quiet your mind. And so you can start to focus on silencing your thoughts and slowing down. Now, if you're newer to meditation, this is probably the harder place to start. And honestly, not even a way that I meditate now, after years of doing it. And where I recommend is actually going to be more on the side of guided meditation. So you can find guided meditations on, on Spotify, on YouTube, there are apps like the Calm app that you can download that have meditations on there. And the reason I like these so much is because they give my mind something to focus on that is really intentional. So guided meditations usually focus on things like gratitude, helping you find ways to be more grateful throughout your day. They also can implement aspects of visualization, which is another component that we'll get into later. And so this is actually a hack that I use. I will do visualization meditations and kind of get a two for one kill two birds with one stone because it helps me calm down, it helps me get the benefits of meditation while I'm also visualizing a goal I'm going after or a future that I want to build or how I want my day to play out. So being able to get two for one in there is something that I really like. What I will say is that you have to find meditations with people's voice that you like, because some people's voice just, they don't do it for me. They're either boring or monotone, or they have accents that are hard for me to understand or I just am not vibing with the vibe of the guided meditation. So a hack here is to find ones that you like and then save them so they're easy to come back to. So, for example, I have a playlist on Spotify where I have just saved a bunch of different meditations that I can use. And I have one saved that are different duration. So if I only have five minutes to focus on meditation in the morning, I have quick hits, I have five minute ones. And then if I'm looking for something that's a little bit longer, Maybe I have 20 minutes to focus on meditation. I've got longer ones in there. And as I find new ones that I enjoy, I'll just save them to that folder. That way I'm not constantly searching for meditations that I like. And I also have options based on the amount of time that I have to focus on it. So that has been super helpful for me to be able to get into it that much quicker. Because if I'm just like, okay, I have five minutes, here's this morning gratitude one, let me focus on this. It's so much easier than starting from ground zero. Okay, next up, let's talk about the A in savers, which is affirmations. I love affirmations. I utilize them really every day. I think that the quickest way to start changing your thoughts and changing your beliefs and starting to really be in control of your day. Because the thing with affirmations is you get to say how you want to feel, you get to say what kind of energy you want to embody. And I think that they're a really great way to just share, change your mood and change the vibe so fast. And the hack with affirmations is to figure out how you are feeling about something and then create affirmations on the flip side. So, for example, if you're feeling really anxious about the day, or you have something that in your life that's making you sad, or maybe something that you're feeling not very empowered by, is to flip the script and to start saying something like, I am gonna have such a good day. I am a badass. I can handle anything that comes my way. And you start to craft different affirmations that help you feel electric, they help you feel alive. And the same affirmations that work for me are not necessarily gonna work for you. I think the affirmations that work the best are very specific. They are very goal oriented in a way that you wanna feel or a task that you wanna complete, something that you would like to achieve and so find to create affirmations that are who you want to be, how you want to show up with, and then writing them down and having them in a place that's visible and easy for you to kind of have a trigger to remind yourself to do them or to say them. So what I have found really helpful in a way to implement this that is super time efficient is to I print out affirmations that I want to start embodying, and I actually put them on the backside of my medicine mirror cabinet in my bathroom. And so I open that up every single morning to get to my face wash, to get to my toothbrush, toothpaste, all the things I need to start my morning. And I'll see them and I'll look at them, and while I'm brushing my teeth, I will actually say them in my head, or maybe I'll say them out loud. And they kind of just kickstart my day. And it's like, yes, this is what I'm about. This is who I want to be. This is how I want to show up today. This is the energy that I want to carry. And so it's just a really quick, like I'm talking, it takes you, you know, a couple of minutes max to get through your affirmations. And the more that you say them, the more that you start to believe them. And the more that you start to believe them, the more you can carry that energy throughout the day and actually start to have an impact in your day. So my advice with this one is to have fun with it and to write maybe five to 10 affirmations that you can say that just light you up. And remember, they're not supposed to be affirmations that fit everybody. They're supposed to be where you're at, what you're focused on, and the energy that you want to start showing up. So create some that just light a fire under your ass and help you start your day with a bang. Okay, next up, we're talking about probably my favorite activity to do, which is visualization. I think that getting really clear on a goal and on a future that you want to live and how you want to show up is probably one of the most important steps to really being in control of your life and crafting your future and being in the driver's seat of where you're headed. And I think visualization is a really great tool for that. So you can utilize visualization whether you are focusing on how you want your day to go or how you want your life to go. So let me give you a quick example of how I utilize visualization that again, is super quick, super time efficient, but so impactful. So I have something in my bathroom. Again, clearly, I love to set the vibe and the intention for my day as I'm getting ready, because I think it's really powerful to be in control. And so I have something that's hung up on my wall in there that says, what is the best that can happen? And what I'll do is I'll think about the day that I have ahead of me. I'll think about the tasks that I need to complete, the activities, maybe the events I'm going to, maybe it's recording a podcast or creating content or showing up to work, whatever it is, whatever your day is filled with. And what I will do is I will think about what is the best possible outcome of all of those things. Like, if I were to craft my perfect day based on everything I have to complete today, how would it go? How would I show up? How much fun would I have? What kind of energy would I bring to it? How would things pan out? If you have something that you're nervous about in a day or you have an activity that you need to complete, that's really important. Instead of focusing on all the things that could go wrong, focus on all of the good things that could come out of it. What's the best possible outcome from the activities that you have in your day? And being able to take just a couple of minutes to think about, okay, what do I need to accomplish today? And how would it go if it was the most perfect day? Helps you lean into that energy and it helps you actually start to visualize what you want your day to look like. And more often than not, your day is going to go the way that you visualize it. So it helps you get out of that focusing on the negative to start focusing on the positive. The other way that visualization is really helpful is to focus more so on the life that you want to live. I think I talked about this with the visualization guided meditations. I love to utilize this tactic to focus on what are my short term and long term goals, what am I trying to build, what am I working towards and how is that going to play out, what is that going to look like? How am I going to feel as I'm accomplishing these goals, as they're coming to life and as I am getting closer to that vision of the future that I want to live. So visualization is so impactful. Visualization is a tool that every successful person utilizes. There are so many interviews and studies of wealthy people, of celebrities, of athletes that talk about how they use visualization to craft their day. If you are an athlete and you're going to play a game, people will spend time visualizing how they Want the game to go? How are they going to shoot? How are they going to show up? And this is really important because when you start to tell your brain how you want things to go, your brain will start to find opportunities and ways for that to happen. And this comes in when we're talking about our subconscious and our conscious beliefs around what is possible. Because here's a fun fact about your brain, is that when you're visualizing something, your brain actually, actually can't tell the difference of whether it is actually happening in the real world or if it's just happening in your mind. There are studies that have shown where people have physically worked out in one group and then in another group, that group just did mental exercises. They closed their eyes and they visualized that they were doing the workouts, they were doing the exercises. And on the back end of that study, when they studied the muscle mass of the people, they were actually able to tell that the folks that just did the visualization had the same results in the same outcome outcome of the people that were actually doing the physical workouts. Our brain is so powerful and so it cannot tell the difference between reality and it can't tell the difference between what you're visualizing. So when you're visualizing you actually doing something, your brain is getting better at that activity and you are able to start controlling the outcome of things a little bit more just by being in control of your thoughts and visualizing the outcome that you want to happen. So I cannot speak highly enough about visualization and how impactful it is to your overall goal setting and achievements, but specifically about your day. I think so many people get wrapped up in all of the bad things that could go wrong. And so just starting your day with, okay, what are the things I need to accomplish today? And what does my perfect day look like? And what's the best possible outcome of this? And then you carry that energy into your day. And that is a different type of day, let me tell you. Okay, E is the next in savers, which is exercise. And I've got so much to say on exercise, especially in the morning. If me five years ago was listening to what is about to come out of my mouth, I think she would be absolutely flabbergasted because there is no part of me that ever thought I would say I was a morning workout girl. And let me tell you, I am officially all in on the morning workouts. There is something that is so game changing about getting up and moving your body. There are obviously so many physical benefits, but There are a lot of mental benefits as well. And you're also able to start releasing dopamine every single morning that you work out. I have paid attention to the days that I do work out in the morning and the days that I don't work out in the morning. And there is such a change in my attitude, energy levels, the way that I'm able to show up. And I think that's obviously because of the physical and mental benefits of just exercise in general. But there's also something else to this, and it's this idea that you are waking up and you are choosing to do something hard to start your day. I think there's a misconception that most people that work out in the morning wake up and they are just like, hell, yeah, I can't wait. I'm sorry. So excited to go to the gym. And there are some days that that is true for me, but more so what's happening is people are just waking up and choosing to go work out because they know of the benefits. And because when you start your day with something hard, something that you don't necessarily want to do but you know is good for you, you're signaling your brain that you can do hard shit. And this is such an important lesson and also an affirmation that I tell myself all the time when I don't want to do something. So this is something I will say to myself in the morning when I need to get out of bed and get my clothes on and get my butt to the gym, I tell myself I can do hard shit. And when you tell your brain that you can do hard things and you start your day out with something that is hard, something that you don't necessarily want to do but you know is good for you, you're setting yourself up to carry that energy into the rest of your day as well. And so when things pop up at work, when stressors come up, when problems are that you need to solve come up, you've already solved something hard that day. You already got up and you dedicated time in your day to do something challenging. And so the next thing that pops up, that is quote, unquote, a challenger is a hard thing. You're already primed, you're already ready. You're going to be able to crush whatever that next task is because you've already told your brain that you can handle hard. And so any hard that pops up, like, you're like, oh, I got it. I can get through this. This is no big deal. So there are so many benefits to working out. And I just want to say you don't necessarily need to like go all in on a huge workout. Even just waking and going for a walk and moving your body or doing a 15 minute morning YouTube yoga stretch exercise online. Doing anything to just move your body for a little bit in the morning has endless amounts of benefits, is a really, really good way to kickstart it. And if you're sitting here shaking your head or rolling your eyes and you're like, there is just no way I'm going to be a workout person in the morning, I urge you just to try it because I am telling you there is a world where I never thought that I would be sitting here preaching about working out in the morning. And I've just seen so many benefits. And just the way that I'm able to show up the rest of the day for the rest of the activities that I have by choosing to do that is just an absolute game changer. So definitely try something, some sort of movement in the morning. Again, it doesn't have to be crazy. Maybe you're just in your bathroom getting ready and you decide to do some jumping jacks. Like start small, that's all you need to do. But working out in the morning, definitely something to focus on and prioritizing. But also if you're working out at any other point in the day, like, good for you, you're still moving your body. Whatever works, works for you. But I'm just saying the morning workout definitely really beneficial to kick off your day with doing something hard. Okay, next up, we've got reading. Listen, this one was really easy for me to get on board with because I have and always will be such a book nerd. I grew up buried in books. I love books. And there's this famous quote that I think is so true about the importance of reading. And it's when you stop learning, you start dying. And this is such a bold quote to make, but I think it's true. We are meant for growth. We're meant to learn, we're meant to evolve. We're meant to be excited about new ideas and new approaches to things. And so adding in reading into your morning routine is something that can really help you start to expand your mind and to start learning new things that you can apply in your day. And if you're not a reader, don't totally check out here. It doesn't have to be anything crazy. I'm not telling you to go binge books in the morning, but just reading 10 pages or 10 minutes in the morning on a topic that you find interesting is seriously so helpful because you are starting to just educate yourself every single morning on a new topic. And then you can take that information into the rest of your day and you can start to approach the rest of your day with more of a growth mindset, with more of a learning mindset, versus being in such a fixed mindset about things. Being able to be in an environment where you're continuously learning is so powerful when you're trying to grow and evolve as a person because again, you're telling your brain that you like to learn new things and then you can go out and start applying some of that stuff in the real world. So. And what I'll say here to get started, if you're not a reader, if you're just trying to figure out how to implement something like this back into your morning, is to find a book that you really are interested in. If you're not dead set on the self development world or some sort of education book, pick any book up. Pick anything that excites you, anything that's interesting to you. It can be a fantasy book, it can be about, I don't know if you're into all these like fairy tale smut books that are going around right now. I definitely indulge in those as well. So if you are reading those, let me know. But it can really be anything. It's just really the practice of starting to read. I do think it would be beneficial to get to a point where you're reading some sort of self development or education book or whatever is going to help you just kind of get your mind right in the morning. But regardless, carving out time and being able to read is still really, really beneficial. But find a good book that you want to read and set it down in a spot that you're gonna go sit and read in the morning. So you're essentially setting your space and you're ready to go. So I have a chair that I read in and I meditate in. It's like my little corner and I'll just always have the book in the. And everything that I need for my morning right next to next to it. So it's super easy. I can just plop down, open it up and then start getting my read on. Last up on the savers model is scribing, which is really just a fancy way of saying journaling. Journaling is one of those activities that personally I had a lot of resistance to. And I think a lot of people don't understand how impactful it can be, but when you're sitting down and you're putting pen to paper, you are giving your brain an opportunity to just dump all of its thoughts. And when you're sitting in your writing, you're actually tapping into some of your subconscious beliefs. And so there have been so many times where I'm sitting and writing and answering questions or just getting my thoughts out and I'll start writing things that I didn't even realize I was thinking. I will have ideas or epiphanies that I couldn't have come to if I didn't just sit down and give my space, give my mind space to really think in this way. And so journaling can help you tap into creativity, it can help you tap into beliefs that you have about yourself. It can help you, you problem solve, it can help you prioritize things like gratitude. There are so many benefits to journaling and it's one of those things that just, it doesn't have to take that long. You can sit down and journal for two minutes, or you can sit down and journal for an hour if you want, but you can definitely do it in a really efficient time. And so some of the best ways to get started on journaling are to either just sit down with a journal and a pen and a paper and start going, start free flowing and see what comes out. If you've never journaled before, that can definitely be intimidating. So the other recommendation would be to find some prompts, some thought provoking prompts about a topic that you're looking to explore more and start to write out some answers to that and just give yourself so much space to just write and keep writing when you think you're done writing. Because that is when the good stuff comes out. When we start to write and we start to answer questions, we're thinking with our conscious mind. We're thinking, what should I be answering? What should my thoughts thoughts be on this topic? And when you keep going and you keep forcing yourself to write, that's when you get to the good stuff. That's when you start tapping into your subconscious thoughts and your beliefs and you're able to really be like, wow, I just, I didn't know that I thought that I didn't know I felt that way or have a really big epiphany about something. So, so many things there. The best way to get started though, if even that feels like a lot, is to start with a gratitude practice with journaling. So this is how I got started. So write out three things that you are grateful for. You can write out three things that you're hoping to accomplish that day and then at the end of the day, if you want to circle back and end with a little journal practice, then you can write out three wins for the day. Three things that really stuck out to you as a good, as a good day. And that's a good way to implement journaling in a really time efficient manner. And so that is it for all of the savers in the book. And again, these are all things that I think are so beneficial. But what I want to make sure you're taking away from this is again, you don't got to do do everything. And honestly, I encourage you not to try and do all of them. So maybe if you're starting out or you're wanting to prioritize, find one of these, like as I'm walking through all these different activities and what the benefits are and how to implement them, what are ways that you can start to pick one. Which one lit you up? Which one was like, oh, I could do that and start to get really consistent with it and just carve out minimal amount of time to focus on doing one. Maybe it's two of these activities in the morning, depending on what your day and your routine looks like now. And just do it for 30 days and just see how effective it is and see if you can start to notice what some of the benefits are and maybe some shifts in your mood and in your energy and in the way that you're carrying yourself throughout the day by just implementing something so small and by giving yourself time to focus on you in the morning. Okay, now I'm gonna give you a quick snapshot of what my current morning routine looks like. One of the biggest hacks I have for getting out of bed faster. And the one thing that we don't talk about enough when we talk about a morning routine. First up, my morning routine, as I said, I have been on a journey to figure out what works well for me. And what works well for me at this point is picking three of those savers activities and making sure I get those done in the morning. So I'm not trying to overload myself with all of the different activities. I'm just picking three. And some days some of those are set. And some of those days I have full range to do whatever I want. I and so for example, three to four times a week I wake up and I'll go to the gym in the morning. So that is one of them. And then on the days that I'm not going to the gym, I'm either walking my dog, maybe I'm doing some stretching, definitely trying to get some sort of movement in. Now I'm not perfect, and I definitely don't do enough exercise on the weekends. But for me, that works for me because Monday through Friday I know I'm waking up, I'm moving my body, and on the weekends I get to be a little bit more quote unquote lazy. I do some of the, the slower activities and I'm not necessarily forcing myself to work out first thing in the morning, which helps me stay more motivated during the week. On those days that I am working out from there, I'll pick some of the other activities. Affirmations are almost always something I do in the morning because I've set myself up for success. As I mentioned, it's right inside my bathroom, so it's really easy for me to do. And then from there I'll either do visualization or meditation. And sometimes I will read, but it's it. Like I said, it really just depends on the day. I give myself the freedom to flow into what I feel like I need that day. And I'm not forcing myself to do all of them, but I'm always holding myself accountable to completing three of those activities before I start my day. That has been my sweet spot. That's what works really well for me. Okay, I'm gonna tell you guys now the ultimate hack. This is something that was so simple, but I'm telling you, has made such an impact on me being able to get out of bed way quicker and start my morning just with. With so much more ease. And that has been removing my phone from the bedroom. We actually don't have any technology in our bedroom. We don't have a TV in there. We don't hang out in the bedroom. We just go in there to go to sleep. But what I will say is that moving my phone into another room and getting a hatch alarm clock has been so impactful. Now, we were gifted the hatch alarm clock. I know that they can be kind of pricey, but any normal alarm clock is going to do the trick. So put a normal alarm clock in your bedroom and move your phone out and charge it in another room. This totally eliminates the opportunity for you to roll over and start scrolling while you're in bed. And if you are really intrigued about something that's on your phone, like, you got to get up and go get it now. But honestly, with this switch, I now spend less time on my phone in the morning than I used to and I just get out of bed way, way quicker. So, so simple. But I'm telling you, definitely very impactful. And then lastly, I just want to wrap up with the thing that does not get talked about enough. When we talk about a morning routine and this is is setting yourself up for success the night before. I think having a good morning routine and sticking to it starts with a really healthy evening routine. And there is a book that I read that totally changed my perspective on prioritizing sleep and prioritizing getting into bed early and having a good nighttime routine. And this book is called why We Sleep by Matthew Walker. It started out with this guy talking about how he started studying sleep for a short amount of time and now has been studying it for the last decade. He was studying it to figure out how it was impacting one thing in our body. And essentially his research has led him down a path to realize that there's actually no part of our body that does not benefit from sleep. And if you are sacrificing sleep, you are really leading yourself down a path to way more health issues than you need to. Sleep is so impactful and not getting enough of it is really detrimental to our overall health. And so setting yourself up the night before a couple of tips and tricks is to have a set bedtime and a set wake up time for as many days of the week as you can and be able to stick to it. So I'm in bed by like 9, 9:30 every single night without fail. Now I'm used to it. Now I just fall asleep around then no matter where I'm at. Like if you see me out at 9pm somewhere, I'm probably falling asleep. And so going to bed at the same time every single night is super helpful. Looking at screens not an hour before you go to bed, super impactful with helping your body start to calm down and then setting yourself up for success the next morning. So if you are going to the gym in the morning, set your gym clothes out the night before. If you are going to read or meditate or journal, do something similar to what I had mentioned I do and I just have it all out, it's all ready to go. Because what you're doing is if you're planning the night before, you're telling your mind, you're telling yourself before you go to bed, hey, I'm gonna wake up and do these things. And I've already set myself up for success. I've already prepared my environment. Your brain is going to be a lot more likely to follow through on that task if you've made the decision the night before and you've stuck true to it. So prioritizing your evening routine to set yourself up for a really good morning routine, that's the cycle that you wanna be in. To be in control of your day, to have more intention around what you're trying to create, who you're trying to show up as, and the energy that you wanna carry throughout your day. So that is it for the morning routine insights that I have. I had to do an episode on this because I'm telling you, it has really been the biggest game changer for everything. And if you're looking for the very first domino to fall in your personal development journey, this is it. You found it. This is how you can start to control your day and start to create the life of your dreams is so simple. And not saying it's easy, but it really is simple. So start stacking some of these morning habits and just watch how your life unfolds and I can't wait to hear what some of the impacts are from you making some shifts in your morning routine. And I'm wishing you all the best. Best. Hey, before you go, I just want to go ahead and say thank you for spending a little bit of your time with me today and also congratulations for finding a chunk of time to carve out and focus on you and moving the needle and becoming a better version of yourself. If there is anybody that you think could benefit from this podcast, please share it with a friend, share it with a family member, Feel free to share it on your socials and help me spread the word about busy getting better. 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