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132. becoming a 5am morning girly... tips that *actually* changed my life · Hot Girl Energy Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
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Speaker 1: hawkerl Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
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Speaker 1: your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
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Speaker 1: a new mindset, and another day for you to become
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Speaker 1: the Hawkgirl energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
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Speaker 1: welcome back to another episode. I don't know if this
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Speaker 1: will be uploaded on Wednesday or Thursday, but it's been
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Speaker 1: such a busy past few weeks because my mom's brother
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Speaker 1: is actually in town from Colorado. So my mom has
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Speaker 1: two brothers and one of them lives in the States,
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Speaker 1: and he has three daughters and one son, so four
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Speaker 1: kids total, all under the age of twelve. So we
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Speaker 1: have a twelve year old, a ten year old, a
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Speaker 1: eight year old, and then a six year old. So
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Speaker 1: definitely have their hands full. But it's so fun when
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Speaker 1: they're here because I only see them once a year
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Speaker 1: and they're usually here for about two weeks. So I
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Speaker 1: really just try and dedicate as much time as I can,
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Speaker 1: you know, during the days and nights to just like
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Speaker 1: really spend time with them and you know, do fun
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Speaker 1: things with the kids, like going swimming, you know, shopping
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Speaker 1: with them. Walks with them, soccer games all that. Like,
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Speaker 1: we're just trying to keep you know, things going with
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Speaker 1: the kids, and it's been so fun and we always
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Speaker 1: just really enjoy our time together when they're here, and
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Speaker 1: it literally always makes me so sad thinking about when
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Speaker 1: they leave and how we won't see them again for
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Speaker 1: a while. But I am due for a Colorado chip.
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Speaker 1: I've never actually been, but they keep telling me that
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Speaker 1: I need to go visit them, So I need to
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Speaker 1: go see the kids, and yeah, I get them to
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Speaker 1: do some mikes with me in Colorado. They live in
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Speaker 1: Colorado Springs. So anyways, it's just been really nice to
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Speaker 1: have them here and I've just been spending most of
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Speaker 1: my time and most of my days like with them.
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Speaker 1: So I'm going to try my best to get this
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Speaker 1: episode up on Wednesday. The reason why I say I'm
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Speaker 1: unsure is because I'm actually going to get my goddaughter's
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Speaker 1: ears peers. She's haven't gotten them done yet, and they've
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Speaker 1: started this new tradition where Sarah Fina, who is the oldest,
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Speaker 1: she got her ears peers for her tenth birthday. So
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Speaker 1: now for the other two daughters, they want to do
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Speaker 1: the same thing where on their tenth birthday, they're allowed
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Speaker 1: to get their ears peers. So Arabella, which is my goddaughter,
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Speaker 1: we're going to get her ears pierced on Wednesday, and
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Speaker 1: I'm very excited. So I'm just concerned that I won't
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Speaker 1: be able to edit fast enough to get the episode
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Speaker 1: up before that appointment, but we will try our best.
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Speaker 1: If not, it will be up on Thursday. Other exciting
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Speaker 1: news before we get into this episode is we finally
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Speaker 1: got most of our backyard furniture in. It took so long,
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Speaker 1: so many furniture delays, but honestly, it's pretty typical. I think,
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Speaker 1: you know, furniture delays is just something that I feel
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Speaker 1: like has been happening for such a long period of time.
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Speaker 1: As I said, I think I ordered the furniture back
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Speaker 1: in May, and I probably should have ordered it sooner,
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Speaker 1: but we obviously didn't know we were going to be
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Speaker 1: doing a backyard deck until like may'sh June. So when
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Speaker 1: I ordered it, it said it was going to take
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Speaker 1: at least like three to four weeks, and it ended
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Speaker 1: up being six to seven weeks, which is fine, but
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Speaker 1: it came in. That's all that matters. I'm really excited
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Speaker 1: to get that all set up. Hopefully we're going to
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Speaker 1: have it all set up by Friday or Saturday this week.
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Speaker 1: I'm yeah, so excited to have that all set up,
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Speaker 1: and then I'll make sure to film a video and
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Speaker 1: give you guys a bit of a backyard tour of
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Speaker 1: what we've done so far. I think the only thing
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Speaker 1: I really need to get for the backyard is a
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Speaker 1: fire pit. That's something that I forgot to order. I
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Speaker 1: kind of wanted to see the color scheme with the
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Speaker 1: couch and the dining set before I ordered the fire pitch,
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Speaker 1: just because I wanted to make sure everything kind of flowed.
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Speaker 1: And then I also probably want to get some side
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Speaker 1: tables and probably just decor like flower arrangements, you know, pots,
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Speaker 1: maybe some bigger trees, another umbrella, just kind of like
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Speaker 1: little things just to kind of like make the backyard
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Speaker 1: feel a bit more polished and complete. So I'm pretty
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Speaker 1: excited about that. It's also a long weekend here this weekend,
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Speaker 1: so I think Zach and I are honestly just staying in.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a really chill weekend just kind of
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Speaker 1: enjoy the backyard now that we have almost everything to
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Speaker 1: set up, and maybe probably buy a few more things,
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Speaker 1: as I said, just to kind of finish off the decorating,
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Speaker 1: maybe invite some people over for a barbecue. But honestly,
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Speaker 1: a pretty chill weekend we've I feel like we had
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Speaker 1: a really busy July, with me being at a Bacherette
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Speaker 1: trip this weekend. Zach was in a few ball tournaments
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Speaker 1: this month, so I don't know, it just was like
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Speaker 1: a really busy month. I find speaking of that Baucherette
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Speaker 1: party that I was at last weekend, that was such
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Speaker 1: a fun weekend being with all my friends. I feel
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Speaker 1: like I've mentioned this in the past, but I just
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Speaker 1: feel like it's really difficult for all of us to
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Speaker 1: get together lately, just because I feel like once you
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Speaker 1: hit like high twenties, early thirties, I feel like everything
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Speaker 1: just becomes more difficult to spend time together because life
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Speaker 1: is busy, you know, just trying to make work a priority,
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Speaker 1: your house a priority, you know, spending time with your
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Speaker 1: partner a priority, friend groups, everything. I feel like it's
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Speaker 1: just like a lot, And it was such a great
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Speaker 1: weekend being with everybody, And I think the one thing
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Speaker 1: that came out of that weekend is how everyone just
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Speaker 1: couldn't stop saying how much they enjoyed just being all
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Speaker 1: together and just having so much fun, letting loose, like
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Speaker 1: I don't know, just like being able to have a
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Speaker 1: weekend like that with your girlfriends, I think is something
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Speaker 1: that everyone should cherish when you spend time with your girlfriends.
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Speaker 1: And I think as you get older, I think you
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Speaker 1: realize how important it is to have those weekends with
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Speaker 1: your girls and how fun it really is being all together.
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Speaker 1: And guys, it was such a funny weekend. Like honestly,
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Speaker 1: like you know, me, I'm not a big drinker. I'm
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Speaker 1: not a big partier, but this weekend took the life
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Speaker 1: out of me. I you know, only had like a
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Speaker 1: few drinks, but a few drinks for me, I'm feeling good,
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Speaker 1: Like I have two to three drinks and I'm like, okay,
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Speaker 1: we're feeling buzz, let's have some fun. So yeah, I
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Speaker 1: was feeling great. And then we also did a pole
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Speaker 1: dancing class okay as our workout of choice, which is
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Speaker 1: so freaking funny. Literally it was a workout studio basically,
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Speaker 1: and we're literally like doing these workouts on the pole
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Speaker 1: and it's just such a workout. First off, I was
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Speaker 1: not expecting it to be that difficult. My arms were
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Speaker 1: killing me, like absolutely so sore. But it was supposed
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Speaker 1: to be just kind of like a funny thing for
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Speaker 1: the bride, and like the bride obviously wanted to do
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Speaker 1: that because she thought it'd be funny, so it was
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Speaker 1: quite entertaining. Yeah, I just could not believe how difficult
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Speaker 1: it was. But yeah, and then we went to a
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Speaker 1: lot of fun places in Montreal. One of my favorite
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Speaker 1: spots that we went to was called Fishbone, and it's
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Speaker 1: this like really really nice restaurant with really good food
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Speaker 1: and then it kind of turns into a club after
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Speaker 1: the fact because there's a DJ there. And anyways, and
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Speaker 1: then one of the nights, we actually wore a wig,
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Speaker 1: which was supposed to be the hair color of the bride.
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Speaker 1: So one of my best friends, Katie, who is the bride,
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Speaker 1: she's a ginger, so we all bought ginger wigs or
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Speaker 1: redhead wigs and dressed up as our Katie essentially. So
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Speaker 1: Katie wore a white wig with her white outfit, and
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Speaker 1: then all the girls wore red wigs, and I think
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Speaker 1: most of us actually wore black to be honest, And
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Speaker 1: it just turned out so funny, and guys, the wig
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Speaker 1: on me actually low key kind of looks good. Like
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Speaker 1: I was actually shocked, not the red hair, but like
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Speaker 1: the way the wig suited me. It was actually really funny,
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Speaker 1: Like everyone was like, kay, your wig literally looks real,
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Speaker 1: like it didn't even look fake. So I feel like
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Speaker 1: I need to keep that wig and use it for
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Speaker 1: a Halloween costume because it was that good. So stay tuned.
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Speaker 1: I got to think of a Halloween costume now that
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Speaker 1: revolves around red hair. Last year, I was actually Velma
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Speaker 1: from Scooby Doo and Zach and I were Velma and Freddy,
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Speaker 1: and I'm like, I wish I had that wig at
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Speaker 1: that time because that would have been perfect. So now
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Speaker 1: I'm like, hey, now I have to revolve my next
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Speaker 1: Halloween costume around this red wig. So anyways, someone actually
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Speaker 1: gave me a really good idea that I'm not going
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Speaker 1: to share as a surprise, and I think it could
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Speaker 1: be a really good Halloween costume. But we shall see.
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Speaker 1: I think there's a few ideas that I could probably
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Speaker 1: do with a red wig. But that's kind of a
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Speaker 1: recap of what's been going on lately, how my summer's
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Speaker 1: been this past weekend at the Batcherette backyard updates my
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Speaker 1: long weekend plans all that. For today's episode, I really
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Speaker 1: wanted to talk about five am morning routines because I
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Speaker 1: have obviously talked about that a lot lately. This summer,
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Speaker 1: one of my goals was to really become that five
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Speaker 1: am girly where I was waking up consistently at an
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Speaker 1: earlier time. And I think one thing that I always
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Speaker 1: get commented on those videos of me like trying to
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Speaker 1: become this five am girly is you know tips on
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Speaker 1: how I did it, what has changed in your routine
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Speaker 1: in order to accommodate this early morning routine that you have.
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Speaker 1: And I thought it'd be a good episode just to
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Speaker 1: kind of share tips on how to wake up earlier
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Speaker 1: in general, not just about waking up at five. So
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Speaker 1: if you're the kind of person that wants to wake
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Speaker 1: up at seven am and you're currently waking up at
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Speaker 1: eight am or nine am, I'm going to give you
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Speaker 1: some tips on how you can start waking up an
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Speaker 1: hour earlier and how you're actually going to be consistent
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Speaker 1: with it and actually see gradual results. So that's kind
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Speaker 1: of what I thought this episode could be about. Because
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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of people who always want
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Speaker 1: to prioritize their mornings or really have a good structured
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Speaker 1: morning routine, and I feel like I've definitely mastered that
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Speaker 1: by just being able to adapt to a routine that
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Speaker 1: best suits me. And I think everyone also needs to
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Speaker 1: put that in our mindset that in this episode, this
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Speaker 1: is what works for me, and the tips that might
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Speaker 1: work for you as well. However, if you're the kind
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Speaker 1: of person that maybe has a nursing job and you're
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Speaker 1: working a five to five, then you know, maybe a
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Speaker 1: morning routine might not be for you. Maybe it's more
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Speaker 1: of a night routine where you spend two hours of
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Speaker 1: your night doing the little things that make you feel good,
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Speaker 1: whether it's moving your body, you know, getting a walk in,
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Speaker 1: going for a workout, journaling, whatever the case may be.
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Speaker 1: So please do not take this too personally if your
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Speaker 1: work schedule effects this. I more so just wanted to
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Speaker 1: create this for the girls that can accommodate a routine
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Speaker 1: in the morning, or even something that you could do
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Speaker 1: on the weekend. If you're not a big morning person
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Speaker 1: during the week, but you really want to make your
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Speaker 1: weekends a priority. Of creating this structured routine. That's okay too,
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Speaker 1: So just keep that in your head because I just
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Speaker 1: want to make sure that everyone's able to create something
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Speaker 1: for their own lifestyle, because I want to emphasize how
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Speaker 1: important it is to adapt things to your current routine,
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Speaker 1: not just my routine. So I just wanted to share
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Speaker 1: some tips on how we can make you become the
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Speaker 1: ultimate morning girl. So the whole thing about waking up
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Speaker 1: earlier is that it can be hard, and I think
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Speaker 1: that's just the reality right there, especially if you're the
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Speaker 1: kind of person that's having a hard time falling asleep earlier.
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Speaker 1: But creating this earlier morning routine is all about creating
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Speaker 1: a new habit for yourself. So you have to understand
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Speaker 1: that when you create a new habit into your routine,
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Speaker 1: it takes a lot of time to get used to it.
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Speaker 1: Of course, it's never going to feel natural once you
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Speaker 1: start out. You have to keep doing it consistently, and
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Speaker 1: then once you're consistent, then it starts to feel like
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Speaker 1: a natural thing, Like it doesn't feel like you're forcing it.
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Speaker 1: It just feels like it's meant to happen. So as
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Speaker 1: you guys know, I'm doing the whole five am morning routine,
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Speaker 1: and before my five am morning routine, I was usually
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Speaker 1: waking up between like six six thirty, So I was
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Speaker 1: trying to push an hour earlier than I typically do.
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Speaker 1: And to be fully transparent, I would say it's consistent
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Speaker 1: of me waking up around five o'clock. Some days it's
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Speaker 1: five fifteen, some days it's five thirty. You know, some
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Speaker 1: days I have a bit of a harder time getting
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Speaker 1: out of bed, just because I might be a little
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Speaker 1: tired and want to stay in bed a little bit later.
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Speaker 1: But all in all, I'm still waking up before six am,
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Speaker 1: and that was my ultimate goal was to be able
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Speaker 1: to get out of bed by that time, to get
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Speaker 1: a walk in, and to get my workout done. I
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Speaker 1: think three things that have really made me enjoy this
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Speaker 1: five am morning routine is how much more productive I feel,
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Speaker 1: Because I think the one thing that I always get
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Speaker 1: asked is why do you force yourself to wake up
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Speaker 1: so early when you're self employed? Like you could start
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Speaker 1: your work day at any time you want, Like you
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Speaker 1: could wake up at eight o'clock if you wanted to
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Speaker 1: nine o'clock, it doesn't matter. Why do you wake up
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Speaker 1: at five? Like? What truly motivates you to do that,
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Speaker 1: and personally, for me, I feel like, as I said,
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Speaker 1: I'm way more productive when I wake up at five.
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Speaker 1: I also like that I have time to myself in
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Speaker 1: the morning instead of just rushing into work. I have
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Speaker 1: like two to three hours of just doing things that
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Speaker 1: make me feel good. And it's the little things, and
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Speaker 1: it's just kind of like having a slow morning and
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Speaker 1: romanticizing the crap out of my life. That's essentially how
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Speaker 1: I would emphasize it is being able to go on
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Speaker 1: that early morning walk and getting that sunrise. That to
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Speaker 1: me is very therapeutic. I love being able to listen
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Speaker 1: to music or a podcast. Getting that morning walk in
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Speaker 1: at like six six point thirty is the most ideal
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Speaker 1: situation for me. Then by seven o'clock, I'm usually at
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Speaker 1: a workout class, whether it's a Spinko class, plates class
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Speaker 1: or a heated Matt workout. I'm usually always booking a
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Speaker 1: seven am workout class. I'm done by eight by the
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Speaker 1: time I get home. I get my breakfast in me
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Speaker 1: I get my coffee. I have time to watch a
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Speaker 1: YouTube video. I have time to take a shower, wash
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Speaker 1: my hair, do my makeup, do my skincare all before
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Speaker 1: like nine thirty ten am, and I start my work
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Speaker 1: day at ten am and I usually work till like
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Speaker 1: five or six, and that to me is what works
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Speaker 1: for me. But I like having those two to three
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Speaker 1: hours to myself just completely doing all the things that
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Speaker 1: make me feel good. So maybe you don't have a
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Speaker 1: three hour routine, maybe you just have an hour routine,
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Speaker 1: but within that hour, you could get so much done,
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Speaker 1: whether it's going on a thirty minute walk, doing a
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Speaker 1: bit of journaling, taking your shower, and then you're out
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Speaker 1: of the house and you know, starting your workday. And
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Speaker 1: that's better than nothing, you know what I mean. Like
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Speaker 1: you're able to do those three main priorities that are
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Speaker 1: important to you that you get to do every single
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Speaker 1: morning before you start your workday, and it allows you
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Speaker 1: to go into your work day with a better mindset
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Speaker 1: knowing that you have gotten a walk in, you've gotten
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Speaker 1: your journaling done, you've gotten your shower done, maybe a
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Speaker 1: little bit of self care with the imass, whatever the
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Speaker 1: case may be, Like you can feel good about yourself
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Speaker 1: knowing that you put yourself in the right mindset for
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Speaker 1: the rest of the day. So that's kind of why
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Speaker 1: I think morning routines are so important because it allows
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Speaker 1: you to really focus on yourself and just have that
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Speaker 1: slow morning to yourself and makes you feel more productive.
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Speaker 1: And I also feel like, just going throughout the day,
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Speaker 1: I want to continue to be productive. I don't get tired.
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Speaker 1: I feel like motivated to keep going and to keep
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Speaker 1: getting more things done throughout my day. So how do
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Speaker 1: we do it? Let's talk about the steps on how
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Speaker 1: we're going to actually become an early riser. How are
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Speaker 1: we going to create this early morning routine for ourselves.
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Speaker 1: So the first step that I think is the most
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Speaker 1: important that I think I personally had to make an
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Speaker 1: adjustment into my routine in order to accommodate it, is
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Speaker 1: going to bed earlier. Okay, going to bed earlier is
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Speaker 1: going to make the biggest difference when you want to
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Speaker 1: wake up earlier. It's all about consistency. When you're going
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Speaker 1: to bed at the same time, you probably will wake
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Speaker 1: up at the same time. And eventually, once there's a
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Speaker 1: consistent flow of you going to bed at the same
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Speaker 1: time and waking up at the same time, you're going
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Speaker 1: to see those results of it becoming easier and easier.
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Speaker 1: So I usually like to get around seven to eight
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Speaker 1: hours of sleep. I usually go to bed around like
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Speaker 1: nine thirty ten. Nine pm is a little early for me.
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Speaker 1: I feel like nine thirty is more realistic, Like nine pm,
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Speaker 1: I think it's still a little light outside, like it's
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Speaker 1: it's not even dark out yet, so at least in
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Speaker 1: the summer. But nine thirty ten is probably my sweet spot.
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Speaker 1: Some nights ten fifteen, but usually never ten thirty. Like
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Speaker 1: usually I'm always in bed before ten thirty. I'm in
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Speaker 1: bed though by like eight pm, unwinding, watching TV really
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Speaker 1: just kind of like slowing things down, like I'm trying
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Speaker 1: to really just get comfortable in my bed, like unwind, relax,
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Speaker 1: all that. But I do think it makes a huge
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Speaker 1: difference when you do set a bedtime for yourself, and
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Speaker 1: especially if you're the kind of person that stays up
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Speaker 1: till midnight or eleven PM, I think you should definitely
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Speaker 1: try and gradually start going to bed earlier. So maybe
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Speaker 1: it's only like thirty minutes earlier or fifteen minutes earlier,
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Speaker 1: it's better than nothing, right, So just trying to get
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Speaker 1: your body to be naturally tired at that time is
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Speaker 1: again all about building a consistency and like something that
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Speaker 1: just feels natural. Now, I will also say that sometimes
15:53
Speaker 1: I feel like there's a lot of supplements out there
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Speaker 1: that could help you feel a little bit more relaxed
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Speaker 1: and a little bit more tired. Like I know, the
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Speaker 1: Lemmy brand by Courtney Kardashian, she has like a Lemmy sleep, So, like,
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Speaker 1: I don't know, Like I'm not saying to take those things.
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Speaker 1: You don't have to take those things. It's just if
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Speaker 1: you have a hard time falling asleep, it could help
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Speaker 1: a little bit. But I do find it's definitely hard
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Speaker 1: in the beginning. It's not easy. It's definitely an adjustment
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Speaker 1: to you know, try and relax yourself in bed by
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Speaker 1: a specific time and be in bed by a specific time.
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Speaker 1: But I do think it makes a huge difference with
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Speaker 1: wanting to wake up earlier. The second step is going
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Speaker 1: to be setting your alarm at an earlier time in
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Speaker 1: the morning. So what I think is best for starting
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Speaker 1: a consistent routine of waking up at an earlier time
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Speaker 1: is only setting your alarm maybe only fifteen to twenty
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Speaker 1: minutes earlier than you typically would wake up at. So
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Speaker 1: if you're the kind of person that wakes up at
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Speaker 1: eight am, and you want to become a six am
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Speaker 1: like early morning riser, I wouldn't just jump to six am,
16:54
Speaker 1: because that's just going to feel like a lot on
16:56
Speaker 1: the body and be really really difficult. I personally recommend
16:59
Speaker 1: setting an alarm for like seven forty five seven forty
17:04
Speaker 1: and then it's only twenty minutes earlier, so your body
17:06
Speaker 1: will be like, okay, Like I could get used to this,
17:08
Speaker 1: not that bad. I would do that for like the
17:10
Speaker 1: first few days, and then after the first few days,
17:13
Speaker 1: I'd change it to like seven twenty five, and then
17:16
Speaker 1: seven and then six forty five, Like it's gonna be
17:19
Speaker 1: like a gradual thing after doing it for a few weeks,
17:23
Speaker 1: and then eventually, by like the week three mark, you're
17:26
Speaker 1: gonna be waking up at six point fifteen and you're
17:29
Speaker 1: gonna create a consistent routine of doing that. Then eventually
17:31
Speaker 1: it's gonna be six am, and then you're gonna be
17:34
Speaker 1: doing that for three weeks, and you're gonna be like, WHOA,
17:36
Speaker 1: how the heck did I become a six am morning girl?
17:38
Speaker 1: Like you have to understand that anything that involves like
17:42
Speaker 1: creating a consistency of changing something that's completely new to
17:46
Speaker 1: you and new to your body. It takes time. It's like,
17:49
Speaker 1: you know, this is obviously a really big example, but
17:51
Speaker 1: it's like creating a business. You don't just pick one
17:54
Speaker 1: manufacture and start selling the product immediately, like you have
17:57
Speaker 1: to go through steps to get to that point of
18:00
Speaker 1: finding a good manufacturer to start selling to the customers. Like,
18:03
Speaker 1: it takes time. So this is not just something that
18:05
Speaker 1: just happens overnight, Like, it's something that allows you to
18:09
Speaker 1: really build up that you know, momentum of having that
18:14
Speaker 1: consistency of waking up at that same time. So, as
18:17
Speaker 1: I said, start with maybe fifteen to twenty minutes, then
18:19
Speaker 1: increase it to thirty minutes, and then an hour earlier,
18:22
Speaker 1: and then eventually again it's going to be like two
18:25
Speaker 1: hours earlier than you typically wake up, and you're going
18:27
Speaker 1: to realize how much easier it is and how it's
18:31
Speaker 1: going to completely change your life. Anyways, I think at
18:33
Speaker 1: the end of the day, setting an alarm is important.
18:36
Speaker 1: And speaking about an alarm, I have the Hatch alarm clock.
18:40
Speaker 1: I cannot say enough amazing things about that product. That
18:43
Speaker 1: product has changed my life completely. I love having the
18:46
Speaker 1: sun rise in my room. I feel like that a
18:48
Speaker 1: helps me wake up earlier because the way the light
18:50
Speaker 1: projects in my face is supposed to be reflective of
18:54
Speaker 1: the sun, and the alarm isn't an annoying iPhone alarm.
18:58
Speaker 1: I hate the iPhone alarm arms. That's probably the one
19:01
Speaker 1: thing that I absolutely hate about it. Having the hatch
19:03
Speaker 1: alarm clock has really different, you know, tones of alarms.
19:07
Speaker 1: I think mine right now is birds chirping, but there's
19:10
Speaker 1: like waves or rain. There's also obviously a noise machine,
19:14
Speaker 1: so going to bed. I also find that helps me
19:16
Speaker 1: fall asleep and relaxes me as having that like white
19:21
Speaker 1: noise in the background. I never used to be that
19:23
Speaker 1: kind of girl. And then once I got the Hatch
19:25
Speaker 1: alarm clock, it completely changed my life and it really
19:27
Speaker 1: just allowed me to focus on that and put me
19:29
Speaker 1: to sleep immediately. So if there's one product that I
19:33
Speaker 1: could recommend splurging on, it's the Hatch alarm clock. And
19:36
Speaker 1: if you're the kind of person that wants to actually
19:38
Speaker 1: have a morning routine that wants to be consistent with it,
19:41
Speaker 1: I think there's some dupes on Amazon that you can
19:43
Speaker 1: get as well that are a bit cheaper, that have
19:46
Speaker 1: the whole thing where it's like the sunrise alarm clock,
19:49
Speaker 1: white noise, different you know, tones to the alarm all that.
19:53
Speaker 1: But that's probably one thing that I would really really
19:56
Speaker 1: recommend is getting a good alarm clock. And then obviously,
19:58
Speaker 1: as I said, setting an earlier b time by actually
20:01
Speaker 1: using the alarm clock to gradually wake up earlier and earlier.
20:05
Speaker 1: Step three would be creating a wind down routine. So
20:09
Speaker 1: your night routine is really important when it comes to
20:12
Speaker 1: a five am or six am morning routine. You really
20:15
Speaker 1: need to give time to yourself at night to just relax, unwind,
20:20
Speaker 1: whether if it's taking like a hot bath before bed
20:22
Speaker 1: or a hot shower. Maybe it's doing a bit of
20:26
Speaker 1: self care on your skin, you know, doing eyemask a
20:29
Speaker 1: face mask, like, maybe it's reading before bed or watching
20:33
Speaker 1: your favorite TV show, like, do something that fully makes
20:36
Speaker 1: you feel really relaxed. And again, it's all about creating
20:40
Speaker 1: a nighttime routine that allows you to get in that
20:43
Speaker 1: unwind mode. Like you don't want to be doing something
20:45
Speaker 1: that's going to amp you up obviously before but because
20:47
Speaker 1: then you're not going to fall asleep. So things that
20:50
Speaker 1: I do to unwind are making a tea, So I
20:53
Speaker 1: love having a peppermint tea at night, I feel like
20:55
Speaker 1: having a warm cup of hot water essentially, So again, tea,
21:00
Speaker 1: it just like really sues me, like I feel like
21:03
Speaker 1: it really like makes me feel calm and relaxed. Another
21:07
Speaker 1: thing I like to do is put on my favorite
21:09
Speaker 1: Netflix show with Zach. So usually whatever TV show we're watching,
21:12
Speaker 1: we're gonna be watching it in bed versus the couch.
21:15
Speaker 1: Not only do I wake up early, but Zach also
21:17
Speaker 1: wakes up early. Zach usually wakes up at four thirty,
21:19
Speaker 1: so he has a bit of an earlier morning. So
21:21
Speaker 1: for us, instead of watching TV in our living room,
21:24
Speaker 1: we'll spend an hour or two in our bedroom just
21:26
Speaker 1: watching TV, and again allows us to kind of unwind.
21:30
Speaker 1: Another thing we've been actually recently doing to allow ourselves
21:33
Speaker 1: to kind of fall asleep easier is not have our
21:36
Speaker 1: phones on us for like the last thirty minutes to
21:38
Speaker 1: an hour of our night. So at like nine pm,
21:41
Speaker 1: we'll usually stop using our phones and just watch the
21:44
Speaker 1: TV and talk. And usually I feel a bit more
21:48
Speaker 1: relaxed and tired by that point, whereas I feel like
21:51
Speaker 1: if I'm constantly on my phone, I feel a little
21:53
Speaker 1: too wired and to you know, like obsessed with what
21:56
Speaker 1: I'm doing, like whether it's scrolling on TikTok or online
21:59
Speaker 1: shopping or going through Pinterest. So I've been trying to
22:03
Speaker 1: avoid my phone for like the last thirty minutes to
22:06
Speaker 1: an hour of the night so I can really just
22:08
Speaker 1: relax and fall asleep better. Another thing I actually love
22:11
Speaker 1: to do at night that I feel like really helps
22:12
Speaker 1: me feel like mentally better going into the night. Like
22:17
Speaker 1: I feel like this helps me not overthink. I don't
22:19
Speaker 1: know if anyone else is an overthinker, but I'm a
22:22
Speaker 1: huge overthinker, and I feel like before I go to
22:24
Speaker 1: bed sometimes I'll feel overly stressed or overwhelmed because I
22:28
Speaker 1: think about all the things that I have to do
22:30
Speaker 1: the next day. So what I typically do is I
22:33
Speaker 1: actually write out in my notes everything that I have
22:36
Speaker 1: to do the next day. So I will literally write out, Okay, Wednesday,
22:41
Speaker 1: wake up, workout class at seven, breakfast, shower, edit the podcast,
22:46
Speaker 1: go to an appointment, Like I'll literally write everything out
22:49
Speaker 1: that I have to do. That way, I have like
22:52
Speaker 1: a clear mind going to bed knowing that I've written
22:55
Speaker 1: everything out that I have to do, and I know
22:57
Speaker 1: as soon as I wake up, I can look at
22:58
Speaker 1: that note and just have everything formatted in front of me,
23:02
Speaker 1: and I know everything that I have to do throughout
23:04
Speaker 1: my day. So I feel like that definitely helps me
23:06
Speaker 1: for someone who's an overthinker, someone who's just like always
23:09
Speaker 1: overstimulated and just needs like some like reassurance that like
23:14
Speaker 1: everything that's listed out will be done, knowing that it's
23:16
Speaker 1: all in front of me and I can just have
23:18
Speaker 1: that peace of mind knowing that it's all organized and
23:21
Speaker 1: I know what to expect for the next day, and
23:23
Speaker 1: then of course just watching TV with my husband. So
23:26
Speaker 1: that's kind of how my wind down routine is. Obviously
23:30
Speaker 1: there's dinner involved, cleaning up all that, but I didn't
23:32
Speaker 1: include that into this portion just because like, that's not
23:35
Speaker 1: really how I wind down. That's just something that you
23:37
Speaker 1: have to do, is just eat and clean up. But
23:40
Speaker 1: I do find doing those three things the tea, planning
23:43
Speaker 1: out my day, putting my phone away thirty minutes to
23:46
Speaker 1: an hour before bed, along with just watching some TV
23:49
Speaker 1: or reading a book really just makes me feel a
23:52
Speaker 1: bit more calm and allows me to fall asleep earlier,
23:54
Speaker 1: which is that nine thirty to ten PM range. Another
23:57
Speaker 1: thing that I feel like helps for trying to wake
24:00
Speaker 1: myself up earlier in the morning. And this is just
24:02
Speaker 1: if someone is like struggling to set that alarm and
24:06
Speaker 1: actually get out of bed. Is I personally find splashing
24:09
Speaker 1: cold water on your face, like wake yourself up is
24:13
Speaker 1: something that I personally find helps. Another thing is not
24:16
Speaker 1: having blackout windows. This is a huge one. Okay, I
24:20
Speaker 1: have a white curtain in my bedroom that's light enough
24:22
Speaker 1: where light is still coming in the room. If you
24:25
Speaker 1: have pitch black curtains or just blackout curtains in general,
24:29
Speaker 1: get rid of them. I'm not even kidding, because I
24:31
Speaker 1: personally feel like, yeah, sure, we love the darkness, but
24:35
Speaker 1: it's dark in your room regardless, even when the sun
24:38
Speaker 1: isn't out. So the blackout curtains are definitely going to
24:40
Speaker 1: make it more difficult to wake up, So I think
24:43
Speaker 1: you need to get rid of them, or at least
24:44
Speaker 1: keep them open if you're trying to wake up early
24:46
Speaker 1: in the morning. I honestly feel like the sunlight's really
24:49
Speaker 1: what makes a huge difference with me waking up earlier,
24:51
Speaker 1: and I think that's why I have such a hard
24:53
Speaker 1: time doing it in the winter versus summer. I think
24:56
Speaker 1: every summer I really strive to have this five am routine,
24:59
Speaker 1: and then in the wind it becomes very difficult because
25:02
Speaker 1: it's usually dark till like seven AM. So I don't know.
25:06
Speaker 1: I definitely think the sunlight plays a huge factor of
25:09
Speaker 1: actually being able to get out of bed and enjoy
25:12
Speaker 1: your morning routine. The fifth step is having a reason
25:15
Speaker 1: to wake up. So why are you waking up earlier?
25:18
Speaker 1: Are you doing things in the morning that you're going
25:20
Speaker 1: to actually look forward to doing in order to motivate
25:23
Speaker 1: yourself to get out of bed. So I look forward
25:25
Speaker 1: to doing a workout every single morning, going on a
25:28
Speaker 1: walk first thing in the morning. So I purposely book
25:32
Speaker 1: early morning workout classes. I purposely book a workout at
25:35
Speaker 1: seven am, and I purposely want to get a walk
25:37
Speaker 1: in and get my steps in before I start my day.
25:40
Speaker 1: So that's something that kind of pushes me to wake
25:43
Speaker 1: up earlier, is knowing that I have something booked that
25:46
Speaker 1: I have to be at. So, if you're the kind
25:48
Speaker 1: of person that maybe wants to start working out in
25:50
Speaker 1: the morning, book an early workout class because it will
25:53
Speaker 1: force yourself out of bed, it will push you to
25:55
Speaker 1: get up and again, once you're consistent with it, you're
25:58
Speaker 1: eventually going to start feeling like it's natural, and you're
26:01
Speaker 1: eventually going to love your routine because it's become such
26:04
Speaker 1: a consistent thing and you'll just look forward to doing
26:08
Speaker 1: your walk and your workout every single morning. So I
26:10
Speaker 1: think that's a big tip is having something booked, because
26:13
Speaker 1: once you book it, you can't turn back. You gotta
26:16
Speaker 1: do it. So I always find booking a workout class
26:19
Speaker 1: really helps out. The next step would obviously be to
26:21
Speaker 1: be consistent with it. So I personally set an alarm
26:24
Speaker 1: every single day for five twenty in the morning, and
26:27
Speaker 1: usually I wake up around like five thirty five forty
26:31
Speaker 1: By the time I actually am able to physically get
26:33
Speaker 1: out of bed and know that it's okay to lay
26:36
Speaker 1: in bed for like ten to fifteen minutes, Like I
26:38
Speaker 1: personally kind of need that to wake myself up, Like
26:41
Speaker 1: I can't just jump out of bed at five twenty, Like, no,
26:44
Speaker 1: that just doesn't work for me. If it works for you, great,
26:47
Speaker 1: but for me, I need at least ten to fifteen
26:48
Speaker 1: minutes just to kind of like decompress, get my eyes open,
26:52
Speaker 1: I get out of bed, I'll splash some water on
26:54
Speaker 1: my face and I'm like, all right, let's get the
26:55
Speaker 1: day started. But the key thing here is that I'm
26:58
Speaker 1: consistent with waking up at the same time, and it
27:00
Speaker 1: gets easier and easier the more you do it. You're
27:03
Speaker 1: not just going to do it for one day and
27:05
Speaker 1: then the next day you're gonna wake up at seven,
27:07
Speaker 1: and then the following day you're gonna wake up at five,
27:08
Speaker 1: because then your body is just going to be way
27:10
Speaker 1: out of whack and feel way out of routine because
27:12
Speaker 1: you're not creating a consistent flow of doing the same time,
27:16
Speaker 1: waking up at the same time, doing the same thing.
27:18
Speaker 1: So you really have to commit to it, and I
27:20
Speaker 1: think that's how it gets easier is being able to
27:23
Speaker 1: say that you've committed to a specific time of waking
27:26
Speaker 1: up every single morning, and that's why it's become easier
27:29
Speaker 1: and easier because it's felt more consistent. The last step
27:32
Speaker 1: that I would say that makes this whole process of
27:35
Speaker 1: becoming an early riser easier is two things. One doing
27:39
Speaker 1: it with a friend. So if you're that kind of
27:42
Speaker 1: person that you know is always motivated to go to
27:45
Speaker 1: a workout class when there's people that you know in
27:47
Speaker 1: the class, there's people that you get along with. I
27:49
Speaker 1: obviously have made a lot of friends through pilates and
27:51
Speaker 1: spin CoA and have been able to kind of like
27:53
Speaker 1: coordinate my workouts around that, which has been so amazing
27:56
Speaker 1: because I feel like that's one extra bonus of really
27:59
Speaker 1: enjoying my wake ups in the morning is knowing that
28:01
Speaker 1: I get to see a friend when I'm there. So
28:04
Speaker 1: make a commitment with your friend. It could also be
28:06
Speaker 1: with your husband if your husband is someone that also
28:09
Speaker 1: wants to get into an early morning routine. Do it together.
28:11
Speaker 1: Make a commitment that you guys are going to go
28:13
Speaker 1: to workout classes at seven am. You know, book a
28:16
Speaker 1: class together, get it done together. It feels good, you're excited,
28:19
Speaker 1: you're doing it with, you know your person, and it
28:22
Speaker 1: allows you just like look forward to doing it every
28:24
Speaker 1: single morning. Is knowing that you have someone to commit
28:27
Speaker 1: to this with you. And another thing is being able
28:30
Speaker 1: to reward yourself. So rewarding yourself for waking up earlier
28:34
Speaker 1: and you know, getting all those tasks that you wanted
28:36
Speaker 1: to complete before you started your workday by treating yourself
28:40
Speaker 1: to like a Starbucks coffee that day, or just a
28:42
Speaker 1: nice coffee in general, or maybe it's making a special
28:45
Speaker 1: breakfast that you love, like French toast or pancakes, like
28:48
Speaker 1: find a way to reward yourself for actually being consistent
28:52
Speaker 1: and waking up earlier. So those are the top steps
28:54
Speaker 1: that I would recommend to anyone that wanted to become
28:56
Speaker 1: an early riser or a morning person and create a
28:59
Speaker 1: routine for themselves. It's all about being consistent, setting an alarm,
29:04
Speaker 1: actually holding yourself accountable, and finding ways to actually look
29:08
Speaker 1: forward to waking up in the morning, whether as I said,
29:10
Speaker 1: and spoking a workout class, moving your body, creating a
29:12
Speaker 1: little routine for yourself. And yeah, so those are kind
29:16
Speaker 1: of the steps that I would recommend if someone were
29:19
Speaker 1: to ask me how to create an early morning routine
29:21
Speaker 1: for themselves. Other things to note that I think have
29:24
Speaker 1: kind of helped me stay consistent with just being an
29:27
Speaker 1: early riser and like waking up earlier and such is
29:31
Speaker 1: honestly focusing a lot on my eating habits. And I
29:33
Speaker 1: don't think this has really talked about enough, But one
29:36
Speaker 1: thing that I actually try to avoid in the afternoon
29:39
Speaker 1: that I think has made a huge difference with me
29:41
Speaker 1: being actually able to unwind and go to sleep earlier
29:44
Speaker 1: is avoiding caffeine. I do not have a coffee past noon.
29:50
Speaker 1: Once noon hits, I'm like, Okay, if I haven't had
29:52
Speaker 1: my coffee, it's just not happening. Because if I have
29:54
Speaker 1: a coffee at one pm or two pm in the afternoon,
29:57
Speaker 1: I will have a hard time falling asleep at nither
30:00
Speaker 1: or ten pm because I feel like the caffeine is
30:02
Speaker 1: still in my body. So I personally avoid caffeine at
30:06
Speaker 1: all costs once it hits twelve o'clock. Another thing that
30:09
Speaker 1: I actually avoid is late night snacks. So when I
30:13
Speaker 1: eat dinner, I'll have a little dessert like right after,
30:16
Speaker 1: and then for the rest of the night, I do
30:17
Speaker 1: not eat anything like not a late night stack at all.
30:20
Speaker 1: And I think that's also made a huge difference because
30:22
Speaker 1: I think once you eat food, food is essentially fuel.
30:25
Speaker 1: So I feel like my body wants to stay awake,
30:29
Speaker 1: it doesn't want to fall asleep, it's not feeling tired.
30:31
Speaker 1: So I find avoiding food after dinner is honestly a
30:34
Speaker 1: good thing because again, it just like allows your body
30:37
Speaker 1: to kind of realize that it's time to unwind and
30:40
Speaker 1: fall asleep. I think the other thing just to provide
30:42
Speaker 1: consistency into this routine is motivate yourself and why your
30:47
Speaker 1: reason is to wake up? So what is your why?
30:49
Speaker 1: Why are you doing this? Are you doing this just because?
30:52
Speaker 1: Are you doing this for a reason? Is it because
30:54
Speaker 1: you want to be able to do things for yourself
30:57
Speaker 1: and you know, become the healthier version of yourself or
30:59
Speaker 1: folks on yourself, whatever it is. You have to be
31:02
Speaker 1: your own motivator in order to wake up earlier. And
31:04
Speaker 1: I personally find that's the biggest reward is being able
31:07
Speaker 1: to motivate yourself. And another thing is taking accountability, So
31:11
Speaker 1: being able to hold yourself accountable when you don't have
31:14
Speaker 1: those mornings where you wake up earlier, And that right
31:16
Speaker 1: there is a huge motivator is just being Okay, why
31:19
Speaker 1: did I not wake up earlier today? What was my reason?
31:21
Speaker 1: If it's not a good enough reason, then you need
31:23
Speaker 1: to motivate yourself to wake up earlier the following day, like, Okay,
31:27
Speaker 1: well I didn't do it yesterday, so I need to
31:29
Speaker 1: do it tomorrow because I'm motivated to continue this morning
31:33
Speaker 1: routine that I wanted to do for myself. I also
31:35
Speaker 1: feel like that's why I always set monthly goals, because
31:38
Speaker 1: I feel like when you have a goal set in mind,
31:40
Speaker 1: you're more motivated to get it done and you just
31:42
Speaker 1: want to complete the goal for yourself. And there's no
31:46
Speaker 1: better feeling than obviously having that reward and that feeling
31:49
Speaker 1: of just knowing that you completed that goal for yourself.
31:52
Speaker 1: So this month for me was to get back into
31:54
Speaker 1: meal prepping and I've done that every single Monday for
31:57
Speaker 1: this entire month and it's been such a huge game
31:59
Speaker 1: change with just eating better lunches, high protein lunches and
32:03
Speaker 1: all that. And that to me was a goal that
32:05
Speaker 1: I wanted to achieve and I've been motivated to do
32:07
Speaker 1: it because I've been feeling good about it. I'm happy
32:10
Speaker 1: that I actually took that initiative of becoming that meal
32:14
Speaker 1: prepping person again. And yeah, it was just a goal
32:17
Speaker 1: of mine, and I feel like that's what motivated me
32:19
Speaker 1: to be consistent with it. So it's all about being
32:21
Speaker 1: your own motivator, setting your own goals, and again just
32:24
Speaker 1: really focusing on your eating habits and all that. So
32:27
Speaker 1: that's kind of like also what's played a huge impact
32:30
Speaker 1: in my consistency of consistently waking up earlier. So those
32:33
Speaker 1: are my tips to becoming a morning person and actually,
32:37
Speaker 1: like being consistent with it. So I hope you guys
32:40
Speaker 1: enjoyed this, and I hope this is really helpful to
32:41
Speaker 1: you if you're someone that wants to create a routine
32:44
Speaker 1: for themselves and become that early morning riser. These are
32:48
Speaker 1: things that I've worked for me and I'm going to
32:50
Speaker 1: continue doing it just because it's one of my favorite
32:52
Speaker 1: parts of the day. I look forward to it. I
32:54
Speaker 1: get everything that I need to get done early in
32:56
Speaker 1: the morning. That way, I have the rest of the
32:58
Speaker 1: day to just focus on work or just fun things
33:01
Speaker 1: that I want to get done throughout the day. So
33:03
Speaker 1: I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. If you guys
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