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I had a conversation with my[br]colleague Evan earlier today,

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that I just wanted to share[br]with you guys. So

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Last week started an experiment where

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I'm just going slower in the morning.

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I'm doing some yoga and stretching,[br]some meditation, some reading,

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some journaling and you know,

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I previously I had set up about 50 minutes an[br]hour to do some of these like morning

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morning self care type of stuff.

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But it was still feeling pretty crammed[br]in and I was often skipping journaling.

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I was usually not reading actually.

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And then last week I[br]sorta did a workcation.

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I stayed at an Airbnb out of the[br]city and kind of just on purpose.

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It was like, you know,[br]I'm gonna rest a lot more,

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I'm gonna sleep in a[br]lot more and just try to

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catch up so to speak.

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What I noticed was that[br]doing these really slow,

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really nourishing mornings was just like,

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it just made me feel so good for the[br]rest of the day to the point that I was

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like,

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why am I making this a special[br]thing that I can only do,

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when I'm out at an Airbnb or something.

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So I was sharing this with my[br]colleague Evan, and I was like,

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I don't know if I can do[br]this on a regular basis.

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I don't know if I would be available until[br]like 11 o'clock because I have to do

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all this stuff, then I need to[br]down at my desk. Anyways,

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he was like, what are you talking[br]about? First of all, Mike,

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our other team member usually starts later[br]than us anyways. He doesn't need you.

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And

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you and I we have all these[br]touch points. It's all good.

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So stop making up these reasons why[br]you can't just do this, you know,

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try this thing to take[br]care of yourself. So

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I don't know,

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I just wanted to share that because I[br]think probably I'm not the only one who

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is making up reasons why we can't make[br]our schedules and our allocation of

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time, really work for us. So I'm[br]really gonna give this a shot.

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I'm gonna really slow down[br]my mornings even more.

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I had been booking just one focus[br]mate in the morning for self care.

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I'm gonna do two focus made sessions[br]in the morning for self care starting

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tomorrow.

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And just do all of those things in a[br]really slow and spacious way to set up my day.

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So I'll keep you[br]posted how that goes.

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But just wanted to offer that story and[br]a little encouragement to consider what

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you can do to make your[br]schedule work better for you.