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I had a conversation with my
colleague Evan earlier today,

that I just wanted to share
with you guys. So

Last week started an experiment where

I'm just going slower in the morning.

I'm doing some yoga and stretching,
some meditation, some reading,

some journaling and you know,

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

morning self care type of stuff.

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

I was usually not reading actually.

And then last week I
sorta did a workcation.

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

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

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

catch up so to speak.

What I noticed was that
doing these really slow,

really nourishing mornings was just like,

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

like,

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

when I'm out at an Airbnb or something.

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

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

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

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

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

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

And

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

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

try this thing to take
care of yourself. So

I don't know,

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

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

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

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

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

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

tomorrow.

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

So I'll keep you
posted how that goes.

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

you can do to make your
schedule work better for you.