Early alarms + school rush don’t have to mean foggy, frantic mornings. In this episode, I'm sharing the six small “levers” that reliably flip my mornings from groggy to calm and focused—no perfection required.
You’ll learn how to:
- 📵 Phone fast for 10–15 minutes to protect your attention and stop the doom-scroll before it starts
- 🧭 Use a simple Get-Going habit (coffee, unload the dishwasher, feed the dog) to beat sleep inertia and start your “target behavior”
- ☀️ Get natural light ASAP to reset your clock (even 5–10 minutes helps)
- 🏃♀️ Move a little (walk the dog, stretch, a few squats) to lift mood and energy
- 🧒 Set a positive tone with kid checklists so you’re not the household reminder system
- 😴 Prioritize sleep (and ditch the snooze button) so everything else gets easier
Here's what you can try this week:
Pick any two levers (e.g., phone fast + light) and run them for 7 days. Let tiny wins stack.
Mentioned in the episode:
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- Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening - Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022 Dec 31;41:43. doi:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9804954/ - Phone fasting ideas popularized by TJ Power: Neuroscientist who cured his phone addiction in three weeks reveals how he beat his reliance on technology
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