July 2, 2025 • 3 mins
NBC News Radio National Correspondent Rory O'Neill joins us to discuss how your morning routine can strongly influence how the rest of your day will go.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I do the exact same thing every day, at the
exact same time, at least workday. This is West Michigan's
Morning News. How is your routine, Steve, Kelly, Brett, Pekita,
Rory O'Neil, NBC News Radio National correspondent, how's your morning going?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Actually, it is offul a little bit, to be honest
with you, because I violated the primary directive of a
morning radio host. I haven't had any coffee yet. Oh
stop it.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
See that's why we have an official coffee sponsor for
our show.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, we're working.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Literally brewed in the pot over there. The cream and
the sugar have been added to the cup. I just
haven't made the transition yet to bring it over here.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Talk to us a little bit about optimizing our routine.
According to a new study.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yeah this, Paul finds that it's interesting. Look, thirty eight
percent of us feel that if we don't have that
cup of coffee or a cup of tea in the morning,
the whole day is shot. Thirty four percent said the
same about not brushing their teeth, not having enough water.
I know, said that getting out of bed was what
it took to ruin their day, and twenty two percent
(01:05):
said if they don't exercise in the morning, the whole
day is thrown off. The number show it's actually that
millennials are most affected if they're out of their morning routine.
Fifty seven percent said their morning routine influences the quality
of their whole day, and in fact, thirty seven percent
I thought this was interesting. Thirty seven percent said that
(01:27):
they can tell if it's going to be a good
day or a bad day within ten minutes of waking
up in the morning.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
What does that tell us about our engine though, Rory
that we call our body because a lot of these
are hygiene related, right, or health related, like exercises, that
we got to have something to kind of get us going.
And you know, one for me that's on that list
is I gotta have a shower in the morning. I
don't care how early it is. If I've got to
get up that much earlier, I got to have a shower.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Same And then you know they're also telling you, first,
I eat properly, right, Breakfast is the most important meal
of the day. Maybe even go out and get some
fresh air and then drink as much coffee and water
as you can to sort of get the fluids going
in the morning is a big help, and even some
stretching is another good way to start the day, get
the blood pumping.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Oh man, I guess there's an idea I should Is
it the routine itself or is it the stuff within
the routine, or maybe a little bit of both.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I just think that we like the routines because we
can turn our brains off, or we can go through
the paces of that routine while our brains getting out
of sleep mode and sort of getting together, you know,
you stumble to the kitchen or that cup of ambition,
that sort of thing where you just sort of slowly
go through the paces, because it seems like waking up
(02:38):
is more of a process.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
So speaking of that process, does this infer that improving
such things as Brett mentioned, maybe a little nutrition, water
and caffeine can actually make our day a whole lot better?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well, right, because as we've heard, you know, people can
tell in the morning, oh, good day are bad? You
can tell pretty much early on. And maybe that glass
of fruit juice doesn't right the ship necessarily in the morning,
but perhaps settle things down. Look, we're all going to
have good days and bad days, right, But a lot
of times these routines are a good part, a good
(03:12):
way of at least setting that foundation for having a
better day.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
And there it is Rory O'Neil, NBC News Radio National Correspondent,
a box checked and a good day as a head.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I gotta get coffee. Thanks Steve.
I do the exact same thing every day, at the
exact same time, at least workday. This is West Michigan's
Morning News. How is your routine, Steve, Kelly, Brett, Pekita,
Rory O'Neil, NBC News Radio National correspondent, how's your morning going?
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Actually, it is offul a little bit, to be honest
with you, because I violated the primary directive of a
morning radio host. I haven't had any coffee yet. Oh
stop it.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
See that's why we have an official coffee sponsor for
our show.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, we're working.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Literally brewed in the pot over there. The cream and
the sugar have been added to the cup. I just
haven't made the transition yet to bring it over here.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Talk to us a little bit about optimizing our routine.
According to a new study.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yeah this, Paul finds that it's interesting. Look, thirty eight
percent of us feel that if we don't have that
cup of coffee or a cup of tea in the morning,
the whole day is shot. Thirty four percent said the
same about not brushing their teeth, not having enough water.
I know, said that getting out of bed was what
it took to ruin their day, and twenty two percent
(01:05):
said if they don't exercise in the morning, the whole
day is thrown off. The number show it's actually that
millennials are most affected if they're out of their morning routine.
Fifty seven percent said their morning routine influences the quality
of their whole day, and in fact, thirty seven percent
I thought this was interesting. Thirty seven percent said that
(01:27):
they can tell if it's going to be a good
day or a bad day within ten minutes of waking
up in the morning.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
What does that tell us about our engine though, Rory
that we call our body because a lot of these
are hygiene related, right, or health related, like exercises, that
we got to have something to kind of get us going.
And you know, one for me that's on that list
is I gotta have a shower in the morning. I
don't care how early it is. If I've got to
get up that much earlier, I got to have a shower.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Same And then you know they're also telling you, first,
I eat properly, right, Breakfast is the most important meal
of the day. Maybe even go out and get some
fresh air and then drink as much coffee and water
as you can to sort of get the fluids going
in the morning is a big help, and even some
stretching is another good way to start the day, get
the blood pumping.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Oh man, I guess there's an idea I should Is
it the routine itself or is it the stuff within
the routine, or maybe a little bit of both.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I just think that we like the routines because we
can turn our brains off, or we can go through
the paces of that routine while our brains getting out
of sleep mode and sort of getting together, you know,
you stumble to the kitchen or that cup of ambition,
that sort of thing where you just sort of slowly
go through the paces, because it seems like waking up
(02:38):
is more of a process.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
So speaking of that process, does this infer that improving
such things as Brett mentioned, maybe a little nutrition, water
and caffeine can actually make our day a whole lot better?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well, right, because as we've heard, you know, people can
tell in the morning, oh, good day are bad? You
can tell pretty much early on. And maybe that glass
of fruit juice doesn't right the ship necessarily in the morning,
but perhaps settle things down. Look, we're all going to
have good days and bad days, right, But a lot
of times these routines are a good part, a good
(03:12):
way of at least setting that foundation for having a
better day.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
And there it is Rory O'Neil, NBC News Radio National Correspondent,
a box checked and a good day as a head.
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I gotta get coffee. Thanks Steve.
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