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Protect your mornings
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Protect your mornings
Your morning is the only part of the day nobody else has claimed yet. Today's practice:
- No inbox before the first real task
- Move for ten minutes, any way you like
- Write the one sentence that would make today a win
Practice: tonight, put tomorrow's first task on a sticky note where the phone usually sits.
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Protect your mornings
The first ninety minutes of the day decide the rest of it. Aisha on the three things that belong in that window and the two that never do.
Protect your mornings
Your morning is the only part of the day nobody else has claimed yet. Today's practice:
- No inbox before the first real task
- Move for ten minutes, any way you like
- Write the one sentence that would make today a win
Practice: tonight, put tomorrow's first task on a sticky note where the phone usually sits.
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