Hey guys, it's Jamie Scrimter here, second wife, stepmom of three and mum of one.

And you're listening to my podcast, where we talk about all things motherhood, stepmotherhood,

and living a kick-ass life. If you're ready for raw and real conversations and are striving

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Hey, hey, guys, welcome back to the podcast. So this week I am doing something a little different. And I'm here for the first time ever. And it's just me. I am on my own. And today I thought I would talk about my morning routine because I'm getting lots of questions about it.

I think it has to do with the fact that it's, you know, people are starting to think about

their New Year's resolutions and how they can be better next year.

So I think this is an awesome time to have this conversation.

Anyway, so if you follow me on Instagram, you know that I wake up every weekday at 5 a.m. And I'm pretty

diligent and passionate about this morning routine. And almost daily, I get messages from people

A, telling me that I'm freaking nuts or asking me how I became a morning person. So today, I'm

just going to give you the low down. Here's the thing, though, I was not always a morning person. I was a snoozeaholic. And to this day, I'm just going to give you the lowdown. Here's the thing, though, I was not always a

morning person. I was a snoozyholic. And to this day, I do love a good sleep in, just as much as

anyone. In fact, so Darren and I are going away in a couple of weeks for a weekend full of

hour and hour. And I can assure you, we will probably sleep until nine or ten every morning that we are away.

But when I'm at home, it's a different story. So you're probably like, okay, why do you get up so

early then? Well, I've been doing this for a couple years now and I've been actually more

strict with myself about it in the last year. But honestly, I just basically got to the

point where I was drowning in work and in life and in parenting. And not only could I just not

get everything that I needed to get done done, I had zero time for me. And I was starting to resent it all.

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