You're listening to 3 in 30 takeaways for Mom's episode 144.

Make over your mornings.

Welcome to 3 in 30, a podcast for Mom's who want to create more meaning in motherhood.

Each 30-minute episode will feature three doable takeaways for you to try at home with your family this week.

I'm your host Rachel Nielsen. Thank you so much for being here.

As summer draws to a close and schools in the United States are starting back up,

either virtually or in person, Mom's all over the country might be feeling like me,

and wanting to get some rhythms and routines back into our lives.

It's been over five months since our routines were shaken up when the coronavirus pandemic

really hit the United States. And I don't know about you, but mornings in our house have turned

into a bit of a free-for-all. With screen time too early in the day, PJs too late in the day,

and just a general lack of structure for the kids and for me.

That's why I went into the podcast archives and pulled out this episode that originally aired

almost two years ago, because I could use a makeover of my mornings right about now. Could you?

As I relisten to this episode to prep it for today, I laughed out loud when I heard the original

introduction, which talked about what my two goals were at the New Year in 2019. Managing my

social media use better and having more intentional mornings. I laughed because these are still my

goals two years later. I grow through cycles of making some progress in these areas and then

something throws off my routine, and I fall back into old habits, and then I recommit and try again.

But instead of getting down on myself that I still haven't mastered these habits,

I just remind myself that it's kind of like I'm opening a jar that has the lid screwed on super

tight. Every time I try with all my might to get it open, I am loosening it up just a bit,

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