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Today's tip is to add something to your morning routine.

September is a great fresh start time for establishing new routines.

If you are getting everyone off to school and work in the morning,

figuring out how to add something positive to the regular

run of show can make every day better. So this episode is first airing on the Tuesday after Labor

Day in the United States. Lots of kids will be going back to school today. But even if that is not a part of your life,

September can feel like a new beginning. Summer has ended. Things are perhaps back to their

usual pace. Many people use the occasion to rethink their routines. If you've got kids starting in new schools or their

schools have new start times or their buses are coming at different times, things are going to

have to change. As one example, my fifth grader starts at middle school this year. Last year,

the elementary school day started at 9-10, which meant he didn't really need to be up and moving until about 8.20.

Yep, believe it or not.

But this year, the middle school starts at 8.

If he takes the bus, well, that comes around 7.20, which is a full hour before when he even had to be up

last year. Clearly, the morning routine is going to shift. But as it does, you can take the

occasion to ask yourself if there is anything you would like to add. The upside of a morning

routine is that we do it over and over again. It becomes

automatic. If you can consciously build something fun or meaningful into your morning, it will

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