Pushkin.

Every minute in your morning routine counts and I get that.

My name is Jeff Pierre.

I'm the host of the Seven from the Washington Post.

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From the second I open my eyes each morning, I'm locked in a battle with a persistent and

persuasive adversary.

Someone who seems dead set on preventing me from practicing all of the happiness techniques

I teach you about in this podcast.

I want to plan my day so I don't feel time pressured and I want to meditate and exercise

every morning.

I want to do random acts of kindness throughout the day.

But my nemesis is right there encouraging me to do the exact opposite, arguing that I

should sleep in or I should buy something nice for myself or I should add yet one more

event to my already packed schedule just to prove to people that I'm a hard worker.

Of course, the person sabotaging me is me or maybe more accurately, a few rogue parts

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