Recently on a Facebook Live, somebody asked me about my routines, specifically how I start

my day, and if I had any tips to establish a morning routine to maximize productivity.

It's like this question was just speaking my love language. I smiled zero question because I knew exactly how I was going to respond, but it wasn't always like this way.

Okay, so a few years ago, there was a point where I would solely focus on what was due in that moment and what my deadlines were, rather than thinking in the margins.

So what do I mean by thinking in the margins? Where do I want to go? What do I want to create? What is going to change where I am now to where I want to be in the future? I call that thinking in the margins, not about doing more about being.

So thinking in the margins made me realize that where I want to go in my business lies in setting my daily non-negotiables. Okay, for example, a priority for me is walking the dog with my husband.

In fact, I have an extremely detailed morning routine and this is all based on the non-negotiables. These are the priorities that I've set for myself.

I quickly figured out that if I know what my priorities are and then set aside time for them each day, then I would have the ability to work the rest of the day on my terms.

So how do you get started with establishing the daily routine of your dreams? Well, I'm happy to hear because we're going to get real deep and I want to have this be a conversation.

I would love for you to be connecting with me on Instagram and talking about your morning routine and we can keep each other accountable.

So speaking of accountability, let's peel back a few layers. In order to determine your priorities, you have to start by imagining exactly what you want for your life.

Day in and day out and I want you to write out your dream day down to the minute. Okay, I know that probably sounds super like woo-woo, right?

Like why your dream day? Light some palosanto and put on some reggae music and just write no, no, no, no, I'm literally this is profoundly impactful and so tactical to your success.

I just want you to really take the time to do it because when somebody told me to write my dream day, I was like, oh bro, you've been hanging out when Venice Beach too long, you know what I'm saying.

I was like, I don't really feel like I should do this, but I let myself dream up my perfect day and it would start with something like this.

Like, when you wake up in the morning, who are you sleeping next to? If you're sleeping next to anybody.

What time are you waking up? What do you do in the first hour of your day? Now, I know this seems super banal, but I am telling you something in locked in my productivity and something locked in the way that I was a purchasing projects because it was as if I was spending my days in my business doing things I felt like I had to do.

Instead of doing things in a way that I knew had to be done, but on my own terms. Still the same work, but the way that I was approaching it and the way that I was looking at it and the way that I was planning for it was totally different.

So when I first started to do this, for example, I knew I wanted to wake up and I wanted to watch the sunrise every morning with JD and my dog polo.

And then I knew that next I wanted to make a green smoothie and then I knew I wanted to create and connect with people every single day.

And so I wrote all of this down like, what would a perfect day look like for me? And you want to know what? It forced me to say, well, if I want to watch the sunrise every day, what time do I need to wake up?

If I want a green smoothie, how much produce do I need in the fridge and do I need to go to the grocery store and am I planning for that?

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