Hey, you are listening to the Going Scared Podcast, and this is Jessica Honeger, your host and founder of the Social

Impact Fashion Brand, Nune Day Collection.

Well, welcome to our second episode in our series on resilience.

Ah, who knew?

Who knew that this is exactly what we were going to need right now?

We are in week two of shelter at home in Austin and

I felt like my first week I was owning it like a boss. I was participating with a hashtag get dressed anyway. I was convinced I was just

gonna follow my normal routines as much as I could. I'm going to own this quarantine like a boss. Second

weekend I am in the same sweatshirt I've been wearing for three days in a row.

And it got me thinking about episode 92, which was this interview with Dr. Ben Hardy.

He is a psychologist and he writes his book called How Will Power Doesn't Work. And I remember one thing he said during our conversation

is that if you are having to make a decision,

you are using willpower.

And especially in the morning time when you're tired, that's not the time you want to be using willpower.

And he recommended that you decide beforehand the day before the week before, exactly what we're gonna do in the morning.

And I didn't realize how,

I knew my morning routines were habitual,

but I didn't realize what a halo effect they have on the rest of my day.

And so I've made the mistake of this week, like waking up in the morning and I don't know maybe I'm going to work out this afternoon I don't maybe I'll bike ride maybe I'll go on a walk what's the weather like

guys I've been a hot mess I have been a hot mess. I have been a hot mess. Can you relate to this?

So I am committing, I'm committing next week to starting my mornings differently

by deciding ahead of time exactly how they're going to go.

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