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Hi. Wake Me Up Premium Feed. Hi, and welcome to Wake Me Up, the podcast Where Morning People Are Made.

As you start this new day, take a moment to be here right now.

Feel your body, whether you're resting in bed still or if your feet are on the floor, just pause.

And appreciate that this present moment is the only guaranteed opportunity that you have to live life, to chase your goals,

and to affect change in the world.

So many people spend all of their time dwelling on the past or dreaming about the future.

And there's nothing inherently bad about those things.

I do them myself too. But we can't get caught up in the past and the future

because they are just concepts of our minds. Life is lived right now. So today we'll focus on living here and now and

we'll get motivated to make the most of the opportunities in the present moment.

So let's start with a couple of deep breaths.

The best way to anchor yourself to the present. So inhale, fill all the way up.

Hold at the top and then exhale.

Once more now, inhale.

Hold it at the top, and exhale.

And if you're in bed, then roll over and make your me to be your feel free to go about your morning routine,

and just allow me to be your companion while you do that.

I'll return to the idea that the past and future

are just concepts of our minds. They're not real and

actionable in the same way that the present is. You see the past is a stored

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