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today's big question comes from Janelle V who says this time of year is always so hard for me.

I live in the Pacific Northwest and it just feels like it's dark and cold and dreary all the time and any motivation I had drops to zero.

I set some big goals for the year but I already feel like I'm falling behind because all I really want to do is curl up in bed. I'm really struggling. How do I get more energy and more motivation?

Okay, Janelle, having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, I can definitely relate to this struggle.

It is hard to stay energized when it is literally dark before 5 o'clock p.m. but it to me it sounds like you

might be struggling with a little bit of seasonal depression which I would say is

definitely something that you should talk to your doctor about.

In the meantime, there are some other very effective ways to maximize your energy that might help

just a little bit. So the first one that comes to my your own sleep

sleep chrono type. This was actually a

own sleep chronotype. This was actually a fascinating

discovery for me because I am such a morning person like

hands down morning person I've never doubted it I've always known I'm a morning

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