Hey, it's your friend Mel Robbins. Welcome to Radio Headspace and Happy Tuesday.

I am guest hosting for the week and this week we are talking motivation. Today let's dig

into your morning routine because how you start the day it influences everything from your

mood to what you decide to prioritize what you get done and so we're going to talk about

building the right morning routine that's going to set you up for success and help you get

closer to your goals. So think about your morning routine like the foundation on a house.

It provides structure, support and so if you're sitting here listening and you kind of know that

you should have a morning routine and then you have a lot of, but, but, but, but, but, I'm a single

month, but I have young kids, but I got age and parents, but I do this, but I do that. Put the

butts aside and I want you to stop and consider what would it look like if you reclaimed your mornings

that that period of time was just for you. I'll tell you what would happen. You would feel like a

different person in less than a month. So let me just walk you through my morning routine.

The irony about your morning routine is it doesn't start the morning, it starts the night before

because one of the most important things in your life is sleep. So rule number one the night before

is your phone is not allowed in your bedroom. The problem with sleeping next to your phone and

falling asleep with your phone, which I know you do, is that when you wake up in the morning,

it is the first thing you reach for. And so what are you going to do the night before? Here's what you're

going to do. I always plug my phone into the bathroom. That way it is charging all night. I leave

the ringer on. I tell my family and work if there's an emergency call me and what's interesting

about that is nobody calls unless it is a true emergency, but people will text you all night long.

And if you wake up every morning in lay in bed and you scroll through social media,

your first decision of the day is aid to procrastinate and be to prioritize everybody else.

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