Hello, and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life

I'm your host, Cory Muscara, and in today's episode we're going to talk about

the power and the importance of early morning moments

More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells

Okay, so I've recently taken more interest in the early moments of my day right before waking. I always

Appreciated my morning. I've always been a morning person and I've always been fascinated and excited about how to craft an ideal morning

Because I do think it sets the tone of the day

But that's less what I'm talking about here and less of what I've been interested in

What I found is that

There's a certain vulnerability to those moments upon waking

You've transitioned out of sleep out of dream state, but you're not quite yet in your life as

You typically might be around noon or even after your first cup of coffee or especially after you've gone into your inbox and

You're to-do list or have read the news all of these things sort of bring back online

the story of you

Who you are what you're doing in your life

What you're navigating what's going well what's not going well what you're excited about what you're not excited about

World events how you fit into all of it

Essentially you're your sense of self you could call it your personality structure your ego structure the story of you

Whatever but maybe you've had these experiences that tend to be more rare

But like there's a split second moment after waking up where none of that has come up come online

I've had a handful of those in my life

Maybe three where I've woken up from a nap and I don't even remember who I am and what I'm doing

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