Should you throw out your morning routine?

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Good afternoon, 66.1ers.

Morning routine?

Last week, a client asked me what he should be doing for his morning routine. For context, his “big goal” is to lose weight. The “goal behind the goal” is to get himself right and start building a family. Leading from the front. Good stuff. 

He’s read and heard all sorts of stuff about morning routines. Start with a big glass of water and a cold shower and a walk around the block and check your email but don’t look at your phone for at least an hour after waking up and wait 90 minutes to have coffee but don’t have coffee too late in the day and…hopefully you realize by now that I’m being facetious. There’s a lot of noise out there. Gurus and experts and other people who waste your time.  

I told him, “I woke up at 7:30 today. My hair was a mess for my first call at 8AM (a phone call). I grabbed a cup of coffee, didn’t go for a walk, didn’t work out. Hardly something Andrew Huberman would commend. But I feel good. Sharp. Energetic. Other mornings, I’ll get up at 4AM to write a newsletter before I go hunting. It’s all about what your body needs.” 

Your days aren’t all the same. Means your body’s needs aren’t the same every day. You’re not a machine. Don’t treat yourself like one. If you’re tired? Sleep. Hungry? Eat. Lonely? Call a friend. Get it yet? Every one of those feelings is your body telling you what it needs. Do what it tells you and your health follows. 

Sometimes, the trouble is actually learning to listen to those signals. Curious what it could look like if someone were to help you get in tune, to teach you to listen? Reply “Listen” to this email.

Weight loss goal?

Lots of people want to lose 15+ pounds before the year is over. Are you one of them?

Recommendation of the week

We listened to this podcast on our way to Eastern Montana for an antelope hunt last weekend. Lots of mind-blowing moments. Nestor also wrote the book Breath.

That’s all for this Wednesday.
See you on Saturday.
Have fun out there.

Marcus