Leah Remillét:
Hello my balance bestie. Can you and I just talk about how incredible it feels when you have had a super strong morning? You just feel invincible, like whatever comes your way you can handle it. And we all have felt the difference when we are behind from the very second that we wake up.

So today I’ve got six daily habits. They’re simple. They work. They make an impact. And they will boost your productivity every single day. So I’m going to share my six, plus I’ve got two bonus tips. These are for my overachievers. I got you.

Okay, let’s jump right into the very first one.

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Wake up without hitting snooze

This truly is just a habit and I’m going to be totally honest. I have been in a bad habit cycle for years. The second that I wake up, and usually I don’t even need an alarm, I immediately roll out of bed. Yes, it is a rolling motion because I’m literally rolling down onto my knees so that I can say my morning prayer and then I just go.

But for some reason, the last few months, I would say ever since September when I had to start getting up really early again. Something happened and I got into this habit of hitting snooze. It is not good. I have been changing that and I already am feeling so much better.

And here’s why hitting snooze really is affecting you. When you get up when you said you were going to get up, you start the day with this tiny self-trust win. And those really and truly stack.
When we wake up, we can actually start:

• with a loss — which I’m not going to lie, that’s been me a lot this last year
• neutral
• or a win

So this is tiny. It’s micro. But when you’re not hitting snooze and you’re getting up when you say you’re going to get up, you actually start with a win.

And then second, and this is science-backed, but multiple sleep studies have shown that snoozing drops you back into a sleep cycle that you can’t complete. So you actually are left feeling more groggy.
There is a reason why when you keep hitting snooze you feel so sluggish. It is because your cognitive performance is lower — we’re talking hours. So if you’re like, “Why do I feel so sluggish?” It might just be because you’ve been hitting the snooze.

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Hydrate early to boost energy

This could be as simple as drinking a glass of water. My morning mix — and I’ve been doing this for about four or five years now — it’s not every day but it’s most days, more days than not. I love it. I feel like it does wonders.

So I make mine the night before. I do:

• filtered water
• one whole lemon
• I fill it to about the little eighty-ounce line on my hydroflask
• put a pinch of Himalayan Sea salt
• and I use Kion aminos

I actually love the flavor. I feel like it tastes very clean and refreshing. It gives my body exactly what it needs when I wake up.

Here’s why I love this combo:
Lemon supports digestion and helps wake up the metabolism. It gives that burst of vitamin C early in the morning. And honestly, I swear this is why I do not get sick — I just swear by my lemon water. Himalayan Sea salt is helping to replenish electrolytes that our body naturally lost overnight.
And the aminos help kickstart muscle recovery, energy production, and focus.

So you can do it super simple, or you can get this more bougie mix like I do.

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Stay off your phone for the first 30 minutes

This next habit is powerful and it’s really hard to do. But you will feel so much better if you can get yourself to do this. And we know that this matters.

Here’s what we’ve learned from Stanford studies:
When we are looking at our phone, even the little glances at notifications actually is scattering your focus and raising your cortisol. So if you are looking at your phone before your feet have even hit the floor, you’re literally stressing yourself out the moment you wake up.

So you are waking up stressed out.

And the Michigan State research showed that avoiding screen activation improves attention control all day. So that means you are actually going to feel calmer, you’re going to feel less rushed, and you are going to feel more capable of handling the day.

Thirty minutes. Just don’t do it.

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Make your bed or tidy one small space

I like to make my bed. But if my hubby is the last one out of bed, then he’s the one making the bed. Right? So I like to do that — it’s super simple.

But if I don’t do that, I will clean my closet. I might clean my bathroom area. Here’s the idea: It’s order begets order.

It is like this tiny act of creating order signals to your brain that you’re in command and it increases the likelihood you’re going to follow through on all of the bigger actions.

This is called environmental psychology and one of the things that we know is that it reduces cognitive load. It keeps your brain from having the stress of all these little items sitting on your counter and on your closet and on your dresser.
So instead of constantly finding, instead of keep seeing the thing that you feel like you still need to deal with, just take care of it now.

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Set your top three priorities

This is one that I want you to do the night before. Before you go to bed at night or at the end of your work day, decide what are the three most important things that you want to accomplish the next day and write it down.

And I think three is the sweet spot where you feel very focused but not overwhelmed.
This is not your to-do list. These are the three things that move your goals forward.

And here’s what is amazing. It eliminates that “wake up behind” feeling because you already know what your plan is.
So you can wake up and you already know what you’re doing. And seriously, it makes you feel productive before you’ve even done anything.

So the things that I do at night are my top three and making my hydration mix — and then everything else happens in the morning.

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Bonus 1: Get dressed

There is so much fascinating research on this. Getting dressed signals to your brain that you’re changing your state, and that improves motivation and increases follow-through.

For me personally, I go from pajamas — I literally sleep in pajamas — then I go downstairs and I change into my workout clothes. I do my workout and then I get fully ready for the day.

Even if I’m not seeing anyone, I get fully ready for myself.
It helps me feel good. So I do it for me.

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Bonus 2: Move your body

This is so important. It is so good for longevity, mood, energy — everything.

And here’s the reason I didn’t put this in the main list:
I wanted the main six habits to be super fast wins. But I think movement matters. I really, really do.

And again, I don’t care what it is. Just move your body. Do whatever makes you feel good. Yoga, stretching, walking, dancing, rucking, Zumba, kickboxing — whatever you love.

It doesn’t matter what it is. What matters is that movement triggers dopamine and increases productivity.
Even minimal movement increases dopamine and improves memory, mood, and productivity for the next several hours.

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So there you go — your daily habits:

• No snooze
• Hydrate
• No phone
• Tiny tidy
• Top three
• (Plus bonuses) get dressed + move your body

You already knew these. But are you doing them?

Let’s make some simple shifts and help you feel incredible every single day.

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Thank you so much for hanging out with me, and I hope you have the most amazing rest of your day.

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