Carolina de Arriba

You've just built a morning work ritual that takes less than 15 minutes total and completely changed how you move through your day.

And you didn't overhaul anything.

You added one link at a time.

That's habit stacking.

Start with something so small that it feels almost too easy.

Then add.

Then add again.

Give each new habit time to take roots before you pile on the next one.

Now, before we get to your challenge, there's one more thing.

There's one piece that changed everything for me that I want to share with you.

I learned it from someone else and I'm going to pass it forward.

When you design your system, I want you to think about your worst day self and set it up for her.

Not your best day self.

She doesn't need the help.

Your worst day self, the one who is running late and stressed and has already made a choice that she wasn't supposed to and is generally considering just laying down on the floor and quitting.

That's the one person you need to keep in mind when you're building your systems.

How do you make the system so easy that even she will do it?

Let me give you a few examples.

Put the workout clothes out the night before so you literally wake up and it's there in front of you.

Preset the coffee so morning you doesn't have to make decisions.