Carolina de Arriba

It clears your mental fog.

It regulates your nervous system.

It tells your body, we're awake, we're here, we're ready.

For me, most mornings, this is a 30-minute strength session or walk.

But here's the key.

I match my movement to my energy.

If I wake up and I feel like I'm high energy, then I lift, I do something intense.

If I'm low energy, instead I walk on my treadmill or maybe I do a yoga session.

I feel exhausted, then I just stretch or do some breath work.

The goal is not to punish yourself, it's to activate yourself.

Movement metabolizes stress hormones from the day before.

It literally changes your brain chemistry.

And when you move first thing you carry that energy into your whole day.

The best news you can start just with 10 minutes of movement.

Just 10 minutes before you sit down at your desk can make a big difference in your energy throughout the day.

No negotiable number three, decide before your day decides for you.

Before I even look at my calendar, I ask myself three questions.

The first one is, how am I feeling right now?

The second one is when I look at my calendar, where is my highest demand of energy in the day?

And number three is what are my three non-negotiables for the day?