Reader,

I'm fascinated by momentum.

It truly acts like a series of dominoes knocked down by a single one. I don't think enough people, on average, appreciate this concept enough.

Our fitness, our daily habits, our everything can be massively effected by momentum, creating compounding success over time.

I needed a reset to my morning routine.

A couple weeks back, I noticed a lack of structure to my mornings. Some days I'd snooze the alarm half a dozen times. Even if I woke up somewhat early, the constant snoozing started the day on a bad foot.

Some days I'd lift weights first thing, some days I'd skip it or do it later in the day after my jiu-jitsu class (I prefer not to lift later in the day.)

Point is, I needed a change. I watched some YouTube video that seemed to spark something in me. I made a concrete decision to build a new habit:

I committed to getting out of bed daily before 5:59am.

This decision has led to momentum in my mornings and more success in my day.

Here's the "domino" effect that has happened:

1. I wasn't happy with something
2. I decided to make a change
3. I chose a habit (out of bed before 5:59am)
4. I put a habit tracker above my bed (gives a visual confirmation of my progress)
5. I sleep with my phone across the room (radically decreases the likelihood that I hit snooze, the problem I was facing.)
6. I now have gotten up and out of bed before 5:59 am, without hitting snooze, almost every day for the past 2 weeks.
7. This has motivated me to lift weights before the sun rises
8. This has made my mornings so much more energized and focused.
9. This has made the rest of each day exponentially better

I hope you appreciate momentum, too.

Whatever you're unhappy with, make a decision to change, create the habit, and watch the compounding results unfold.

Good luck and get after it today!

Coach Harris

P.S. Reply back and let me know what bad habit you're struggling to break. Wanting to make a change? Why or why not?