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Mindset Mary's avatar

Loved absorbing and implementing the Champions Perfect Day! A few questions come to mind:

1. As much as I would love to follow the Perfect Day as closely as possible, I have specific constraints that I can't adjust specifically in the morning in terms of getting 4 kids off to school. My question is, would it be detrimental to my focus/energy if I was to cut the "preparation" window from 120 min to 30 min and get going on my creative hard tasks 30 min after waking? I normally wake up at 5am and have a solid 2 - 2.5 hours before I need to take a 1.5 hour break to get everyone up and out the door. If I were to do 30 min preparation followed by 2 hours of creative hard all by 7:30am, what could I potentially be risking and how best could I mitigate those adverse effects (if any) given my constraints (i.e. not available from 7:30-9:00am).

2. I like to workout mid-day which would be during the "perform" domain instead of the "pull-back" domain, because I feel like I need the energy boost and I tend to be too energy depleted by 4pm which doesn't give me the intensity level I need to feel like I put in a good workout. My question is, should I try to have a second "light" workout at 4pm or is one enough?

3. I normally can't take advantage of the "wrap up" creative window and have been experimenting with trying out administrative easy tasks before bed (9:00-10:00) because I normally don't get to them during my workday but I continue to think about how these tasks are piling up. Is this recommended or would that impact my performance the next day?

4. Similar to Andrea, what should the weekend schedule look like? I actually love learning, acquiring new skills, building my coaching business, etc. so for me it doesn't really feel like "work" but I also know that I tend to hyper obsess over things that genuinely interest me so I also struggle with healthy boundaries to rest and recover. What does a champions weekend look like?

Thank you for giving us the space to ask questions, just understanding the cortisol curve and knowing what activities are best suited to what time blocks (and why) has allowed me to get more done with less effort and more energy! This course has been a total game changer, thank you!!! =)

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Paty Rubio's avatar

@Nic, thank you! I'll be in Phoenix July 1&2 and would love to hang out with you guys if possible. Thank you for offering!

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