As I was falling asleep yesterday I was thinking about the “last words you write”. I woke up this morning thinking, “what are the first words I’ll say?”

The first words are like first principles - they are the foundation of your mindset.

Do you wake up in a bad mood? No. You wake up - hormones are released, your eyes open, and your body comes on line. That’s what happens, and that’s the moment.

The moment where you get to decide:

• Look at the phone,

• Look out the window,

• Stretch,

• Pick up a book,

• Look at a loved one,

• Realize that you didn’t die and that you get another at bat; or

• Think that there’s got to be something more to this.

Your first actions might be one of those bullet points, or maybe they are something different. What you decide to start with matters.