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The alarm goes off at six, and before your feet find the floor the phone is already in your hand. The weather. A terrible headline from the other side of the world. A work email marked urgent that came in late last night. A class-party group chat forty-one messages deep. You haven't brushed your teeth yet, and you're already braced for a day that hasn't done anything to you.
That isn't a character flaw. Checking feels responsible. This episode looks at why those first few minutes matter more than they seem: for many people the start of the day is one of its lighter stretches, and bad news taken in early can make your own worries feel heavier. Waking up already expecting a stressful day has also been linked with thinking less clearly later on, even when the stress never arrives.
You can't choose what kind of day you'll get. You can choose what gets the first word, and the easiest thing to move is the news and the inbox. Not forever. Just ten minutes.
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