Hey everyone. I hope you're all having a great start to the week. Today's Monday message is all about

making small changes. I've made some small changes to my routine recently and it's definitely

had a big impact. So the first thing I'd say it's impacted probably the most is my mindset and my

energy about the choices I'm making. So I've started to remind myself that as

much as there are some things that I cannot control, for example, in January, I'm definitely

feel the January blues, I'm definitely affected by weather seasonality and it's cold. I cannot

change the fact that it is cold. It's not summer. I can't do anything about it

when I go out the front door very early in the morning to go for a run. It is freezing. I'm wearing

gloves. My feet are cold and honestly yesterday I ran for two miles. My fingers and toes were numb

for the first two miles. I don't like it. It just kills the

vibe. It kills the mood. But I cannot change it. So there are things that we cannot change,

but there are things that we can change. There are things that we can influence. And this is where

the small changes are really, really impactful. So I've started to remind myself, okay, what are the things

within your influence that you can choose, essentially? Every single day we get to make a choice.

So whether that's the mind, what am I listening to? What am I reading? Who am I talking to? What

words am I saying that are coming out of my mouth? And is that making me

feel better or is it making me feel worse? One or the other? It's quite binary. You know, what am I listening

to? What am I reading? What am I reading online? Where am I spending time and energy? And what is

the result going to be? So when I think about the mindset that I want to adopt, you know,

whether that's around being, being more compassionate, being more empathetic, being kinder to myself and to others,

whether that's about being an encourager, being motivated, not just me giving motivation, but me

receiving motivation. What am I listening to? What am I reading? And is it

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