Part 6 - Cocktail party pitch and North Star check
Part 11 - Outline Chapter Structure
Part 12 - Outline the Introduction
Part 13 - Chapters 1 and 2 Outlines
Part 14 - Chapters 3 and 4 Outlines
Chapter 5: Morning Routine
Hook: All the crazy ways people use to wake up in the morning. Examples: Alarm clock across the room, multiple alarms, the dreaded snooze button, the alarm clock oven that makes bacon.
Thesis: Your morning routine sets the stage for the day and for that night’s sleep. Make it count.
Supporting content: Say hello to the sun. Consider mental preparation either planning or meditation.
Story: My experience with a morning meditation. Waking up without an alarm clock.
Reader’s key takeaway: If you do something every day, optimize it. 1-2 hours after waking up is a golden time that should not be wasted.
Segue: What if you’re just NOT a morning person?
Chapter 6: Circadian Timing
Hook: On babies, kids, young adults, and elderly.
Thesis: Discover your chronotype, and use your body’s natural timing cycle to maximize your sleep.
Supporting content: Chronotype quiz and summary of the four main chronotypes: Dolphin, Lion, Bear, Wolf
Story: My personal chronotype and how I have used it to plan my daily schedule and sleep schedule.
Reader’s key takeaway: Figure out your natural timing and use it to work with your body and not against it.
Segue: One of the key drivers of our daily cycle is light. Light is a very important variable that has a major effect on sleep.