Finished module 4 — first resistance, then a breakthrough. The morning trigger really works. The first 5 days felt artificial (phone in another room, coffee without check-ins) but yesterday I caught myself in a quiet moment at 7:42. That was new.
I decoupled it by shifting the physical trigger to 8:30 (after coffee + journaling) and built an 'empty morning' in front of it. Works for me. Sara, can you share what exactly you're trying?
Mark — for me it's reversed. IF ends at 11:00, so my 'real' morning only starts at 12:00.
@Sara H. This is exactly why I separate the morning trigger from physical routines. Try this: use the first 15 minutes after waking as your 'anchor moment' — independent of food. Short, but consistent. That's your trigger. What you do after (eat, fast, train) is logistics.
Adding to Gregory's answer — in episode 12 ('The morning paradox') Gregory explicitly distinguishes 'physical routine' from 'mental anchor'. The mental anchor works independent of what you eat or don't. Want a passage from module 7 that connects specifically to this?
+1 on Gregory. I also thought IF and the morning trigger conflicted. Turns out I was mixing two different things.