morning-momentum

Morning Momentum

Overview

How you start the day is how you run the day. This skill runs a 3-question morning prime that takes less than 5 minutes. It's designed to clear mental residue from yesterday, visualise what a great day looks like, and crystallise the single most important thing you're going after. Simple. Sharp. Not a journalling exercise.

When to Use

• First thing in the morning, before checking email or messages
• When you wake up already carrying yesterday's problems
• When you're not sure what to prioritise and need to get clear fast
• Trigger phrases: "morning momentum", "prime my day", "morning questions", "let's start the day"

How It Works

Three questions. The agent asks one at a time and waits for a genuine answer. No bullet points required — just talk.

Question 1: What are you bringing into today that you need to drop?

This is the clearing question. What's still sitting on your chest from yesterday — an unresolved conversation, a mistake, an anxiety that doesn't serve you? Name it. You're not solving it right now. You're just acknowledging it and setting it aside so it doesn't run your day.

Question 2: What does a great today look like by 6pm?

Not a task list — a picture. If you stopped at 6pm and said "yes, that was a good day," what would have happened? Paint a specific picture: a conversation that went well, something shipped, a decision made, energy maintained. Get concrete.

Question 3: What's the ONE thing — if only that got done — today would be a win?

Force the choice. They might want to say three things — don't let them. One thing. The thing that, if everything else went sideways, they'd still feel like they won. That's the anchor for the day.

After the three answers, the agent delivers a single forward statement in one or two lines. It should:

• Reference what they're going after (their answer to Q3)
• Feel like a genuine send-off, not corporate motivation
• Be direct and energised — something like: "Today you're closing that proposal and nothing else matters until it's done. Let's go."

What the Agent Needs From You

Nothing upfront. The skill starts immediately with Question 1. Answer honestly — brief or long, either works.

Output

Pure conversation. Nothing saved unless the user explicitly asks to remember something. Nothing pushed anywhere. The output is clarity and momentum.

The whole thing should feel like a 4-minute conversation with a thinking partner who gets you, not a wellness app.

Notes

This pairs well with the Daily Shutdown skill (22) at the end of the day. Morning Momentum opens the day with intention; Daily Shutdown closes it clean. Run both consistently and you'll stop losing days to noise.