Today I am out of blocks fast and racing down the track towards my goals.

Sprinters lose races at the start, though not by being slow. They lose by being early. A false start disqualifies you before the gun.

The morning equivalent is diving into whatever is loudest at 8:40 and surfacing at eleven having handled other people's mornings in full.

Fast starts are worth something, but only after ten slow seconds spent deciding where the race actually goes. Coaches call that settling into the blocks.

Take the ten seconds before you open anything today. Name the one thing that will make this day count. Then go, quickly, at that.