The Mission Cycle: How Better Sleep and HRV Reset Your Entire Day
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When My Days Finally Started Making Sense Again
By Court Marshall
MyN1X Week 3 Blog Series
For nearly two years, I've been quietly running an experiment on myself.
I didn't talk about it much because I wasn't sure anyone would care, and honestly, I didn't know if it was even going to work. I just knew something was off — deeply off — and I couldn't keep living inside a system where my sleep, my mood, my mornings, and my afternoons all felt like a coin toss.
You've already heard the beginning of the story:
Week 1: I admitted I was out of sorts.
Week 2: I explained how Half a Step Back created enough space for my biology to reset.
This week is the part I didn't expect to write — because it's the part where things actually started to make sense again.
This is the week when the Cycle showed up. The Moment Things Started Changing. Once my sleep became consistent — and I mean truly consistent — I started seeing it everywhere:
My HRV creeping upward, Sleep depth stabilizing, Fewer wakeups, Calmer evenings. And the biggest change of all: I began waking up with the natural morning cortisol spike instead of fighting against it
If you've ever spent months or years waking up exhausted, that feeling — waking up with just a little momentum — hits different.
It wasn't a jolt.
It wasn't stimulation.
It wasn't "motivation."
It was alignment.
And that's when I realized: My body wasn't broken. It was trying to run a rhythm I'd been ignoring for years. So, I followed the signals. Daily. Deliberately. Quietly. I didn't know it at the time, but I was becoming the original N1 the first data point in what would eventually become MyN1X.
What Comes After Half a Step Back Here's what nobody tells you about fixing your sleep, your energy, your focus: Once you've stepped back and cleared the interference, progress isn't random.
It follows a rhythm. A cycle. A simple daily flow that keeps you aligned without guesswork. That rhythm is what I call The Mission Cycle. And once I started running it deliberately — not by accident, but with intention — everything changed.
Let me show you how it works.
🔴 RED ZONE — Restore: The Night I Finally Started Earning the Morning Again. Everything starts with sleep. Not because I'm selling sleep supplements (though I am). But because biology demands it.
Before anything else improved — before my focus sharpened, before my energy returned, before I could think clearly again — my nights had to stabilize. And here's the truth most people miss: Sleep isn't the end of the day. It's the beginning of tomorrow.
Once my evenings began to follow a predictable pattern — steady winddown, consistent cues, a calmer nervous system — everything else started shifting into place. I didn't realize how much of my performance depended on my body trusting the transition into sleep. But when I finally honored that RED signal — the downshift — my physiology responded:
Deeper sleep
Smoother recovery
Calmer mornings
Less mental friction
Better stability across the next day
It wasn't sudden. It was cumulative. Like my body was saying: "Thank you. I've been waiting for this." What's Inside the RED Zone (YGLIR Protocol): This is the part of the system designed specifically for veterans who:
Have racing thoughts at night
Can fall asleep but can't stay asleep
Wake up exhausted
Live with inconsistent circadian timing
Feel "wired and tired" by bedtime
What's inside:
Magnesium L-Threonate (cognitive recovery)
Ashwagandha KSM66 (cortisol stability)
L-Theanine + GABA (calming the system)
Melatonin (circadian cue support)
None of these are exotic. None of these are shortcuts. They're just the right ingredients used at the right time of day to send the right signal. Because here's the operational truth: You don't sleep because you're tired. You sleep because your body receives the signal to power down.
And if you miss the signal? The whole system pays for it.
🟢 GREEN ZONE — Rise: When My Mornings Finally Started Working Again One of the most unexpected changes came in the morning. For the first time in a long time, I wasn't dragging myself into the day. I wasn't fight starting my morning with caffeine or stress. I wasn't negotiating with the alarm clock.
I woke up with a sense of readiness.
Not "excitement." Not "hype."
Just a clean ignition.
When the morning cortisol spike finally lined up with my sleep timing, everything felt smoother:
Clearer mind
Better decision making
Steadier pace
Less emotional volatility
That's what GREEN is for — not stimulation, but activation. The right kind of morning signal that supports your day instead of overwhelming it. What's Inside the GREEN Zone: This is the phase designed to turn rest into readiness — without relying on stimulants or adrenaline.
What's inside:
Organic Cordyceps (natural ATP kickstart)
L-Tyrosine (focus and clarity)
B-Complex (sustained natural energy)
Rhodiola Rosea (stress resilience)
This is clean ignition — not chaos. A morning routine that supports you instead of spikes you.
What I feelt:
6+ hours of stable energy
Focus without jitter
Mood stability
No afternoon crash
This isn't "wake up and grind."
This is "wake up with intent."
🟡 YELLOW ZONE — Focus: The Midday Breakthrough I Didn't See Coming. This part of the cycle surprised me the most. Once my mornings stabilized, I started paying more attention to what was breaking down later in the day. And I noticed a pattern I had ignored for years: By midday, I didn't need to be hyperalert — I needed to be steady. This is the point where most veterans push harder, grit their teeth, double their caffeine, or try to overpower fatigue. But when I stopped fighting the midday dip and instead gave my body the signal it was actually asking for — calm clarity — everything changed. My afternoons became:
Less reactive
Less drained
Less turbulent
More productive
More emotionally balanced
YELLOW is the part of the cycle that carries you through the hardest part of the day. Not by amplifying you — but by stabilizing you. What's Inside the YELLOW Zone: Midday is where energy goes to die for most people. It's when biology naturally dips. It's when cortisol bottoms out. It's when your nervous system asks: "Are we steady or are we panicking?" What's inside:
Adaptogens for cortisol control
Brain support nutrients
Sustained energy support
No stimulants, no spikes
This zone is about control. Precision. Cognitive stability. The ability to stay sharp without tipping over into overwhelm. When your midday stays intact, your evening stays intact. When your evening stays intact, your sleep stays intact. When your sleep stays intact, everything gets easier. This is how the cycle reinforces itself.
🟣 PURPLE ZONE — Perform: When Movement Became Enjoyable Again Purple isn't a time of day — it's a toolkit. Something happens when RED, GREEN, and YELLOW start working in harmony: Movement becomes easier. Hydration becomes natural. Recovery feels like progress instead of punishment.
I started noticing:
Better performance during workouts
Smoother recovery afterward
More strength preserved
More control over my energy
This wasn't "gym life." This was simply having a body that finally felt like it was on my team. What's Inside the PURPLE Zone: Protein. Hydration. Electrolytes. Workout recovery. Muscle preservation. It's the part of the cycle that supports everything else but doesn't overlap or conflict with your core rhythm. When you stack Purple on top of RED → GREEN → YELLOW, you get performance without burnout. Recovery without chaos.
Strength without overtraining. Purple fills the gaps that daily life drains.
Why this isn’t Just Another Supplement Store. You can buy supplements anywhere. You can even buy the same ingredients from the jungle website for cheaper. But that's not what we're building. Other stores: $$ goes to shareholders. MyN1X.store: $$ goes directly to veteran programs.
We don't sell ingredients.
We don't sell hype.
We don't sell "broke-science."
We are about signal clarity.
We are finding rhythm.
We chance at physiology that makes sense.
We about a mission.
Every protocol is part of a larger story — every purchase funds veteran programs — and every cycle strengthens not just your day, but someone else's too. This isn't theory. It's the model.
Why Now? Why Week 3? Because the webinar with Dr. O is in less than three weeks — December 23. Most people are going to hit January 1st chasing resolutions, trying to fix what they know is broken.
But you?
You have the chance to walk into the new year already aligned. Already in rhythm. Already running a system instead of reacting to chaos. Start the Mission Cycle now, not later.
What You Should Do Next
1. Take the Sleep Readiness Quiz You'll know exactly where your rhythm is drifting. No guesswork. No confusion. Take the quiz at MyN1X Sleep Readiness Quiz
2. Register for the December 23 Webinar with Dr. O
Learn the sleep science behind the cycle. Understand why your system drifts. Learn how to fix it the same way I did. This is where you learn the actual biology behind:
Sleep timing
Circadian alignment
Daytime energy
Stress cycles
The Mission Cycle framework
Save your seat. Don't wait.
3. Don't Wait for New Year's Resolutions. If the system is off now, it's not magically improving in January. Get ahead of it. Three weeks is enough to enter January with momentum instead of regret.
Final Volley
Week 1 named the problem.
Week 2 removed the interference.
Week 3 gives you the rhythm.
The Mission Cycle is simple: Restore → Rise → Focus → Perform → Repeat.
Your body isn't broken. It's waiting for clarity.
Give it the signals. Run the cycle. Feel the difference.
If it worked for the original N1… it can work for you.
See you at the webinar — mission ready.
Court Marshall
Founder, MyN1X.Store
CoFounder, Elpis Alliance
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.