the one time where I find doing nothing is the most productive

The most effective thing you can do from the moment you wake up is to simply do nothing.

I usually wake up with a plan, but the moment I pick up my phone and start talking to someone, that plan starts to fall apart. Oh, someone's replied to my email.

The important part here is that nothing else is disrupting me from the moment I wake up for at least the first half-hour of the morning. This is the period of time when things are crystal clear for me. The plan that I thought I had in mind versus the things that actually matter will surface naturally on their own.

This is why the most effective thing you can do from the moment you wake up is to simply do nothing.