I’ve known Jay Carrol for over a decade now. And he's always doing something interesting, introducing us to new things and just generally inspiring us to be more curious. He's a rambler in the truest sense of the word—a drifter with excellent taste and one of the nicest guys around. He's worked as a creative director in fashion, a photographer, curated shops and interiors, but when he met his wife Alison, she was working at the California Olive Oil council, overseeing a blind taste panel certifying Cali-produced olive oil as extra virgin. “A couple years later, we moved to LA and decided to start our own olive oil brand, Wonder Valley, with the contacts and mentors she had made during that time,” he says. “We had a lot of fun building it slowly and steadily while falling more and more in love with the history and power of olive oil as an ancient holistic superfood.” They've doubled down lately, expanding and integrating their cult-favorite oil into a growing line of skincare products. Here's how Jay spends his mornings and the all-natural approach that prepares him for the day.

On average, I’m up around 7 am everyday.

But, it really changes as the sunrise changes. I love spending summers in Maine where the sun comes up before five and you've got a long, full salty day ahead.

Any night I get a solid nine hours of sleep, I can reinvent myself and the world.

Of course, eight hours is my usual goal and seven is the target I typically hit. Six or less, and my days take a course where no one wins.

I don’t use an alarm, but wake up naturally.

I do have a snooze button in the form of my dog Lefty-boy and my beautiful wife Al. They're both good reasons to stay in bed a little longer.

My nightstand is pretty full at the moment.

Two ceramic vases—one with Iris flowers, and another with redwood trimmings and night blooming jasmine. No less than three crystals—Labradorite, Quartz and a Selenite wand. And then a bunch of books, from biographies to a history of olives. I've also got some gummies (melatonin and indica) and a little oud incense. There's also a photo of Lefty wearing a hat and a scarf from an RTH campaign we shot back in 2012—it always makes me laugh.

It’s going to be a good day if I do two out of these five things each morning.

Meditate, a little Wim Hof method, journal, meditate and some “To Be Magnetic” coursework. In between those, I'll feed Lefty and put the kettle on.

Then it’s time to make some tea.

I have this great Japanese green tea from a Tokyo-based brand called Sakurai. I've learned the hard way that I should only drink coffee socially on days off. Otherwise ... no bueno.