In our series My Monday Morning, self-motivated people tell WSJ. how they start off the week.

On top of running 19 product lines, hosting her weekly This is Paris podcast and overseeing her own production company, Paris Hilton is also in the middle of planning her wedding to venture capitalist Carter Reum, 40. She wants the day to be elegant and fairy tale–like, saying she’ll wear “at least” three or four looks during the event. She wants everyone to be able to watch it, too. Hilton, 40, is currently filming all of the preparations, and eventually the day itself, for an upcoming Peacock docuseries called Paris in Love that she’s also executive producing. “It’s very stressful because so many wedding venues have been booked up because of what happened during the pandemic; a lot of weddings had to be rescheduled,” she says, “so every venue that I want is basically booked.” 

She and Reum want to get married soon so they can start a family. Carter “is my best friend and mentor, and I learn so much from him every day,” she says. 

Hilton says that she’s excited for her fans to get to see her happy ending following last year’s documentary on her life, This is Paris, which ended with her in a more ambiguous place. Much of the documentary covers the glitzy elements of her life that are familiar to those who watched the Hilton hotel scion grow up in the spotlight as a model, nightlife personality and eventual reality star on The Simple Life. But it also delves into trauma Hilton had never opened up about before, which happened when, as a teen, she was sent to the Provo Canyon School, a psychiatric residential treatment center for troubled youth in Utah. There, she says, she was put in solitary confinement and suffered verbal, emotional and physical abuse from staff. Since the documentary’s release, she’s worked to pass a treatment center reform bill in Utah, which was signed into law in April, and connected with other survivors. (The Provo Canyon School says it has a policy of not commenting on operations or patient experiences from before its current ownership, which began in 2000.)

Here, Hilton, who also in March signed a two-year production deal with Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and has been investing in NFTs, speaks to WSJ. about the first thing she does after waking up and why she’s never been a gym person.

What time do you get up on Mondays, and what’s the first thing you do?

I get up around 7 a.m., it’s the first day of the week, so I like to be on top of everything since I have so much to do. The first thing I do when I wake up is play with my puppies…. Then I’ll go down to the kitchen and make breakfast for my puppies and myself.

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What do you eat for breakfast to start the week off right?

I love cooking breakfast. It’s one of my favorite meals. One of my favorite things to cook is banana French toast, so that with fresh-squeezed orange juice and Rice Krispies or Lucky Charms. It’s my favorite breakfast. 

Do you take any vitamins?

I like taking vitamin A, E and B, and biotin.

Are you a coffee or tea drinker?

I like both, but I like tea more. I love English breakfast tea with almond milk and this vanilla honey that I just got. It’s amazing.

We always ask about sleep in this column. Dealing with insomnia was something you discussed in your documentary last year—do you have a usual number of hours?

I used to have very bad insomnia, but ever since I did my documentary and I’ve been doing all of my work for my cause to help the children, it’s been so healing that I don’t have nightmares anymore. For sleep, I probably need eight to 10 hours to feel really great the next day. My hours have changed so much; I used to be up so late at night and traveling 250 days out of the year and deejaying very late-night sets, so I used to wake up a lot later.

Do you set aside a specific time to brainstorm or reflect?

Every Wednesday, we have a full-on brainstorm with my entire team, which we do for a couple of hours around 5 p.m. We go over all of the different projects, different offers coming in and what the future’s going to be for everything.

What’s your beauty routine like?

I’m obsessed with skin care. I always have been, since I was 8 years old, when my mom taught me everything about the importance of skin care. My routine used to be literally 12 steps, every type of serum and eye cream and face mask—it was a lot. But now I’ve found this amazing product called U Beauty, and they have this resurfacing compound. All I do is two products, but it’s like having 10 products because they’ve put it all together. I also love Sunday Riley, they have a lot of great products, so I mix the U Beauty with Sunday Riley and some Dr. Barbara Sturm as well, because I love her Glow Drops.

What do you do for exercise?

I’ve never been a gym person. My workout used to be just dancing, from being a deejay and having to go out at night and go to music festivals and things like that. But obviously with the world being shut down, it’s different. So I like to do things that are fun, just being outdoors; I take my dogs for walks. I love going on hikes, playing tennis, going swimming, surfing, horseback riding, really just getting outside. Or shopping. That’s my favorite workout. 

Going from traveling 250 days of the year to not traveling at all during the earlier part of the pandemic, did you learn anything new about yourself, having to stay in one place?

I learned that I can stay home, that I don’t need to be everywhere, because I’ve always been one of those people who needs to be everywhere and then I have FOMO. I’ve learned that I don’t need to be at every single event, I can just be at home. Also, just getting so much work done with the technology we have available, I just feel like I’ve saved so much time. I can literally do 20 Zooms in one day, get a week’s worth of work done in one day.

How many NFTs do you have in your collection? Do you have a favorite NFT?

Probably over 150 of them. My favorites are the ones I did with Blake Kathryn for my Planet Paris drop. I love them so much; I’m so proud of them. And I just got all these digital frames in my house, so I have the digital art everywhere. It looks so cool. It looks like something out of the Jetsons. 

What are you reading and watching right now?

I’m reading a lot of books Deepak Chopra gave me the last time I was with him. He gave me like 10 or 15 books, a lot of books, so I’ve been reading his books. Also, The Power of Now—I love that book, I’ve read it a couple of times now—and The Secret is another book I’ve read a couple of times and am reading again now. And I’ve been watching Schitt’s Creek. I was obsessed with that show; it’s so funny. And now I just started watching Big Little Lies. I love that. And then that Reese Witherspoon show, Little Fires Everywhere. I love Reese.

What are you most excited to do as the world starts to open back up?

I’m excited to travel to Europe. I’ve been going to Europe every year since I was a little girl and I just love it. I love the food and the architecture and the shopping and, I don’t know, just being on a yacht in the middle of Saint-Tropez or the south of France or Ibiza. And I’m super excited about going to Africa with my fiancé and his mom and his brother for a family trip to go on a safari. 

Do you have any predictions for what nightlife will look like coming out of the pandemic? 

It’s definitely going to be different. There’s going to be a lot of outdoor pool parties in Las Vegas, outdoor music festivals, things like that. People who have smaller clubs are going to maybe have issues in the beginning because people are not going to want to be in a really small environment. I’m happy that I got all of that out of my system and I don’t really care for going to clubs anymore.

What do you think might be next for influencer culture? Do you think it’s already had its moment?

I think it’s going to continue to expand with all the new social media platforms that are coming about. But I also think it’s more about people using their platform and their voice to help make change in the world, make a difference, do something that’s positive. The greed and materialism of some people is just not sustainable. When people have a platform, they should use it in a positive way, because when you’re given a gift like that, you should use it for good and not only for yourself.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.