Inside Hoda Kotb’s Next Chapter With Her Daughters After Leaving Today

Hoda Kotb's day-to-day is about to change big time in the best way possible.

Over a month after the longtime Today co-anchor announced she's leaving the NBC morning show, the journalist revealed how she plans to spend her newly free mornings with daughters Haley, 7, and Hope, 5, when she doesn't have to wake up at 3 a.m. every weekday for the first time in nearly 17 years.

"I've found out, in my town, there's a 5:30 Soul Cycle class which I'm going to start," Hoda—who shares her kids with ex Joel Schiffman—exclusively told E! News guest correspondent Daryn Carp at her Making Space wellness event at the Miraval Austin Resort and Spa in Texas Oct. 25. "Then I'm going to go back and feed my kids breakfast and I am going to make a coffee to go in my Yeti."

As she continued, "I'm going to walk my kids down the beautiful streets to their school and I'm going to kiss them goodbye."

The 60-year-old also plans to focus more effort on her podcast Making Space With Hoda Kotb in addition to reconnecting with family and friends.

"I'm going to do work in my wellness space because I've got a lot of stuff coming," Hoda added. "I'm going to be working for a few hours. I'm going to have a lunch with friends who I have not had a chance to eat lunch with in forever. Real conversations."

But after some light work and mingling, it's back to after-school family time for the TV personality.

"I'm going to take them to wherever they want to go," she noted of Haley and Hope. "I'm going to bring them home later. I'm going to fire up the BBQ. I don't care what the temperature is, I love everything barbecued. I'm going to make burgers and salmon."

While all those changes will come in January, when Hoda signs off on her regular shifts for the last time, she's still trying to mentally adjust to what will become her new normal after nearly two decades on morning TV.

"I've been thinking about this day," she admitted, "because of me, I need a mini-plan, because I've had such structure for so many years. I'm a structure person. So I want to have my own little structure that is full of freedom and the ability to take walks and do things. I'm so excited for it."

And while Today fans will surely miss Hoda every morning, she knew now is the time to put family first.

"I get one ride, that's it," she explained. "You only got one life, right? You're the chooser."

Keep reading to see Hoda's sweetest family moments with her daughters.

Hoda got emotional as Haley and Hope surprised her with an early Mother's Day gift.

Joined by her siblings Hala and Adel, nieces Hannah and Ella, mom Sami, daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine and fiancé Joel Schiffman, Hoda Kotb described the celebration as "my kinda birthday."

Hoda enjoys a day with her daughters Haley Joy and Hope Catherine around New York City together.

Another Halloween in the books! Hoda and her first daughter spend their another Halloween together as their Sesame Street alter egos.

The Today show momma spends time with her own mom (and Haley's grandma!) in this cute group shot on Halloween 2019.

The host shared this pic of her and her little one at a Sesame Street party in Oct. 2019.

The daytime talk show host spends a day splashing around the beach in Aug. 2019.

Haley Joy looks cute as a button celebrating her mom's 55th birthday this past August.

"Look who is feeding Hope!" Kotb wrote on her Instagram in May 2019, showing off Haley feeding her newborn Hope.

Kathie Lee Gifford, Hoda's close friend and long-time former co-host at Today, met Hope in early May and they were all smiles all day.

In April, the 55-year-old host shared a photo of her full family for the first time on Instagram writing, "This is us xo."

It's a girl! Hoda introduced Hope to the world after surprising her Today show family on-air revealing that she had secretly adopted her second child.

On Valentine's Day, the TV host celebrated Haley's second birthday and shared on Instagram how she felt saying, "So much love today."

The beaming TV personality spent Christmas with her mother, sister and daughter.

Haley celebrated her second Halloween by twinning with her mom in matching bee costumes.

In August of 2018, the mother-daughter duo spent an autumn day together picking apples.

"I can't believe I get to do this .. #grateful" she wrote on her 54th birthday.

On Mother's Day, Today co-anchor Hoda posed with her one-year-old cutie, Haley, as she sported a cute tee with the word "mama."

"Pre dawn photo shoots in bed are a blast," gushed the happy mom in a cute Insta selfie early on Mother's Day.

On March 2018, the Oklahoma-native celebrated partner Joel Schiffman's 60th birthday with their baby girl and a homemade cake.

"Home!!!!!" announced the TV host on Instagram after spending two weeks covering the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The day before arriving in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the TV personality had some fun with her little sweetheart and her USA beanie.

Gooo Saints! Hoda and her little sport's fan cheered on the New Orleans Saints in their game against the Minnesota Vikings on January 14.

"Santa we are ready!!!" the journalist wrote on this Christmas selfie with her mom, her partner and her little angel.

On November 23, Hoda posed with her partner and her baby girl for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

For her first Halloween, Haley wore an adorable bunny costume as she enjoyed trick-or-treating in a stroller driven by her mom and her mom's long-term boyfriend.

On October 26, Hoda dressed Haley in a jack-o-lantern costume writing on Instagram, "I couldn't wait !!"

During a Labor Day weekend beach trip, Hoda snapped a selfie with six-month-old Haley and the rest of the family, including her mom (left), sister (top right) and brother (right).

The Today co-anchor was overjoyed to spend Labor Day weekend with her bundle of joy.

The three-month-old surprised her mama on on the Today Show for Mother's Day weekend in 2017, marking her debut television appearance.

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