Spending a little bit of time creating routines and habits will make your day run a lot smoother. You might just find yourself less stressed and get more done during your productive hours.

The Benefit Of A Routine & Habit Filled Day

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There are benefits to adding routines and habits to your day. Learn all about the why and how to create new habits

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Do you ever notice that it gets harder to make decisions toward the end of the day? You’re too tired to figure out what to have for dinner or what to watch on TV. That’s because we all have a finite amount of decisions that we can make in any given day.

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Have you heard of “decision fatigue”? It’s a real thing, and can effect us by limiting the amount that we can accomplish in a day. Imagine what would happen if many of your decisions were already made for you? That’s what it means to have a routine! 

Why You Need Routines

Knowing that our decision making powers are limited helps us prioritize. We can cut out a lot of decision making by creating habits and routines. That way we save our powers for the important stuff. This also frees brain space for more creative and productive thinking. Routines are a great tool that simplify our lives and cut out a lot of our daily stress.

Morning Routine

Chances are you already have a morning routine. You get up, you get your coffee, read the paper or check email and fix some toast before heading into the shower. Let’s expand on that morning routine. What decisions do you need to make after your shower? Do you need to decide what to wear? If you create a “uniform” for yourself, you don’t even have to think about what to wear. You just grab a pair of pants and a shirt, or a skirt, tights and sweater and off you go.

Daytime Routines

Implement some routines into your workday wherever possible. Meal planning helps you figure out what meals to fix and eat. A cleaning schedule makes sure you stay on track with your household chores without you having to spend any valuable decision making skills in the process.

Bedtime Routine

Wrap your day up with a bedtime routine that not only helps when you’re too tired to make smart choices, it also helps you fall asleep more easily.Think about useful things you can do in the evening, as well as calming ones. Maybe you can start by doing a few chores that make the next morning easier. Making sure the kitchen is clean and the kids’ school things are in order are great examples. Come up with a few calming things that help you slow down and get ready for sleep. Read a book, listen to some music or wind down with a cup of herbal tea.

How to Start Routines

Sit down with a pen and piece of paper (or your bullet journal) and think about what parts of your day and week you can turn into routines. Write them down and create daily to-do lists for yourself until you’ve established these new habits and routines.

Spending a little bit of time creating routines and habits will make your day run a lot smoother. You might just find yourself less stressed and get more done during your productive hours. And that’s a beautiful thing. It allows you to save plenty of decision making power for the fun stuff like figuring out what movie to go see or which food truck to order from.

FREE PRINTABLE HABIT TRACKER

Download this one page printable habit tracker – totally free, I don’t even need your email address.  I love using this tracker to start a new habit or routine. Just color in a square for each day that you do the thing. It feels amazing when the whole thing is colored in and you can look back and see how hard you worked. By the time it’s colored in the habit should be well ingrained into your life. 

Examples of Habits to Track This Way:

  • Drink X amount of water every day
  • Wash your face before bed
  • Have a healthy Breakfast daily
  • Make your Bed
  • Anything you want to add to your daily routine!
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