it only takes one small change to completely transform the way you organize your morning
it's so easy to implement but still life-changing you know morning routines
are getting more and more complex and difficult to incorporate into our lives
today we'll discuss a specific strategy to build a strong morning routine but you can
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there are books out there that try to help you create your own morning routine starting the
day off on the right foot and overall just making this part of your day feel like your own personal
retreat that you get to enjoy every single morning the thing is our lives are busy very busy
a lot of us have to go through long commutes in the morning take care of children and pets
and tackle a bunch of chores so incorporating even more stuff in the morning can be really difficult
i think we have to be a little bit more realistic the more ambitious we are with our mornings the
more prone we are to abandoning those principles and habits and just start letting everything go
instead of jump packing your morning with activities my challenge for you is to try
to pick only three activities to focus on for the next couple of days and of course you have freedom
in deciding what those activities are as well as deciding what's the kind of routine you're going
to establish whether you're going to tackle those habits every single day or on a weekly
basis for instance i basically call this method of designing your morning routine the bbs method
so instead of thinking about doing everything focus on doing something for your brain something
for your body and something for your soul the three-step morning routine or the bbs method can
mean entirely different things to different people so let's take a few examples and see exactly
how you can use the method to create the morning routine that's just perfect for your lifestyle
activities for your brain may include language practice reading and writing activities skill
building studying engaging in personal projects and building or even crafting activities for
your body include things such as working out meal prepping doing chores stretching going for a walk
or even having a healthy breakfast and finally activities for your soul may include journaling
meditating watching a show playing video games chatting or reading a motivational book
the activities that feed these three different parts of you are entirely up to you to choose
and here's the good news besides choosing the activities you can also choose the kind of
routine you're going to establish and implement to be able to tackle all those activities and habits
on a regular basis also you can and should adapt your routines as you see fit you know people's
lives are quite dynamic so no matter how much you want to stay grounded in your routines it's
not a good idea to be a slave to it either okay so let's talk about different scheduling methods
with the daily method you pick one activity for each step and repeat that every single day
ideally this requires you to pick the same activities and do those in the same order
every single day basically you'll gain from repetition as well as small efficiency gains
as you start getting accustomed to those activities and those habits in the long run
this is great for people who enjoy the stability of a solid morning routine and
feel like they can only stay grounded with the same set of habits and it's also a system that
will benefit people who have more time in the morning to dedicate to those habits
with the rhythmic method you'll still focus on the same points every single day but alternate
the habits assigned to each one of them although you can't still keep the same order for instance
focusing on the brain and body and then soul every single day you simply change the habits around
so for your body for instance you can focus on doing yoga on mondays and fridays a daily
walk on tuesday a hit workout on wednesday and focusing on meal prepping on thursday
this is great for people who have a lot of time in the morning to dedicate to their morning routine
but at the same time you feel like you really don't want to do the same thing every single day
so you like to switch things around finally we have the weekly method in which you focus on
drastically reducing the amount of parts or points you're focusing on a daily basis and dedicate
either more time to a single one daily habit or simply shorten your morning routine drastically
the weekly method is great for people who really just don't have the time to focus
on multiple habits per morning you still want to dedicate a small part of your morning to
those optional habits that you can do but at the same time you want to feel like you're not
waking up at 5am to do all those habits the good news is despite not being able to tackle
all three parts every single day you're still focusing on some kind of self-development daily
also with this method you're making sure you're focusing on all the three parts every single week
independently of not being able to dedicate a lot of attention to each single part every single day
either way a good rule of thumb for any of these habits is the 20 minute rule
20 minutes is a solid interval of time to dedicate your attention to a habit
independently of the type of scheduling method you're using 20 minutes per habit is
a strong start and the compounding effect will become really noticeable over time
if you're currently feeling like your morning is too jam-packed my suggestion for you is
to simply add in 20 more minutes your morning and start going to bed 20 minutes earlier this
may sound a little bit ridiculous the thing is although 20 minutes may not seem like a long time
it will make a huge difference in terms of self-development and at the same time it's
pretty much manageable to implement into your currently existing routine in 20 minutes you'll
be able to do a 20-minute workout 20 minutes of reading 20 minutes of meditating 20 minutes of
journaling or writing and even a 20-minute session of language learning on an app of your choice
there's so much potential and if you try it for one week you'll immediately feel the results
the joy of feeling you're investing in yourself the first thing in the morning
okay so for most habit building exercises the rule of thumb is to always start with
your non-negotiables these are of course all the tasks that you have to do in the morning like
taking your breakfast getting ready to you know go to work walk your dog make your bed and so forth
however i like to adapt the non-negotiables rule in the following way start your routine
with the task you enjoy the most first and then and only after that follow with non-negotiables
this rule is especially important for people who are struggling with building their morning routine
or in case you're struggling with just you know waking up a little bit earlier every single day
this can be a really motivational change that will trigger all the happy feelings you need
to start getting up early in the morning also we really want to make this part of your day special
and relaxing so if you focus on the funnest thing first as well as the things that give you more joy
at least you'll know that despite what happens during the day that morning routine is kind of
sacred for you and you did exactly what you wanted to do first thing in the morning and
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