Perfecting Your Morning Routine Regularly
As you begin to grow with it…
Creating routines and habits for your mornings is a great thing.
They allow you to do what you need to do to move ahead without having to spend a lot of energy and time thinking about it. That’s a good thing. It can also be a dangerous thing when you’re focusing on the wrong things and are in the habit of doing things that don’t help you reach your goals.
When you get into a routine, it can be hard to stop and ask yourself if it’s working as well as it could be. Even more importantly, when it’s a routine and a set of habits firmly established, it’s easy to keep going even when the circumstances change. That’s why it’s important to take some time every now and again to review our routine and habits, including the new morning routine.
Set aside a little time every few weeks or even months to review your routine.
Put it on the calendar and make sure you do it. It won’t take long, and it will be a very valuable exercise in the long run. Our lives and circumstances change. Our routines should change with it. Just because something has served us well over the past few weeks and months doesn’t mean it will continue to do so. Which brings up a good point…
When you sit down to review your morning routine (or any routine or habit you’ve been working on, for that matter), ask yourself this:
Is it working? Is it working really well?
If it is, continue with it... If it isn’t, it may be time to make some changes and tweak it until you find something that works well for you at that particular point in time.
Another way to look at it is to find what you love and what you hate about the new morning routine. Change it accordingly until you get as close as possible to loving everything about it and still getting the results you want.
Remember, this morning routine will change and evolve over time as you, your circumstances, and the people in your life change and evolve. Embrace the changes and look at them as an indication that you’re making progress.
Keep tweaking and improving your morning routine, and don’t be afraid to mix up your goals for it. Maybe you started by making exercise a priority first thing in the day. As time goes by and you become more fit and make time for it later in the day, your focus may shift to meditation or learning a new language. Keep evolving, keep changing, and keep using those precious first few hours of each day to establish some positive change in yourself and those around you.
Tip of the Day:
For the final step of this challenge, I want to introduce you to something I call the Morning Hunt…
The Morning Hunt begins after your morning routine. Brain Tracey calls this “eating the frog,” referencing a Mark Twain quote where he said, “if it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” The thought behind the quote is to attack important big tasks first thing in the morning. Pick your biggest and most important task and tackle it now!
With Love,
-Travis
