Why Is A Daily Routine Important For Your Personal Development?
Let’s face it, many of us live very busy lives so our days are filled with various activities and some of which can be stressful. We cannot always control what happens in the middle of our days, though we can control what happens when our day begins and how it ends. Having a set daily routine or “power routine” as I like to call it, helps us make sure we start our day off right and finish it right, no matter what chaos transpires in the middle. My personal, daily routine has been crucial in my personal development growth and is one of the subjects in my upcoming book, “From Stinking To Thinking.” Without a strong routine or system in your day, it is easy for your day to just slip away from you, leaving you no closer to your goals.
The following is an example of my morning and evening routines:
I usually have all the above done by 7 am and I’m ready to take on the day. My brain has been activated properly with positive, powerful thoughts and I have plenty of oxygen flowing through my body. I have to admit that because I do wake up quite early and sometimes I hit a low around 2 pm so what I do is take a 20 min. power nap ( no longer) and then I am ready to rock and roll to the end of the day and this is how I wind it down.
The evening routine is just as important as the morning because you want to take the time to wind things down properly before going to sleep. While asleep your subconscious mind keeps working and will digest the last things you feed it and that is why it is important to fill it with positive and powerful thoughts.
What Happens If The Daily Routine Is Broken?
I’m bringing this point up because it has happened to me before and it just happened again today. Sometimes life just happens and our plans get thrown off. Today there was a task that needed to be completed early in the morning so I was not able to get my workout in. What happened was my day felt out of sorts, like things were just not fitting in. So what did I do? I decided to get a little mini workout in to get me back on track and it worked just beautifully. I went on with the rest of my day with the focus and energy of a typical day. What I found was when you have a good routine, it is a system for how your whole day operates. You disrupt your system, you disrupt your day. Many times all it takes is just a minor adjustment to get you back on track to move on with your day effectively.
Let’s face it we all have good intentions and many of them fail when we don’t design a system of implementation for them. A system or a routine allows you to get into a certain rhythm in your day and once this turns into a habit you will find yourself achieving all that you intend to. People who establish a daily routine based on solid good habits will be much more successful in their life than those who do not.
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Great ideas. I am moving things around a bit on my Time Map so I don’t get caught up in business things before i take care of personal things.
Those personal things are what get set aside sometimes when you are a business owner – and they are the most important part of our day.
Thanks for the reminder – and for a glimpse into how you are successful!
Love the idea of building morning and evening routines. It is also easier to develop new habits if you attach them to an already existing routine.
Now it is time for my power nap.
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