There are lots of reasons to build a daily routine. Routines can help you sleep better, manage stress more effectively, and be healthier overall.To put it simply: routines can help your days, and weeks, feel a lot less chaotic.
«Routines make things in your life so much easier, allowing you to move through your day with much more ease,» says Lisa Jeffs, a Miami-based life coach. «You'll have the bandwidth for the more challenging things such as strategic thinking, interactions with your kids, et cetera.”
But it can be hard to stick to a set routine, especially after the warm summer months when kids have been out of school and you’re blowing through your vacation days.
If you’ve fallen out of your routine since spring, don’t panic—there are ways to get back in order, and here’s how.
Don’t expect to go from no routine to a complex regimen on day one. Whether you’re starting a new yoga practice or weekly cleaning schedule, go slow. Jeffs recommends beginning with one practice at a time.
“I know it can be very appealing, especially for high achievers, to want to overhaul their entire life,” she says. “However, one routine at a time allows you to master that routine. Allow it to become a habit, because once it’s a habit it becomes so much easier. And then you can move on to creating a new one.”
Jeffs says forming a new routine—both motivating yourself to do it and sticking to it—can be a big challenge for many people. By easing yourself into it, you’re more likely to form new long-term habits.
We all need a little help remembering sometimes, especially when we’re trying to form new habits. Before the routine becomes second nature, help yourself by setting out reminders.
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