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.
“Imagine if you had to think about every little thing in the morning, such as brushing your teeth and getting dressed,” says Lisa Jeffs, a Miami-based life coach. “You would be absolutely exhausted by lunchtime. Routines make things in your life so much easier, allowing you to move through your day with much more ease and allowing you 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. 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.
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