Are you craving a little more stability in your life? Routines can create consistency in your schedule, help with time management, and encourage you to build healthy habits in our life. On the other hand, your routines can hinder you if you’re not being intentional with them. When I do the habits and activities that make up my bigger routine, I feel a lot more stable in my life.
Having a routine means knowing which order to do things in and this reduces the number of decisions that have to be made. While some argue that routine stunts our personal growth, I believe that an intentionally curated routine can bring you greater clarity, direction, and fulfillment in your life. If you have been looking for ways to make your schedule more organized (and you feeling less stressed at the end of each day), take a look at the following activities.
Allow
yourself some time-off-Downtime is important, and every person needs a
hobby.
Something to do that is engaging and fulfilling. So set some time aside in your daily routine to
engage in activities that you enjoy. Just consider the fine line between giving
yourself time-off and being lazy. People procrastinate, and that is normal. Set yourself time in your
plans that accounts for the possibility to put things off. Indulge in your
vices, but do it responsibly. You don’t want to look back one day only to find
you spent most of your life glued to a television set, or mobile device.
Give time to your loved
ones-It
seems that family and friends should be an automatic break from your daily
labor. That is not always the case. Without
purposeful effort, you will find that life gets in the way of your relationships,
whether it is with your parents, siblings, friends, or partners. Take it
upon yourself to make time, daily or weekly, for the family and friends who
don’t live with you. Make sure you get plenty of quality time with those that do live near or with you.
Go to bed at a reasonable
hour-Getting a good night’s sleep is essential for
being alert and productive the next day. Being unproductive due to lack of
sleep will do nothing for your mood. Maintaining regular sleep patterns is also essential for keeping
your circadian rhythms (which
dictates your hunger patterns as well as mood regulation) in check. This will
make it easier to stay positive, while appreciating your sense of fulfillment.
Leave work at work-An important thing to remember about work is that it is never
done. This is, however, not
an excuse to just keep going at it until you die. There are many other important things in your life that have nothing to
do with your career. So leave work at the office when you leave there. When
you get home, turn your phone off if need be. Keep your inbox closed and lock
the briefcase away until it is ready to be taken out again the next day. You
were born for more than just making money; and your family doesn’t have to
suffer your day of work when you get home. So learn to separate the two.
Make time for grooming-You may not be the kind to pay too much
attention to what others think about your personal grooming habits, which is a
healthy and positive attitude to have. But when thinking like that, it can be
all too easy to let things slip. The
thing that a lot of people don’t understand about good grooming habits is that
you are not necessarily doing it to impress the people around you, but rather
to create a favorable image of yourself for yourself. Giving your
appearance the attention that it deserves is a great way to love yourself, while creating a positive image.
Read
every day-Take
time each day to keep your mind sharp. Blogs, magazines, and newspapers are
fine; but for the most part, they don’t make for engaging reading. Invest time in some good novels, autobiographies, self-help
books, and read (or listen to) them every day. You can never know enough.
Show
yourself who’s boss-When it comes to the
workplace, there is only ever one person that you should be in competition with
– and that is yourself. Keep pushing yourself to your limit, challenging
yourself to do more, to do better, and to never give up. Even when things seem to be going nowhere,
consistent hard work does pay off. It may not be today, tomorrow, or not even
within the next few years. But if you keep it up, you will have a good yield.
Wake
up at a set time daily-Learn to love the feeling of waking up early and
getting more hours in on the day. It’s a big-wide world out there, and it will
continue to move around while you are sleeping in. Getting an early start, whether you work at an office or at
home, is the key to getting things done on time and freeing up hours in the
day. Try to hold on to the
pattern of waking up early on weekends and holidays as well. Being a consistent early riser will give you the time, effort, and energy
needed to succeed.
“We've all tried to bunk our gym session
or dance class. A single routine can get monotonous. That's why I have decided
to make my fitness regime fun by incorporating different workouts into my
schedule. From dancing to yoga, I plan to keep it as interesting as possible so
I'm never bored of working out.” (Disha Patani) [i]
[i] Sources used:
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“8 Activities to Add to Your
Daily Routine That Will Leave You Fulfilled” by
Terrence
Kennedy
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