Morning routines are important because it helps you focus on what’s important at the present moment.
Morning routines. You’ve probably heard this term before from probably every single motivational and business guru you have listened to.
But morning routines aren’t a fad like certain types of workouts or diets that you often hear influencers talk about – they are the real deal.
They do work as they help make your day easier.
What Are Morning Routines?
If you don’t already know, morning routines are just that – a routine that you do every morning to prepare you for the day.
More specifically, they are activities that you do to help you be more organized and focused before you head out to work.
Essentially, it will help you be more productive because you know what to do and what to focus on.
As an example, here is Tim Ferriss’ morning routine.
This is one of the more popular ones as it is simple and can be easily mimicked:
1) Make your bed
Making your bed in the morning, according to Ferriss, gives a sense of accomplishment.
It shows you that you have accomplished something in that one day, even if you feel that you didn’t do anything meaningful at work.
2) Light exercise
Ferriss says that a light workout in the morning will help wake up your body as it gets the body moving and promotes blood flow.
3) Journaling
Journaling helps Ferriss clear his “monkey mind.” This allows him to put his focus in perspective and do the tasks that are important for the day.
4) Short Meditation
Ferriss says that a short meditation helps him relieve stress and allows him to be more introspective.
This, in turn, lets him understand his emotions better and prevents him from acting like a fool when conflict occurs.
5) Drink Titanium Tea
This is a tea that is made with various ingredients.
According to Ferriss, this concoction gives him energy that lasts longer than coffee.
Importance of Having a Morning Routine
Having an effective morning routine is important because it helps you be more productive throughout the day.
“How?” you may be asking.
Well, the activities in your morning routine, if you select them carefully, should de-clutter your mind, and prime your body and brain.
This will allow you to be more productive at work because you can now be focused on the important tasks for the day; all of the concerns that don’t deal with the task at hand should be minimal in your mind.
Additionally, pretty much every single successful person has a morning routine.
So you should copy the cool kids if you want to be successful like them.
(If you want to learn more about the benefits of morning routines, check out this blog article, “18 Reasons Why a Daily Routine Is So Important.”)
Keep in mind that your morning routine doesn’t have to be jam-packed with productive activities.
What’s more important is having a routine that you can do consistently every morning.
Just look at Ferriss’ routine again.
He only has five tasks and it takes about an hour to complete the entire thing.
When I first designed my morning routine, I tried to make it “productive” and put a bunch of things on my to-do list.
I followed it to the tee for a few weeks, but eventually just stopped because I dreaded it.
There were just too many unnecessary things to do!
So a year later, I tried making another routine (people I looked up to kept talking about it and I knew having a routine would be good for me).
But this time, I kept it simple.
I just did the necessary things that I thought would help me have more clarity throughout the day: I make my bed, I do a light workout, I read for at least 20 minutes, and I do a short writing prompt. That’s it.
The majority of the time, I do every task. But sometimes, I only do two or three of the activities.
Another thing that I want to mention is that you have to be flexible with your morning routine.
Sometimes, you’re not going to be able to do every activity and that’s okay.
Ferriss says that as long as you do the entire routine most of the time, then you should consider it a win.
Final Thoughts
So, are you going to design a morning routine?
If so, what tasks will you be adding to it? Or what tasks do you think will help you have the best day possible?
Share your thoughts below in the comments.