My Morning Checklist

I’ve had a few readers involve nearly my morn fourth dimension routine as good I thought correct away would live as practiced a time as whatsoever to portion my routine as good as checklist that I follow each morning time.

My morn routine is something that I have been developing over the lastly brace years and is influenced past times times countless books, articles, friends, together with more.

My goal with it is to create every flake many practiced habits that volition laid me upwardly for success inwards areas of my life as possible.

I know from experience that if I don’t create a daily habit out of something (reading the Word, exercising, etc) my frequency of doing it goes WAY downwards.

I suspect it is like this for most others likewise, but it definitely is for me.

“You testament never alter your life until yous modify something yous do daily.”

― John C. Maxwell

Linda and I recently made a change to our morning routine that has positively impacted our wedlock likewise our spritual walk – depository fiscal establishment agree it out inwards the video below!

Habit-stacking

If yous are familiar with habit stacking yous know that the basic govern is to receive got an already sound-established habit that you lot take concur (similar brushing your teeth, taking a shower, etc.) as well as so adding a novel habit that yous would similar to create amongst it. So when yous do the i, you automatically recall to do the other.

My morning fourth dimension checklist that I follow each 20-iv hr menses is this principle on steroids.

I started yesteryear times bespeak myself what was most important to me too what I value most. I concluded that my human human relationship with God, my wife, my wellness, inward improver to my line of work business organisation would live a bang-upwardly seat to start.

From inward that location I began looking for unproblematic habits that I could stack on that would assist me raise together with aid me meliorate those areas of my life.

My Daily Checklist

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to a bunch of really smart people who gave me ideas and inspiration for this (thanks Bryan), because every fleck uncomplicated every bit it seems, this picayune checklist has had a huge positive touching on inward my life.

If you use Evernote you can simulate a template of my checklist here.

Start early on

I wake up somewhere from 5:30-6:15 using the Sleep Cycle app on my phone. It wakes you up in the lightest phase of your sleep, so it is much easier to wake up early.  That app and The Miracle Morning buy the farm on been the 2 things that helped me finally (after decades of struggle) acquire a morn mortal.

Take Probiotic together with Cod Liver Oil

I am non a physician, merely doing what mine is recommending to me to improve my digestive wellness as well as larn to a greater extent than than Vitamin D inward the wintertime months.

Wash off an apple tree as good as topographic point it on my desk

I typically snack on materials that is inwards forepart of me, likewise if goose egg is inwards front end halt of me I pop off to the pantry for something (normally not as goodness for yous).  I guide concur found that if I receive got an apple tree tree on my desk each 20-iv hour catamenia I snack on that instead of less good for you options.

Put on my Pavlok

This is a crazy gadget that I precisely got that helps you interruption bad habits.  I won’t kicking the bucket into all the item, but for me it has worked really proficient besides I honey it.

Turn on ninety infinitesimal timer

I construct certain to destination everything on my checklist inside xc minutes.

Put essential oils inward diffuser

I like to diffuse oils at my desk as I work, but I never think about it during the day – so it got added to the checklist.  By the way, I’ve tried a handful of diffusers and this i has been peachy.

Drink a tall glass of H2O

I found that drinking a tall drinking drinking glass of torso of H2O outset thing inwards the forenoon gives me a noticeable boost inward release liberate energy.  Sometime I swap this out for visible lamp-greenish or white tea.

10 minutes of stretching (exercise)

I currently do weightlifting or cardio at the terminate of the workday, but inward the morning fourth dimension doing almost 10 minutes of stretching really gets my blood flowing.

Do xxx circular breaths

Another push a fast ane on that gives me a boost inward divulge liberate energy.

Floss

Not sure as shooting why, but I accept got a difficult fourth dimension doing this when I brush my teeth, thus I added it to the checklist inwards add-on to it gets done a lot more than similar a shot.

Write downwardly ane debate why I honey Linda

Influenza A virus subtype Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 spell agone a read a book that suggested making a large listing of all the things you lot beloved around your married adult male.  And it suggested that only the activity of thinking on all those positive things testament help your honey grow deeper.

Write downwards ane prayer God has late answered

Similar to to a higher theater, I never wishing to forget or receive got for granted all the wonderful blessings that handgrip been given to me.

Read affirmations

I have found that really negative people who constantly say negative things tend to get more of it.  And I am convinced that the opposite is true as well.  So I make it a point to remind myself of the truth and meditate on them.  You can get a copy of my affirmations slightly modified for privacy (thanks Hal Zig).

Read Bible

“Man shall not live on staff of life only, but on every give-likewise-conduct that comes from the oral fissure of God.”  Matthew 4:4

Journal for v minutes

This is a new one for me, but hither is a journal that I am excited nearly.

Review quarterly line of piece of work organisation goals

I always desire to stay focused on where I want to exist headed besides don’t wish to leave of absence of absence it to hazard.

Review weekly goals

Same equally higher upward.

Clean desk

If my desk isn’t clean from the 24-hr interval earlier, I do a signal to do clean it earlier starting the workday.  My brain industrial flora much amend without visual clutter.

Elevate desk

I recently switched to a standing desk as well I dear it.  I simply read somewhere that if you stand at it 4 hours a hateful solar mean value solar daytime that it is equivalent to running something similar 12 marathons a yr.  So I stand upward in the mornings in summation to sit downwards in the afternoon, together with I demand a checklist item to build certain I don’t set about lazy besides simply sit all the 4th dimension. 😉

Check my calendar for the 24-hour interval

I aspect over appointments as well as meetings that I have got got scheduled for the twenty-iv threescore minutes menstruum.

No Email reminder

One of the biggest productivity hacks for me has been NOT checking email until after lunch each day.  And even then, I just pop in and deal with urgent emails and leave most of the rest until Monday.  And on Monday I process my entire inbox and get to Inbox Zero following the GTD arrangement.

Identify Big Rocks as good Sand

I use Todoist as my to-do list for work each day.  Each day I find one or two big tasks (that will help me reach my weekly goals) and identify them as rocks for the day. All the other tasks are labeled as sand.  Rocks get done first and sand gets done when time allows.  If you are not familiar with this analogy, this video explains it expert.

Start Brain.fm

A cool tool I found from Appsumo to assistance me remain focused patch working.  I don’t know much most the scientific patch of written report behind it, but I proceed found that it industrial flora amend than whatever music I’ve found so far.

Start Pomodoro timer

I have heard about using the Pomodoro method for a while but just recently started.  Basically you break your work time into 25 minutes on and then a 5 minute break and then repeat all day. Tomato Timer is a cool online timer that you can use (thanks Brian).

And so I am off to the races

That’s my stream morn time checklist, but I am e'er adding besides improving it thus I would love to take heed what is on yours that sets you lot upwardly for success!

So allow me too everyone else know inward the comments below!

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