| Very cool! Interesting to read this. You're focussing on very similar things to me. Getting the basics in place is important. I've been working on morning routine at the moment too. One thing I've found to help me (with a lot of trial and error) is some home automation stuff to help "enforce" my routine. I've had lights that fade up in the morning for many years, simulating a "sunrise", but I recently updated this so that it automatically turns the heating up at the same time when my "sunrise" starts. Sounds crazy, but automatically turning the heat up to the maximum in my bedroom forces me to get up (because it would be too uncomfortable to stay in bed) and has been really effective! I also recently setup some very bright LED panels that also switch on in the morning and flood the bedroom with light, and finally, the thing I'm most pleased about is that I automatically disable the (smart) light switch next to my bed so that I can't turn all the bright lights off and go back to sleep. I have to actually leave my bedroom for the switch to start working again. > Just knowing I have my fix dates and times to do certain things is really satisfying. I'm not sure how to describe it. But it feels relieving. I can completely relate to this. Using daily checklists gives me this "relief" feeling. Without all this effort, I just drift from day to day and I never do the same things at the same time, ever! I find I need a lot of external systems/routines to be able to rely on myself to do the right things. Interesting that you do your paperwork in the morning. This is a big problem for me. Maybe I should try that... |