4.1 Morning routine

This is my latest attempt of building a routine. There are few improvements.

  1. There are no hours, just activity timings. Sometimes I sleep more, sometimes less. My sleep patterns are unregulated, and sometimes I am a night owl that goes to sleep at 4am; and other days, I am waking up at 5.45 with the sunrise. I am quite unpredictable. Thus, setting up time activities instead of hours of the day give me more degrees of freedom and independence.

  2. I have set up different time lengths, so I am flexible depending on how I am feeling that day.

  3. I have set up slashes between activities, so, depending on the day and the need, I can focus more on one particular thing or another.

  4. I alternate physical and mental work.

  5. I keep the food and phone fasting as long as possible to keep my dopamine levels under control.

The whole routine is from 6h45 to 8h50, depending on the length of the activities. It seems very long, but the main focus is to keep the order. So, I am basically doing body and mind trian daily in about 7 hours. Like a job schedule, but self-designed and self-regulated. I have included the breakfast, a nap, and a smartphone check at mid-morning as well. Thus, if I have an early morning and wake up at 6, at about 13, I have done tons already. On the other hand, if I have a lazy morning and wake up at 9.30, at about 16.30, I would be free to socialize.

I am not counting small breaks, going to the toilet, or time of transition between activities. My main struggle is with avoiding getting distracted with the smartphone or the food, and not procrastinating with whatever the random interruption of the day. Otherwise, once I get into the workflow, I am able to work consistently for a long time.

I hope these ideas help those that have been tried for some time to establish a routine without much success.

  • Wake up: Drink water (lemon, hot, Himalaya salt) + Wudu La Cabra

10min max. & Phone fasting

30-45min

  • Reconnect body: Open yoga/mobility awakening + affirmations

45min-1h15

45-60min & Food Fasting + Phone fasting

1h45 (3 x 35min power nap) & Phone fasting + Tea

20min + 20min max

  • Body creativity: Original workout/Choreography/Movement training (Calisthenics, Animal flow, Acrobatics, Capoeira)

45min-1h15 & Phone fasting + Tea

  • Phone check

15 min max.

  • Publishing: Working on previous texts

1.45(3 x 35min power nap) + Phone fasting + Tea

  1. I am not Muslim, but I think it is a good spiritual practice to feel more present, connected and grateful for being alive, and clean and fresh for the meditation.↩