Morning Routine Go-Live
6-7am option set
option 1: Kung Fu forms forward 5 times, Tai Chi 1st loop twice.
option 2: Kung Fu forms mirror 5 times, Tai Chi 1st loop twice.
option 3: 500 hand techniques (50 each side x 5 techniques)
option 4: 500 foot techniques (50 each side x 5 techniques)
option 5: biking
7-8am option set
option 1: 30 mins meditation, 30 mins reading.
option 2: 20 mins meditation, 40 mins business.
option 3: 60 mins meditation
option 4: 20 mins Quadrant 2 Introspection, 40 mins business.
option 5: 60 mins Quadrant 2 Introspection.
8am shower/breakfast; arrive at work 8:30am.
action items
- get the meditation clock from dad’s place, set it for 5:55am.
- in the mean time, set cell for 6am.
- disable alarm in bathroom.
- track adherence and option set preferences in Google spreadsheet
auxilliary action item play nice music for Barine while I’m not home.
props to Steve Pavlina’s article How to wake up feeling totally alert
a bit of insight - if you’ve ever tried a morning routine and failed, perhaps it was because the morning eventually comes where you don’t feel like doing the same task. providing an option set provides flexibility and options can be cycled in and out as needed.
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Wow… lots of great info there. Thanks!
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