The perfect morning routine can make or break your day, your week and ultimately your life.
This is why a morning routine, that primes you for success and saves you 20+ hours of time is the most important tool to achieve whatever you want in life.
In this article, I will give you an actionable step-by-step guide to build this morning routine and to install it permanently into your daily life.
This is a summary of and actionable guide to this article „This Morning Routine Will Save You 20+ Hours per Week“ by Benjamin Hardy. You can read the full article on Medium or on Inc.com .
Key Takeaways:
- The 8 hour workday is bullshit. The most productive people only work 3-6 hours a day. Our brain can only do deep work for about 3 hours daily.
- When it comes to productive work, quality is way more important than quantity. 3 hours of result-oriented work daily will have a much greater impact on your life, career and success, than 12 hours daily of busy-work.
- One of the most underrated skills to do great work is quality rest. Quality rest is essential for growth, recovery and creative work.
- During the first 3 hours of your day, you have the most energy, focus and creativity. Use this time for high-impact high-quality work. Use the first 90 min for your No. 1 priority.
Do you always feel like you don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything you want to and need to do? Check out: 25 Simple Ways to Free Up an Extra Hour a Day
The Perfect Morning Routine:
- Get up after you’ve had enough sleep. To get enough quality sleep, work hard during the day (if only for 3 hours) and go to bed early.
- Take in 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes after you wake up. Here are 30 meal-ideas with 30+ grams of protein.
- Meditate for 5 min.
- Journal for 5-10 min. Use this journal session to write down:
- long-term goals (What you want to achieve in the next 3-5 years)
- short-term goals (What you want to achieve in the next 30-90 days)
- desired outcome for the day
- 3 hours of quality work. You can split this up into 3-6 blocks using the pomodoro method
- either work for 25 min and pause for 5 min – repeat 6 times
- or work for 50 min and pause for 10 min – repeat 3 times
What to do the rest of the day:
- Take a break at noon or when you feel drained from your deep work.
- If possible, use this break for quality rest (for your brain).
- Work for a few more hours, if needed. If your morning session was very focused, you can probably call it quits for the day.
- Once you finished your work for the day, completely detach – physically and psychologically. Don’t check work-related e-mails, don’t answer calls, don’t think about work. This will help you work better and feel better.
Some tips for increased focus:
- Listen to one song on repeat – ideally a song without lyrics, such as classical music.
- Get enough sleep.
- Get enough quality rest.
- Detach completely from work, once you’re done for the day.
- Eat healthy.
- Move daily.
If you want to get more tips on How to Increase Focus, check out this Blog Post: 23 EASY HABITS TO IMPROVE FOCUS + GET SHIT DONE
Ideas for Quality Rest:
- Exercise
- Meditation
- Journaling
- Play an Instrument
- Spend time with your loved ones (talking, playing games, etc. – not just watching TV)
- Try something new
- Make some art – draw, write, paint… whatever you like
- Discover new places
- Cook a meal
How to Implement the perfect morning routine – Checklist
Every Morning
- Get up at ____ a.m.
- Eat breakfast (ideally with lots of protein)
- Block any distractions: Turn off your phone and email notifications, close the door…
- Meditate for 5 min
- Journal your goals and future vision for 5-10 min
- Put your focus-song on repeat
- Work on your no. 1 priority for 90 min
- Take a break
- Work on your 2nd and 3rd priority for at least another 90 min
- Take a distracting and relaxing lunch break
Every Evening: Prepare for the perfect Morning Routine the Day Before – Checklist
- Finish your work-day by
- writing down, what you accomplished that day
- writing down your top 3 priorities for the next day in order
- researching any information that you will need to immediately start working on your top priorities the next morning
- Prepare your healthy breakfast for the next day.
- List 5 non-work-related activities that you will do the next day to detach from work and rest.
- Set your alarm clock.
Conclusion
There you go: Everything you need to know to implement the perfect morning routine, that will help you save 20+ hours per week – in actionable step-by-step style, just the way we love it over here on Rich In College. 🙂
I suggest, you commit to this new routine for at least 30 days. You will be shocked on how much you can achieve in 30 days and you will bite your ass, that you didn’t start earlier.
Use my handy 30 Day Challenge tracker to keep yourself accountable and get some extra-motivation with every day, you cross out.
What is you No. 1 priority goal for the next 30 days? Leave a comment below and pin the article to your pinterest to revisit it, whenever you need a refresher. 🙂
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