Your Daily Renewal
Every morning I enact a set of habits I like to call “Daily Renewal”. They’re a set of habits which get me refreshed, motivated, and ready to face my day.
Why “Daily Renewal”?
I don’t call it my “morning routine” or “daily habits” because frankly I don’t get inspired by either of these things. Labels fundamentally change the way we think about and interact with the things we label; having morning habits I label as “daily renewal” makes me excited every morning to enact them. They’re all habits which in different ways allow me to feel as if I’m starting anew, leaving the past behind me
What Are Your Daily Renewal Habits?
My daily renewal habits (and subsequent tuit rewards) are as follows:
- Shower (2 Tuits)
- Brush Teeth (2 Tuits)
- Floss (2 Tuits)
- Deodorant (2 Tuits)
- Shave (3 Tuits)
- Apply Acne Medicine (2 Tuits)
- Read Over Goals and Envision Success (4 Tuits)
Why These Habits?
All of these habits in some way renew my body and spirit. Showering and shaving I’ve found to be particularly important to feel renewed in the morning, literally and figuratively washing and cutting away the remnants of yesterday. After getting rid of yesterday, I then look over my goals and begin to look forward, to today. Some daily renewal habits I would like to add would be eating breakfast, stretching, biking, and listening to some sort of upbeat music.
Why Codify Them? Why Write Them Down?
It seems almost superfluous to write down that I should brush my teeth every morning, isn’t it something I already do anyway? There are four reasons that I codify my daily renewal habits, and reward myself for them (through the use of tuits). The first reason is to give myself credit where credit is do. Oftentimes, I can get down on myself for not completing a task or not working as hard as I could. However, the truth is, as long as I’m still here, still acting, I have something to be proud of. By checking off these items from my todo-list, and giving myself tuits for their completion, I’m acknowledging that fact.
The second reason I keep track of these habits is to use them as an early warning system. Oftentimes, when starting to get off track, these simple little daily renewal habits are the first to go. If not keeping track and checking them off every single day, it’s easy to stop flossing or looking at my goals every day and not even realize it. By keeping track, it’s easy to see when I’m slipping, and take the appropriate steps to get back on track.
The third reason I keep track of and codify these habits is for the purposes of momentum. When starting my day, I’ve often found myself in the past getting all ready for the day then looking ahead and having it be daunting to see all the big tasks ahead I have to do. By acknowledging all the smaller actions I take as a crucial part of my day, as my “daily renewal”, I no longer have to think of “starting the day”, only of maintaining momentum.
The fourth reason I codify these habits is that they can be useful other times that I feel I need a renewal. For instance I often feel that I need a renewal before performing a magic show, in order to go on radiant and give the customer an excellent performance. If I’m feeling less than peak condition, I know that all I have to do is perform a few of the actions on the list and I’ll be renewed.
So What Now?
Have I convinced you that adding your daily renewal habits to your todo-list is a worthwhile thing to do? If so, then don’t leave this blog without doing something about it! Think about the actions you take every morning to help renew yourself, and write them out on a daily renewal checklist. Start giving yourself credit for all that you do in the morning, and check them off every morning as you do them.
Have your own daily renewal habits? Let me know in the comments.
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That’s great, buddy. I think you should start adding more habits, one at a time. Starting by breakfast. Having breakfast is CRUCIAL for how you feel throughout the day, specially if you eat primal like I’m doing now. Here are mine:
Morning (I don’t have fancy names for them anymore):
Get up at 7:00 (indulged if its a rest day and I wen out last night, in that case I’ll let myself wake up at whatever time, usually is also early).
Take a piss
Wash my face
Make my bed (so hard back in the day)
Drink a glass of lukewarm water.
Choose MITs.
Cook and have breakfast
Meditate
Write for 10 minutes
Get dressed
Go to school, etc.
Night (I think it’s important also for how you feel the next day)
Have dinner exactly at 22:00
Prepare my bag (if I have to go to school or somewhere else next day)
Review the day, journal, etc. (give myself a pat if I deserve it)
Look at the calendar
Set alarm-clock
Read myself to sleep
That’s it. Keep the momentum going!
Thanks for the comment Ivan!
I agree that night habits are just as import as morning habits… But that’s for another post of course
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keep it going brotha.
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