Daily Routine

Page Updated on November 24, 2007

Get the Printable You can get a daily routine chart from the Organizing: Calendars and Schedules section on the Printables page, or you can make your own.

Take a Look at Your Current Routine When you start incorporating new habits into your life, it's important to first know what your current habits are. Write down your current daily routine. What do you do when you first wake up in the morning? What is the last thing you do before you go to bed? When do you eat? When do you take your vitamins? When do you go to work? What do you do at work? Put in as many details of your normal routine as possible. You don't need to specify hours or minutes unless you rely on the clock to determine when you start an activity and when you stop.

Now take a good look at your daily routine. Do any bad habits seem to stand out now? Maybe you go too long without eating a meal. Maybe you don't exercise. Maybe you have to take frequent "smoke breaks" because you currently smoke. Don't worry about changing them yet; just be aware of them. Are there any good habits that you are particularly proud of? Feel free to pat yourself on the back for them.

Adding New Habits to Your Routine When you're ready to add a new habit to your routine, take a look at what you already do each day, and figure out where your new habit will fit in. The same goes with reducing bad habits. Pick a habit that you wish to eliminate, and determine when you'll start cutting back on that habit. For example, if you have a habit of smoking, decide which specific "smoke break" you will cut out of your day: the one before bed, the one after lunch, etc.