If I have to wait until later in the day to work out, but I still do it, do you think I can still check the box on my morning routine?

I think yes, the real motive is to make of the little habits part of our life, even if it’s in the morning or the afternoon or the night... the real purpose is to be mentally focused in completing your habits... 😊

Depends. Is this a one off? Do you more often complete it in the morning, or later? Figure out what works best for your schedule and move your exercise to the appropriate time of day.

I still check mine as long as I know I am going to do it. If I check it and don’t do it I don’t check the next days one.

Yes. I did this this week. As long as you’re honest about getting your time in, it’s totally fine. Not everyone is enough morning person to get into morning exercise. I would, however, look at maybe a short stretching or meditation session in the morning to help you get into the right mindset.

Yes. That’s what I do sometimes. As long as you do it that day, it’s better then nothing. Maybe if working out works better for you in the evening, you might wanna move work out to your evening routine.

I say yes because I like to allow flexibility in my day if I have the freedom to do so... go with the flow. What matters for me is that it gets done more than what time it gets done. It depends on whether the individual achieves more under structure or prefers adaptability.

I think it’s okay to check off exercise as part of your morning routine if you leave it until later in the day. I have a small baby who wakes before me so I usually wait until his nap time to complete this part of my morning routine. I think the most important thing is to exercise daily and give yourself credit for doing this. It keeps me motivated to see it checked off on my list.

Absolutely. Its great that you workout! What I do is skip the habit in the morning and then go back and check it after its completed to keep the integrity of checking the boxes. Once you are done either that specific oart of the journey you can be more flexible like make an afternoon routine and move exercise into there.

I think there are multiple equally good answers. If you exercise late and check the morning habit box then you should ideally exercise again in the morning on the following day. And that would appear reasonable and flexible to randomness that is part of everyday life. If you find that you frequently exercise late and check the morning box then it’s time to look at your environment and change that to enable morning exercise. If the environment can’t be changed much then maybe reduce the exercise so it can fit into your morning or simply move the habit into your afternoon. In short, a little bit of flexibility is OK. If you need a lot of flexibility then it’s time to adjust your plan.

Absolutely! I think that it’s less a matter of when you do them and more so a matter of making sure you’re consistent with your goals each day. For instance, I don’t always keep water next to my bed, so it’s easy for me to forget my morning glass of water. If I at least make sure that I keep up with my water intake throughout the day, I consider my goal fulfilled.