There’s no question that the routines are worth the time and effort each day, and you feel great after. But sometimes I get a bit overwhelmed when I wake up and know I have 2 hours of routine to get through... especially when waking up extra early before getting to work. How do you motivate yourself to work through the growing list?

Sounds like you are piling too much on your plate. You shouldn’t dread your routine. You should be excited to do it. Change the duration of the tasks. .move things around to match your life. If meditation daily is too much do it once a week. Same with exercise and what not. It’s yourroutine make it yours

By being kind towards myself and flexible as well. Looking at the long term goal and reminding myself that it is ok to feel overwhelmed. It will pass. Sometimes by not pushing myself to do a 2 hour routine. Maybe it’s too much at that time of day and replacing some habits to an other time of the day.

If you’re spending 2 hours on routines, you should decide what is truly beneficial to you. I personally take an hour in the morning to get ready and integrate the routines into that. I eat when used to skip breakfast, I make sure to drink water with my coffee. Little things that you add in to make your routine easier and more efficient are the key to actually sticking with them as habits.

I just think of the first thing Just drink water. One at a time with a break to sit at the kitchen table and drink coffee for 30 min.

I honestly keep it simple and straightforward. For the morning, I only have 3 habits: drinking water, exercising for 8 minutes, and eating a great breakfast. Keeping the threshold low makes me feel no pressure, and I ALWAYS do more. I exercise at least 30 minutes every day, reaching one hour several days a week. Also, for waking up. I just make sure I wake up within a timespan of 30 minutes everyday. I have a fitbit that makes it easier, waking me up in a moment where it’s best for me.

I culled the list to only four essentials. That’s one of the downsides of this app, I believe, that it takes more and more time to do everything they suggest.

I have a short routine for the morning because i already wake up at 4 a.m. i prep meals and clothes the night before so in the morning i do 20 min or less of yoga, shower, take meds dress and leave for work

I personally keep my list short as I found it overwhelming too. I have 3 things in the morning and once I do them with my eyes closed, I’ll be adding more. It feels good to accomplish something. Here less is more. Hope this helps fellow fabulous :)

Honestly, I consider the growing list to be a would be nice list. That means there are items on the list it can be treated as optional and marked completed if they weren’t necessary that day, and that there are items on the list it can be done in several ways. For example, I will consider my drink tea have it completed if I have filled my thermos with tea so I can take it on the go. Some of the items can also be postponed, like for instance calling my parents, which I would typically do while driving to work, but sometimes do when driving from work because I was too busy focussing on traffic. I think it’s important to forgive ourselves when we need to adapt our routines. We are not robots.

I try to convince my inner self by regular and constant pressure but that doesn’t mostly work. In the end, all my efforts end in vain. By the way, I use some apps to run and exercise in the morning, so that desire to establish a achievement in the app drives me to complete the morning routine. Interestingly it is getting built into a habit so most of the time I do it habitually.