How Daily Routine Will Make You on the Same Tracks as Those Successful People
This is part of the self-empowerment series, a series that will be published weekly, on how we can improve ourselves, by incrementally improving every aspect of our life.
Think of any successful people you know in life. If you want to know what their recipes are to live in what they are today, you might find one common ground: most of them is in love with rigid & specific routines.
These ideas of routines are somewhat contradictory to the common concept of what a wonderful life is. If we think about what wonderful life is, one aspect of it is the ability to do anything you want, anytime. But why this image didn’t come to realization?
In fact, maybe the idea of routines is something that is commonly misunderstood by us all this time. We often think of routine as arriving at some places at the same time every day or going to bed before certain times (which is good). However, something like trying to read new books each week or eating at new places every month is considered a random action to pleasure ourselves when it also can be a part of our routine. The point is that we need some kind of routine because of the steadiness and safeness of our subconscious mind after we’ve done that repetitive motions and got the expected outcomes. The habit of creating a list of what you want to do for the day and sticking to it will create mood, and in return, this will bring the “nurture” aspect of your personality.
Psychologist Robert Thayer state that our moods are created by our habitualness, not by thought or stressor, as we often think of the cause of it. The point is that the single thought isn’t the cause of our fuss: it’s the pattern of continual experience to that thought that compounds its effect and makes it seem valid. So rather than continuing to let your fears and impulses take the decision for your day, you might want to start to let your conscious decide it for you. This will bring you to a better state, as the routine will give you a feeling of safety and purpose.
When we didn’t have a routine, we create some gaps and spaces in which our subconscious mind can say: “well, you can take a break now,” when in fact, you have a deadline. It’s also creating a sense of resistance when we try to push something, as we didn’t recognize the idea of time allocation that we actually need to. Committing to a certain routine not only makes you affirm your choice to begin but also your ability to do it. This is a healthy way to make you feel validated. And as your body self-regulates, you will begin to enter the ‘flow’ mode (the complete engagement with what you’re doing) in each activity you’re in.
