im a very lazy girl with problems focusing lol. routinery lets me set up a routine with lil timers so I can make sure I do what I need to do && I usually am in the zone enough to do something extra (eg tidy every night for 5 min). it incentivizes doing the routine daily but doesn’t penalize you if you skip or cut short any of the tasks!
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pro tip from the linked video is to create 3 different routines and follow them according to energy levels:
1. a minimum routine w the non negotiables (hygiene, hydrate, get some kind of meal etc etc)
2. a standard day routine that’s achievable most days (maybe you do the 15 min of yoga or your extended skincare routine and have a nice breakfast and tea on top of the minimum routine)
3. an ideal full routine when you have an abundance of time and or energy (go crazy do it all take a long walk and read for a while or create your art)
you can make these for morning or night or full day structure! but the point is to do what suits you to relieve the pressure of needing to stick to something that may not always fit into your realistic day. good luck soldier you got this
Nov 7, 2024
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I use a habit stacking app, Routinery, where I can break down a habit into as many small pieces and put a time stamp on them, but you don’t have to— writing out the whole process for a task really helps me. So if I’m making lunch, the steps are: get ingredients out of fridge, slice bread, get a plate, assemble lunch, get a glass of water (include this in every task, it good for you), sit at the table, eat, take plate to dishwasher, close/clean ingredients and put away in fridge, wipe down counter.
This way, if I get exhausted halfway through, I know how many steps are left to do, and if they’re small, it’s easier to see that I’m almost finished.
Feb 13, 2024
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i usually start with ordering delivery food. that way i don't need to cook and i also need to get out of bed to take it from the courier.
in the waiting time i take a quick shower, brush my teeth and thinking about what tasks and deadlines i have at the moment and which of them are more important.
then i have breakfast and put something on the background to watch, usually it is "The Big Bang Theory" or "Brooklyn 99". I've watched them a million times so i won't be deeply interested but i also have something that kills the silence and don't make me go back into my head. I also take my meds and mark this in my tracker
Then i open my work tools, starting with Notion and Figma. I'm planning the day, all tasks that have to be done on laptop and another that require to go outside. If i can't make myself do any work, i turn on Britney Spears — Work Bitch. It usually helps but if i still can't do work, I'm doing anything else. I'm finding references for projects, planning the rest of the week, sending CV to different positions, all that kind of stuff. Or if i have time, i put on some nice clothes and go to work outside at the cafe or library.
In the evening i have supper, clean up the mess i little bit and go to bed.
The trick is to do everything like a robot, just get into routine with the empty head. It always helps me to get things done
Aug 24, 2024
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Put on the robe, turn on adult swim or whatever, crank the ac, eat a late night snack in one bed and sleep in the other. The freedom of impersonal liminal space.
Oct 21, 2024
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hundreds of thousands of times over
The context may be different but no emotion is completely new— i can cope
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