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The Importance of Routines for Mental and Emotional Health
TLDR Routines are essential for maintaining mental, physical, and emotional well-being, providing familiarity and reducing anxiety. Establishing cues and mixing up routines can help make them more habitual and productive, while also keeping our brains engaged and avoiding boredom.
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Routines are crucial for mental, physical, and emotional health, and can help reduce anxiety and provide a sense of familiarity and security in uncertain times.
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Routines are associated with cues and are dependent on them, as they provide a sense of familiarity and reduce the need for willpower and decision-making.
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Steve Jobs wore all black because it eliminated the need to make decisions about what to wear, allowing him to focus on other things.
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Establishing a routine is the same as establishing a habit, and one way to do this is by creating cues or objects and surroundings that help cue your routine, which can make it more habitual and productive.
10:43
Establishing routines that align with our natural chronotypes and individual preferences is key to success and productivity, both for adults and children.
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Mixing up routines is important because our brains love shortcuts and can become bored and stagnant if we stick to the same routine for too long, but it's also important to have a contingency plan for when routines are disrupted, such as going on vacation, in order to quickly get back into the routine afterwards.
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Mixing up routines is important for keeping our brains engaged and avoiding boredom, and this applies to things like packing a different lunch, taking a different route to school, and changing up workout routines.
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