Rather than trying to effect a grand structure on the unruliness of a day, why not start with a few of the day’s discrete elements and build up a routine slowly? My colleague Jahaan Singh finds that starting every day by showering and getting dressed for the day helps set her mood. It’s something to look forward to and helps clear my head for the afternoons, when I typically start to flag. I had resisted exercising in the middle of the day because I thought for whatever reason that one couldn’t shower then! It turns out, you can shower any time you like, and if you do it at roughly the same time each day, you have the nucleus of a routine.

Source: New York Times August 21, 2020 20:26 UTC