370 - 2021 Resetting My Morning Routine

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As we head into 2021, I want to talk with you about moving from a reactive life to a proactive one by resetting your daily routines. In 2020, many of us picked up some bad habits and time wasting activities that snuck into our schedules. I am working on recapturing my time for purposeful activity, and I want to share my thoughts and strategies with you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When I consider daily routines, I look at the morning, afternoon, and evening time periods. I am going to discuss each of these and share what I was doing pre-pandemic, how 2020 dramatically changed these times of day, and what I want these routines to look like in 2021. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I first shared my thoughts about a morning routine back in</span> <a href= "https://organize365.com/podcast/morning"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Episode 192</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. You can listen to that if you want more information about my morning routine before the pandemic of 2020. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are going to start with the morning routine, because that is when our day first starts. Traditionally, morning routine strategies are written by men without children who take over an hour to get their day started - even without showering, hair or makeup. My reality is that my mornings have almost always been dictated by what my family needs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My basic morning routine takes me about 45 minutes just to get prepared to leave the house and start my day. When I get up, I get ready for the day and then leave my bedroom. I do not lounge around the house in the morning. I get ready for the most dressy event of the day and stay dressed all day long. I do not ever go back and change my clothes. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the pandemic, my morning routine faced several disruptions. I had all this content that I felt like I had to consume before I could get o