The secret to a great morning routine isn’t copying someone else’s—it’s knowing which parts to ignore.

Say you want to do something other than work, be interesting, well-rounded, but you just don't know what that is.

And maybe you've tried the healthy or woo woo things people say to do in the morning and you're just straight up not interested in them.

We can gain inspiration from other people's paths, but following someone else's routine copy/paste isn't what is going to get YOU out of bed.

So how do you find something that's going to get YOU out of bed?

Step 1: Draw Your Life Pie

Identify the 3-6 sections of your life. Think about…

Who do you want to be? What does that person do?
What do you want to make time for?
What are your priorities?

Examples of pieces: Family, friends, work, health, hobbies, home, etc.

Consider what activities could be in each of these pieces.

(health could include sleep, journaling, working out, therapy)

I recommend having…

Minimum of 3: to diversify your identity & happiness
Maximum of 6: to get really clear on who you want to be

Focus on drawing your ideal Life Pie, recognizing what you’re doing right now is maybe not where you want to be. Hopefully this exercise gets you closer to the life you want to be living.

Step 2: Decide what pie piece & activity you want to use your morning for.

Use these questions to help select the RIGHT activity for your morning:

What do you crave in the morning?
What frequently gets lost in your day that you could put first?
What requires focus?
What requires no socialization?
What do you like your morning to look like on vacation?
What would you be bummed you didn't do this time next year?
What did you like to do as a kid that you could do the adult version now?

Examples:

You could go on a walk because that is what your ideal morning looks like on vacation and contributes to your health pie piece.

You could choose to write a book because that’s what you keep saying you’re going to do every year and contributes to your interests pie piece.

You could do yoga because this is the adult version of doing gymnastics as a kid and contributes to your health pie piece.

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Your morning routine plan being derived from your Life Pie reinforces what you’re doing is important and is worth getting out of bed for.

But that COULD mean tuning out what everyone is doing and finding what works for you.

But that’s when you start living YOUR life instead of someone else’s.