An interesting article on daily routines, How Mundane Routines Produce Creative Magic got me going on this subject again. I love the idea of routines. I have ever since realizing that having routines was going to be a virtually impossible feat for me considering the daily juggling act that I have undertaken for the past 9 years, which has been almost the entire time that I’ve been in business for myself.
I think that, for people who can’t have routines for one reason or another (mine is for the reason of the chaos that is family life with young children), we enjoy and appreciate learning about how we could maybe possibly some day have a routine in our lives as well. Until that day comes I will continue to learn how I will maximize my routine to gain the greatest productivity and creativity so that the minute I have a chance to enact one it’ll be perfection from the start. I only say that somewhat tongue-in-cheek. I really am a fan of routines and do want to start one at some point.
In the meantime, I’ll console myself with the quick 30 second type of routines that I always do before a big meeting or big project design session. Things like reading a couple pages of a tough book, doodling, and the like.
Do you have a routine? What is it or what would it be if you could have one?
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