How do I maintain a daily routine?

How do I maintain a daily routine?
Make Things A Must – “Do or do not, there is no try.” – Yoda. Either you commit to it strongly enough for it to not be negotiable, or you don’t commit to it at all. Daily routines require willpower and determination at first. It gets easier over time only if you are committed.

Progress Slowly – One habit at a time. One day at a time. A little bit right now goes a long way. Remember that habits are daily battles, not one-time wars. You must be willing to fight each and every day to win in the end.

Do It Poorly Rather Than Not At All – It does not matter how you end up fulfilling your habit as long as you do it. If you commit to walking every day then it does not matter when you walk or for how long or where you go. What matters is that you take the time out of your day to walk. This means that if you forget about your habit until 1 in the morning; that sucks for you. You better do it anyway even if it is going to be a very poor job.

365 Days A Year. No Exceptions – That is the rule. If you applied the above guidelines then this should be relatively easy. Again, the important part is that you do it daily. This will make it easier in the end and will actually create a habit rather than a feel-good activity. Many people quit because they are not consistent. They do it once, or a few times a week, and that already spells disaster.

Track It – You must keep a record of your progress somewhere or you will remember the subjective way you did it over the objective way. You always feel like you did more or less than you actually did, but are rarely completely accurate. When you track your progress you will see when you must kick yourself in the butt for not doing enough and when to pat yourself on the back. Without it, you will just float along, hoping that what you are doing works. This is no better than gambling.

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Commit To Someone Else – Do not commit your habit to your friends, or family members, or anyone who will only praise you for trying. Screw those people. Their feel-good words are empty and will give you a reward before you put in any work. Commit your habits to your future self, to the people that hold you accountable, and to those that will yell at you, or be disappointed if you do not do it. Those are the ones that love you most. Commit your habits to them because they will help you succeed.

Use Your Life To Your Advantage – You likely already have some habits, be they brushing your teeth, going to the bathroom at certain times or even eating at certain times. Use those habits to your advantage and link them to the new habit you commit to. If you always take a shower first thing in the morning, then make your habit a pre-requisite for showering. Or, if you want to be really hardcore, do not allow yourself to eat your first meal of the day until you have completed the habit.

Reward Yourself For Every Battle Fought – Every day you fight you should be proud of yourself, even if you did not win as much as you wanted to, you still got up and fought. That is what creates the habit and, in that sense, you did already win. Remember that every step is important. The last step is just as important as the first step, which is just as important as the 742nd step. Reward yourself for every single one.

Remember The Biggest Picture – You do not go to the gym just to lose a bit of weight, but to feel better, for others to be more open to you, and for your self-worth to increase. This will have a ripple effect on your entire life. No habit is what it seems. Every habit reaches much deeper into your life and affects much more. Remember what the end goal is and what this will change in your life. If you apply yourself to this habit, your life will not be the same. It will be much better than you think right now.

Do It – At the end of it all, the above mentioned tips do help, but you can scrap them all as long as you do it. You can complain, you can hate it, you can blame the world or feel awful doing it, but, in the end, do it anyway. You know that your future self will thank you for it.