You come home from work, change your cloth, nap maybe, watch tv, get your dinner then watch or scroll on Instagram for a while then hit the bed

You wake up, rush to the bathroom to brush your teeth, put in your work cloth, eat whatever as breakfast

So, after that, you think you don’t have a routine, think again my friend

It has been said that we are a creature of habits and routines (they’re habits but packed together a package if you prefer

Now, after we have established that you do have routine

Being intentional about what you do is the key to creating and achieving anything in your life 

You can’t build your dream business for example if you haven’t decided what you are going to do and what the steps to do it and taking the action to get it.

The most important step you can do to get closer to any dream you have is starting being intentional about what you do here at the moment

and this is where night routine and morning routines come to play

1-They help you start being intentional about what you do in your life

especially if you don’t know what you want to do with your life or you do but things aren’t clear yet

2-Help you learn to make decisions

3-Help you learn discipline and commitment

4- It is an act of self-care and self-love when you choose what you do in it with intention

All of which going to be crucial for achieving any dreams and goals you have

Why night routine specifically?

Because

1- it is easy to do and remember because it’s a specific time

2- morning routine starts at night if you didn’t go to bed in the time that going to help you get enough sleep to function 100% in the morning and the whole day how are you going to do your morning routine

3-it’s the time for preparation. to prepare yourself for the next day by knowing what you’ll do tomorrow, what you’ll dress, where are going to be at, what food, what task you are going to get done the next day..etc

4- it’s the time for us to relax and calm down from all that happened during the day. and to switch off completely

5- It’s the time to rewind and throw the day’s weights which is very important to our mental health and get cozy

Guidelines to make the best night routine for you

1- it must be relaxing, doing an activity that’s going to help you relax with intention eg.meditiating, writing you gratitude, taking a relaxing bath..etc

2- must-have something to do with preparing for the next day literally

get gym clothes out if you want to go to the gym in the morning, prepare your mug beside your coffee machine…etc

3- it has something to do with throwing the packages from your day, letting go of all that happened during the day

can be achieved by journaling, meditation or just a simple mind reflection if you don’t want to do many things braindump your thoughts

4- it must be simple and easy for you to do

5- Choose a few activities to do that you’re called to or want to.

remember, less is more. don’t overload your plate with too many things to do

6- time-bound it has a start and a finish

7-it must appeal to you. interest you, you love it and enjoy it

8- do activities that help you mentally and physically

Key mindsets to have when doing any routines

1- your routine is going to be unique to you. You can try doing it like others but you don’t need to. having your routine like someone to be successful, you know what I mean

I was copying and wanted my routines to be like certain successful people and I tried to do them but couldn’t keep up with it because they weren’t for me

2- don’t have a very long or expansive routine. Make it short 3 activities at most

3- if whatever you’re doing isn’t working for you try something else

4- it can change from time to time because you change and your life change and that’s okay

mine wasn’t like what it’s today but at the beginning, you must stick with it

don’t take this as an excuse to not do it what I meant it will change naturally depends on your evolution as a human being and may not 

What is my night routine?

just in case you’re wondering or want some inspiration, I am sharing what I do at my night routine from A to Z

My night routine is simple

it takes me about an hour to do all of these then hit to bed 😉

Put my phone in the charger, make the room dark and cool

Write and sometimes say three things that I am grateful for by my night lamp

Listening to hypnosis sometimes

Then lay in my bed read for a little while. I read a fictional book right now i am at the end of clockwork prince

And that’s it

Some activities you can do at night

( night routine ideas)

1- reading a book

2-meditating

3- doing skincare

4- having a bubble bath

5-braindump your thoughts from the day

6- stretching for 20 minutes

7- yoga for 20 minutes or less

8-brain dump what happened during the day and how your day went and what you did

9-write what are you grateful for

10-go on a walk to shed your worries, the package of the day off

11-diffuse calming, relaxing that help you to sleep essential oils

12- learning something like a language, guitar, piano…etc

13- drinking warm camomile tea to relax

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let’s build our dream lifes

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