Really struggling with routine in this permanently WFH life. Any tips? ☹️

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The only way I’ve been successful with a routine is by working out first thing in the morning. If I don’t work out, I sleep in and all sense of a routine goes out the window.

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Have kids?

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I do my same routine as if I’m going in - including wearing “real clothes” and makeup daily. I don’t sit down and settle in for the day until official working hours. It’s like a little manufactured separation.

I use a dawn simulator alarm clock, have something I want to savor in the morning to pull me out of bed (tea and a book in my favorite chair before everyone wakes up and family/work mode starts), and get a 20 minute walk in early sunlight before hitting the desk.

Makes a huge difference but tbh, still a phone addict and prone to wander from project to project in unfocused bouts. I take more extreme measures like keeping my phone in charger in another room or setting timers to force 20-60 minute work stretches

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Saw my therapist this past Friday and he gave me a useful trick to build better behavior patterns. Whenever you have work to do but would rather nap or something, tell yourself 3 negative effects of the nap and 3 positive effects of doing the work. You might still take the nap, but if you can get in the habit of thinking of it negatively, you'll take less naps when you need to be doing other things.

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Anyone else heard of this/tried it?

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