Get Ready for the Day with Habit Stacking

Mornings can be hectic and it’s easy to let your routine slip. Luckily, there is a way to make getting ready easier and more efficient. Habit stacking is a great tool to help streamline your morning routine. With a little bit of planning, you can have your mornings running smoothly in no time.

What is Habit Stacking?

Habit stacking is a way of organizing habits into a well-oiled machine. It's the practice of combining different small habits together so that they become one fluid action. For example, you might combine brushing your teeth with taking a shower or journaling while drinking your coffee. This helps you maximize time and ensures your day starts off in a positive direction.

When it comes to habit stacking, it's important to identify what needs to happen in order for everything else to fall into place. Start by writing down all the tasks that need to be done each morning – from brushing teeth and washing your face, all the way up to getting dressed and out the door on time. Once you have identified these tasks, put them into an order that works best for you and allows each task to flow easily into the next one without any pauses or gaps in between tasks.

The Benefits of Habit Stacking

Habit stacking can help streamline your morning routine and make it much easier to manage multiple tasks at once – saving you precious time each day! Additionally, habit stacking will help create structure around your morning activities so that they become second nature after some practice – meaning you will no longer have to think about what task comes next as it will already be ingrained in your mind! Finally, habit stacking helps reduce stress because when everything has been planned out ahead of time it takes away the worry of having too many things on your plate at once or forgetting an important step in your morning routine. A bonus will be when you start getting consistent with your morning routine, your children will be able to know and understand the routine of the morning as well, which is a win-win for everyone!

Habit stacking is a great tool for streamlining your morning routine and helping make sure nothing gets forgotten during those busy mornings! It takes some planning but once you get into the groove of things, you’ll find yourself getting ready faster than ever before! With some practice and dedication, soon enough mornings won’t seem quite so chaotic anymore – making it easier for moms (and other women) everywhere to start their days off right! Below is an example of my morning routine that helps me get all of my "to-do's" done before getting everyone out the door.

Workday Rituals

4:30 Wake-up & get workout clothes on

4:35 5 minutes of silence & morning Lumen reading

4:40 Make & drink Shakeology

4:42 Make pre-workout

4:45 Red-light, journaling, drink Energize

5:00 Morning workout

5:30 Shower, wash face, brush teeth

5:45 Make breakfast & kids' lunches

6:00 Backpacks ready, Kids eat breakfast

6:15 Get dressed & do make-up

6:35 Finish up final tasks for myself (water, pack bag)

6:50 In the car, ready to go

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