It might truly just be a byproduct of ADHD, but I COMPLETELY lose grasp of routines.

Not routines as in 17 step morning checklists -- I mean I can literally forget that the human body needs food and accidentally fast for 72 hours.

Most recently, I completely forgot that absolutely everything in my life improves 10x if I wake up early.

I love waking up early. Early to me is 7-8, usually in the middle of that.

EVERYTHING improves. I get more time to wake up and get my mind right before jumping into work and getting suckerpunched by Slack messages. I have more energy throughout the day. I naturally have more creativity. It's amazing.

But for the past 3 weeks, I literally forgot that waking up early is a thing. I just didn't set alarms.

And things kind of fell apart a little bit.

I'd naturally roll out of bed around 9:30, immediately jump on my laptop, forget to get some sun and grab a glass of water, and by 2:00 I'd be WIPED.

You probably don't have ADHD, but you probably DO let routines slip for no other reason than you forgot you're had a routine.

This is especially true if you get comfortable.

Jobs going good, side business is consistent, lifes good.

So, shit slips, whether its your gym routine or morning habits...

And you can wake up in a complete haze weeks (if not months) LATER.

AVOID.

Ask yourself right now:

When was the last time you had 2-3 unbroken weeks of creativity/productivity/flow state?

When was the last time things just felt better, the nights flowed into the mornings, ideas were falling like meteors in the shower (yes, that was intentional)?

And then...

What habit/routine/whatever were you CONSCIOUSLY doing then that you stopped doing, for whatever reason?

This is a great question to ask yourself every month or so:

What was conscious before that came unconscious?

If you're the New Years Resolution type (I'm not), instead of setting NEW goals...

Bring back the old ones, that you KNOW worked for you.

We usually don't need new information.

- RL