{"id":1277,"date":"2022-09-19T07:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/ucan\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2022-09-19T07:26:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:26:43","slug":"3-steps-to-building-the-right-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/ucan\/3-steps-to-building-the-right-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Steps to Building the Right Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Routines are an innate part of most of our lives. Whether you\u2019re creating a new one or tweaking an old one, find patterns that serve you well. A routine that serves you well is one that brings fulfillment to your day and supports you in surviving and thriving in the day ahead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s a 3-step process to building a routine that serves you best:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-square-image wp-image-748 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/8938_online_learning_20200110-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/8938_online_learning_20200110-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/8938_online_learning_20200110-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/8938_online_learning_20200110-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Step 1: Think about what you want your day to FEEL.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each person&#8217;s routine is unique to them because we all have different needs. You may be asking yourself, \u201cHow do I channel these needs?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before writing a gnarly to-do list of everything that needs to be a part of your routine, I challenge you to think about what you WANT your day to feel like. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice how I used the word \u201cfeel\u201d instead of \u201clook.\u201d Dreaming about how you want to feel in your day can serve as a foundation for how you build a routine that benefits you. What sensations are important for you to experience as a busy college student? Do you want a day full of optimism, joy, gratitude, excitement?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step 2: Let your feelings guide your actions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diving into your feelings helps you navigate your daily habits, with the goal of being in a fulfilling rhythm each day. Research shows that routines are best created when less conscious thought goes into them (Arlinghaus and Johnston, 2018). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, being in tune with your feelings should do the \u201cplanning\u201d for you. If you know how you want to feel throughout the day, trust your intuition to guide you there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to feel optimistic, what makes you feel that way?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting the day with joyful movement to get you pumped up<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calling your mom to give you a pep-talk<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily affirmations before heading out the door<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want your day to be guided by gratitude, what makes you feel that way?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A meditation practice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prayer in the morning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journaling<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Step 3: Reevaluate and adjust<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Is your routine working for you? For example, are you getting out of bed early enough to experience more peace and less stress in the morning? Or do you need a new wake-up time (and therefore maybe a new bedtime)?<\/p>\n<p>Or if you like your bedtime and wake time, are there ways to streamline your morning routine by preparing outfits, binders, or food the night before?<\/p>\n<p>Are you scheduling things back-to-back all day long without any breaks in between? Would it help to tweak your meeting times to have more margin in your life?<\/p>\n<p>Are you scheduling in adequate self-care time, studying time, and social time?<\/p>\n<p>If your patterns seem off balance, adjust and reevaluate until you find a rhythm that serves you well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is your encouragement to pause, think about how you want your day to feel, and tune into your instincts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building a routine is not supposed to be strenuous or stressful, instead it is supposed to help you add patterns to your life that balance everything you have going on. You deserve a routine that honors your needs and promotes your overall well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--left\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/ucan\/meet-our-coaches\/\">Melissa Goode, UCAN Health Coach<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Routines are an innate part of most of our lives. Whether you\u2019re creating a new one or tweaking an old one, find patterns that serve you well. A routine that serves you well is one that brings fulfillment to your day and supports you in surviving and thriving in the day ahead. 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