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You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why - Fast Company
We all have routines. But not everyone crafts them to maximize their time.
There are few things that impact your daily productivity, career trajectory, and overall well-being as much as your routines. As Will Durant writes in The Story of Philosophy (a quote often misattributed to Aristotle): “We are what we repeatedly do.”
Today, we know the true extent of those words. According to research, up to 40% of our daily actions are powered by habits–the unconscious actions and routines we’ve developed over time.
Yet our routines aren’t the only thing we need for a balanced life. Most of us spend our days bouncing between tasks. We’re a designer or developer for the morning, and then a professional emailer and meeting attendee for the afternoon. And it’s our rituals–those symbolic actions performed at key moments–that help us move through the day smoothly.
We all have routines. But not everyone crafts them to maximize their time.
There are few things that impact your daily productivity, career trajectory, and overall well-being as much as your routines. As Will Durant writes in The Story of Philosophy (a quote often misattributed to Aristotle): “We are what we repeatedly do.”
Today, we know the true extent of those words. According to research, up to 40% of our daily actions are powered by habits–the unconscious actions and routines we’ve developed over time.
Yet our routines aren’t the only thing we need for a balanced life. Most of us spend our days bouncing between tasks. We’re a designer or developer for the morning, and then a professional emailer and meeting attendee for the afternoon. And it’s our rituals–those symbolic actions performed at key moments–that help us move through the day smoothly.