Practice #13 - How to Create Perfect Routines

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Let's talk about how to build an optimal routine. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:11,800 One of the biggest advantages to having a routine is making sure that you get every 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:17,300 single thing that needs to be done done every single day without fail. 4 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:20,240 But there are a lot of flaws to having a routine. 5 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:29,480 For example, I just learned over the past couple months that having a super high intensive 6 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:36,880 or time consuming routine is actually bad depending on your goals. 7 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:46,040 So for example, if your goal is to improve your work or improve your business, get a 8 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:55,800 skill learnt or any type of goal that just requires pretty much one or two tasks to be 9 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:58,560 done in order to move forward in that goal. 10 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,880 For example, my goal is to be a YouTuber. 11 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:08,520 So the only task that needs to be done really is record. 12 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,560 And that's all that remains is the work to be done. 13 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,040 That's what Alex Ramosy said. 14 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,760 All that remains to move forward in your goal is the work to be done. 15 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:23,000 So the work to be done for my goal is record. 16 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:28,080 And so that's why if you're not recording, then you're not moving forward. 17 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:34,520 And I'm very aware of that as I'm doing my daily routine because my daily routine, I don't 18 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,440 even record till the afternoon right now. 19 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,440 It's 3.47 p.m. and I get off of the computer at five o'clock. 20 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,560 I'm done for the night at five o'clock. 21 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:50,360 So I really only give myself like at most two hours every day to record. 22 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,240 So that's something that needs to improve moving forward. 23 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,640 But let's learn how to make the most optimal routine. 24 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,440 This is a strategy I kind of came up with on my own, but I'm sure that other people have 25 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,160 talked about it and have used it before. 26 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,960 And it's pretty much where, first of all, I write down on a journal. 27 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:13,680 So I use just like a journal I got off Amazon. 28 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:18,680 If you're watching on YouTube, you can see I'm showing up my journal. 29 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,720 It's just like a black journal that I got off Amazon. 30 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,120 And I write down in a piece of paper. 31 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,120 You don't even have to use a journal. 32 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,400 It could just be a piece of paper. 33 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,520 I just write down every single thing that I want to do. 34 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:44,280 So for example, right now what I would write down is read, meditate, edit, thumbnail, record, 35 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,160 gym, run, eat, like all of that, all those things. 36 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,240 I would write all of that down in a list. 37 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:57,960 And then I would try and figure out which ones were the most important and then which 38 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,800 ones were kind of low priority. 39 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,800 So for example, the most important thing for me is record. 40 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:10,560 As long as I'm recording, that's what matters because I'm improving my skills. 41 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:18,680 And so then I move editing and thumbnail creation to the lower important tier. 42 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:25,080 They're still important, but I'll show you why I move them to the lower tier because 43 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:31,840 when I fill in my time slots, so the next step is to write down the time that you want 44 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:32,920 to wake up. 45 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:36,080 So for me, I like to wake up at 4am. 46 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,200 It's different for everyone. 47 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Some people like to wake up at 8am. 48 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,320 Some people at 5am. 49 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:43,440 Some people at 3am. 50 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,040 It's different for everyone. 51 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:46,880 So for me, I just like to wake up early. 52 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,800 I like 4am is my good time right now. 53 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,360 So I say, wake up at 4am. 54 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:59,460 And then I have, I just write down every single hour. 55 00:03:59,460 --> 00:04:02,400 So I just write down in a list, 4am. 56 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,200 And then like one or two lines below that, I say 5am. 57 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,520 And then 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 2, 3, 4. 58 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,400 All the way down until my bed time. 59 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,840 So what time I go to bed is 6 o'clock. 60 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,120 Right now I'm going to bed at 6 o'clock. 61 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:20,880 So I go all the way down to 6 o'clock and then that's what I write down bed time. 62 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:23,040 So 4am is wake up. 63 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,200 6 o'clock, 6pm is bed time. 64 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,200 And then just don't even worry about like the sleeping hours because you don't need 65 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,120 to create a routine for that because you're just gonna be asleep. 66 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:41,240 And then next what you do is you start to fill in like your non-negotiables. 67 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:49,120 So for example, for me, my non-negotiable is I have to brush my teeth, have to get some 68 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,720 water in, get my supplements in and go to the bathroom and shower first thing in the 69 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:55,840 morning. 70 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:56,960 Those are my non-negotiables. 71 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:05,440 I did try to go to...I did try...there was a phase of like one week where I would just 72 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:10,480 go straight downstairs to the basement to start work for the day right away. 73 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,120 I didn't like it. 74 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:22,640 And so that's why my most optimal working like environment is after I have eaten or not eaten. 75 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:29,360 After I have brushed my teeth, showered and drank water and used the bathroom. 76 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,120 Like that allows for no distractions. 77 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,400 I've taken care of all of the things because if I sit down and I start working and I haven't 78 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,720 brushed my teeth and I like feel that grossness in my mouth, I think about that and it breaks 79 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:42,840 my focus. 80 00:05:42,840 --> 00:05:44,240 Same thing with my shower. 81 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:50,440 Like my body, if my body feels dirty, which it always does when I first wake up, then 82 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:55,560 it breaks my focus and if I have to use the bathroom, it breaks my focus obviously. 83 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,680 So all of these things are non-negotiables. 84 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,120 I do them first thing in the morning. 85 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,360 It usually takes about 30 minutes. 86 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:09,320 So I wake up at 4 a.m. and then I have a 30 minute time slot put down for non-negotiable. 87 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:15,760 And then for another non-negotiable is at the end of the day, it's in my nighttime supplements. 88 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:22,240 I start at 5 o'clock and then my nighttime routine, I start at 5 o'clock, which is supplements, 89 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:30,480 brush teeth, floss and journal, meditate and then go to bed. 90 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:35,320 So those are my final non-negotiables. 91 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:41,280 Those are what I have to do every single day to make sure that I have optimal sleep and 92 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,400 optimal work flow. 93 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:49,760 So after you have decided on your non-negotiables and you've written them down in your list, 94 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:56,400 then you go through and look at your most important tasks for the day. 95 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,640 So for me, my most important task will be recording. 96 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:06,840 If your goal is to build a physique, your most important task will be going to the gym. 97 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:10,560 So you start to fill in your day. 98 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:17,520 And there is an art to it and it is a skill to acquire and it takes knowledge to have. 99 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:27,040 So the way you fill in your daily routine depends on your goals and your knowledge based off 100 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,760 of placement of certain tasks. 101 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,240 So let me explain that. 102 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Then my current knowledge is fairly advanced, but it's also very limited because I know 103 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:47,440 that I don't have the perfect knowledge for it's the most, for example, it's really optimal 104 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,960 to get your work done while you're fasted in the morning. 105 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:56,000 So that is knowledge that I have, but there is knowledge that I don't have that I just 106 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,520 don't know. 107 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:03,160 So you basically have to treat it like a puzzle and take in your knowledge base and all of 108 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:10,200 your kind of understandings and then put each task where you believe is the most optimal 109 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,200 for it. 110 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:20,040 So for example, right now my goals is recording, but one of my kind of bigger goals is reading 111 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,400 as well and learning a lot. 112 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:31,800 And right now I have reading right after my shower, which is at 430, but I am kind of 113 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,920 second guessing it after a couple of weeks of doing it because I realized that my focus 114 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:42,400 is not too great that early in the morning for reading for concentrated thinking tasks. 115 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:48,360 So I think that my most optimal routine would be doing my physical activities right after 116 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,740 430 in the morning. 117 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:55,720 So one of my plans is I'm actually buying or I'm actually getting gymnastics. 118 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,080 I'm asking for gymnastics rings for Christmas. 119 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:06,880 And so I am after Christmas, I'm going to be using those gymnastics rings in the morning. 120 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:12,920 And that is my plan right now because I realized that reading in the morning that early in 121 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:19,080 the morning, I lose concentration and it takes me one hour to read 12 pages most of 122 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:20,160 the time. 123 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:21,160 So that's not really optimal. 124 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:25,440 It would be better if I place that reading later in the day so I could get a higher 125 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,920 efficiency on my time investment. 126 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:33,280 And so that's another example of the more knowledge you learn, the more information 127 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:38,000 you learn, and the more you realize how to optimize your routine, the more you'll switch 128 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,120 it around. 129 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:46,840 So then the next thing I would fill in is the next most important thing to me. 130 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:52,600 So the next most important thing after recording and reading is the gym. 131 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:59,680 And I want to, like right now I put the gym right after I'm done reading because I want 132 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:06,040 to get the gym early in the morning because I like, I just like to go to the gym early 133 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,040 in the morning. 134 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,720 So that's just what I prefer. 135 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,840 It's probably not the most optimal and I'm aware that it probably is not the most optimal, 136 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:15,220 but it's just what I like. 137 00:10:15,220 --> 00:10:21,000 So I would prefer to do what I like than the most optimal if I don't really enjoy it that 138 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:30,080 much because for the past three, four months, three to four months, I did, actually for 139 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,160 the past four months, I've been going to the gym in the afternoon after I've eaten like 140 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,800 pretty much all of my meals and I just don't enjoy it as much. 141 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,400 I like going to the gym early in the morning. 142 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:47,880 So that's just one time where you have to decide whether you want optimal or what you 143 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,000 prefer. 144 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,240 And ideally what you would prefer is optimal, but in this case, it's not. 145 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:00,040 So I would choose what I prefer because I just like, I enjoy the gym and I want to be able 146 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,200 to enjoy it. 147 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:09,640 And then you just go down the list and just keep filling in the most like optimal times. 148 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:10,640 It's just a puzzle. 149 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,080 You have to sit there and think. 150 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:18,760 It took me probably four or five days to actually finalize my current routine. 151 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,400 You could actually, I have them all written down. 152 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:29,600 You could actually go back in my journal and look over a course of like a week of many 153 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:34,920 different times where I tried to create a routine and then it was different and then 154 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:36,440 I tweaked it and I tweaked it. 155 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,600 And even in this episode, I'm still tweaking it because I'm realizing, oh, I can change 156 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,080 this that way and I can change this that way. 157 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:49,840 So basically the strategy is to write down your most important tasks and then also write 158 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,720 down the time you wake up and the time you go to bed and then all the non-negotiables. 159 00:11:54,720 --> 00:12:08,040 That's basically the strategy.