Automating your morning, evening, and eating routines is actually a very simple process.
By combining the science of human behavior, along with principles of computer programming, you can essentially program your mind and body to do exactly what you would like for it to do.
For example, let’s say that you want to start eating healthier. The gist of automating is that you make the decision once, and then you never make it again.
So, if you’re trying to eat healthily but you have Eggo’s, Toaster Strudels, donuts, and egg whites in your kitchen, the likelihood of you choosing a healthy option is 25%.
Sure, you may absolutely succeed for the first few days and even weeks. But, eventually, motivation dies and convenience creeps in and all of a sudden, those Eggo’s seem pretty dang delicious. Eventually, because you are forcing yourself to choose every day, you will eventually choose wrong.
Instead, choose once. Rid your kitchen of anything unhealthy, so that the only option you have is to eat eggs.
If eggs are the only thing in your kitchen, regardless of how motivated you feel, you will eat eggs 100% of the time because it is your only option.
See? Eliminate your decisions, and then your decisions become automated.
If you’re wanting to automate another routine in your life, simply apply the following five steps to make it happen.
Define
When you define your routine, you’re defining what you want your absolute ideal routine to look like. Be extra, be elaboarate. If you want Adele to wake you up with a lullaby every morning, then by all means, write it down.
Design
The, you are going to take your perfect routine and try and make it happen. If something is unlikely or improbable, just think, “What is the next best thing?” and continue to do that until you find a solution.
For example, you may not be able to get the British goddess Adele herself to come sing you awake every morning, but you could put one of her songs as your alarm noise.
Create
This is where you actually create a reality where this routine could work.
This means eliminating decisions. Declutter, and get rid of anything that could hinder your routine from being successful.
(See the “eating healthy” example above.)
Test
Test out your routine! Go step by step!
If you’re finding that you’re needing to improvise at any point, that means that your routine isn’t thorough enough. Nothing should be a surprise. Remember, you’re programming your mind and body.
Document
Once you’ve found the perfect routine, write it down and put it somewhere where you can see it. It will eventually become ingrained in your mind, but until then, have every single step of your routine (i.e. wake up, turn off alarm, walk to bathroom, close door, etc.) visible.
And, then – ta da! Consider your routine automated.
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