build better days

Oprah Winfrey enacts little rituals of celebration. She says:

"[A] perfect day is not just one thing; it’s a series of small things. It’s the crisp air on your face when you open the door in the morning, the reflection of mountains and clouds in a crystal lake. It’s paying attention: What does the sky look like? Where’s the sun? When you’re walking down a path, how do your feet feel when they touch the grass? I have a great appreciation for the little things that add up to that big thing called a meaningful life.”

Take Advantage of Your Morning Fresh Charge

Your personal power source is fully charged after a good night’s sleep. Many rockstar achievers plan to do their best work in the morning. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, is a brilliant and high achieving business researcher and consultant who understands morning power. He often squeezes two mornings out of a single day. If he wakes up around 3 am and can’t fall back to sleep, he gets up and works a bit. Morning number one. Goes back to bed for a few hours. Gets up. Morning number two. As he says, “Mornings are the best!”

Don’t Make 365 Decisions When Just One Will Do

A strong daily routine maintained for a year means one decision, but 365 productive moments. Author Stephen King has mastered the daily repetition of a single decision (yes, including his birthday and Christmas). King takes a vitamin, turns music on, and sits in a particular chair until at least 2000 words appear.

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peanut-butter-rituals/201904/how-small-decisions-destroy-productivity