Make your bed every morning.
Make sure you do ten push ups.
Make sure you write a blog.
Those three things are usually the first words to myself when I wake up. These tasks are the first things I do every morning as my morning practice. I don’t usually miss them.
That wasn’t always the case. I used to put them on a list and promise myself I would get to them throughout the day. I didn’t give them a time of day.
For example, if I try to cook breakfast, talk to my roommate, or take a shower before I get started, my chances of success go way down. Not to mention if I pushed them back even further, success probability would tumble even more.
Look for constraints to add when you need to add more weight, they help your focus.
I made a bright-line rule, before I do anything else I can’t leave my room until these tasks are done. My completion rate went up. Forcing the task to being the first thing I do when I woke up made it hard to avoid. With no excuses, the work gets done, and I get to finish every day knowing I’ve completed something, no matter what else happened.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 