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30 daily routines of healthy, productive people that are easy to adopt By Laura Berlinsky-Schine | www.theladders.com |image credit: inc.com
This week: Daytime routines Next week: Night time routines
Last week we looked at morning routhines. This week we con- why not make a simple, delicious lunch to eat in the park or centrate on easy daytime routines even your kitchen table? This is healthier and cheaper than eating out every day.
11. Check your email at the same time every day.
Unless it’s critical for your job, make going out to eat a treat, rather than a routine. This will make the times you hit up your DO NOT make it first thing in the morning, as tempting as that favorite coffee shop or cafe all the more special. may be. This will more than likely agitate you and immediately make you start thinking about work and everything you need 13. Stretch. to respond to that day. Unlike the to-do list, this will bring up Sitting in your chair all day long isn’t good for you. You need issues you may not have been aware of last night. Instead, wait to stretch. Make it a routine to get up at least once every hour until you sign on to work or enter the office to check. (or more frequently, if you feel like you need it). Get up out of your seat and do some simple stretches. This will make you If you can, try to avoid leaving your email in the background. feel a lot better and get the blood flowing. This isn’t feasible for all jobs — you might need to address urgent issues as they arise — but if at all possible, establish regular times to check during the day rather than looking at it obsessively.
12. Make lunch.
Are you in the habit of going out to lunch every day? Instead,
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