Build a morning or evening routine that fits your time
Choose morning or evening, the time you get up or go to bed, and the minutes you have. You get a routine with a time for every step, ready for tomorrow. Tick it off each day, keep a streak and add it to your calendar.
How the routine builder works
A morning routine starts at the time you get up. An evening routine ends at the time you want to be in bed, so it starts just early enough to fit. In between, the builder fills the minutes you have with small steps you can do at home: a glass of water and an open window, a page in a notebook, tomorrow's clothes laid out, the phone on charge in another room.
Your goal decides which steps come first. Calm leans towards slow, quiet steps. Energy leans towards light, air and movement. Focus is about getting ready and writing down the one thing that matters. Less phone keeps your hands and eyes away from a screen, and me time is something just for you. Shuffle gives you another routine with the same settings.
Tick each step as you do it. A day counts once at least half the steps are ticked, and the days in a row add up to a streak. Your ticks stay in this browser.
How to make a routine stick
- Start smaller than you think. Ten minutes you do every day are worth more than an hour you keep putting off. Add a step once the first ones feel automatic.
- Same time, same order. When the routine starts at a fixed time and the steps always follow each other, there is nothing left to decide when you are half asleep or tired.
- Hang it on something you already do. The alarm, the kettle, brushing your teeth: let the first step follow straight after.
- Get it ready the night before. A glass by the sink, the book on the chair, the charger in the hallway.
- Tick it off. A growing streak is a small reward, and the gaps show you which days slip.
- Miss a day, start the next. A gap is not a reason to stop. Pick the routine up again tomorrow at the same time.
Morning or evening first?
If your mornings are rushed, start with the evening. Tomorrow's clothes, a packed bag and one thing written on paper make the morning shorter on their own. If your evenings are unpredictable, start with a short morning routine: it happens before the day has a chance to get in the way.
Questions about the routine builder
How long should a morning routine be?
Long enough to feel like a start, short enough to keep on a busy weekday. Ten to thirty minutes is plenty to begin with. If it holds for a couple of weeks, add a step or try the next length up.
What should an evening routine include?
Something that closes the day, something that gets tomorrow ready and something that moves you away from screens. The phone on charge outside the bedroom, tomorrow's clothes laid out and a few pages of a book cover all three.
Do I need a lot of discipline?
Less than it seems. A routine that is short, starts at the same time and is decided in advance leaves very little to argue with yourself about. On a day that goes wrong, a ten-minute version still counts.
Can I change the steps?
Tap Shuffle for a different set with the same settings, or change the goal or the minutes. Skipping a step is fine: the day still counts when half of them are ticked.
Where is my routine saved?
Only in this browser, on this device. Nothing is sent to us. The page address also holds your settings, so a bookmark or a shared link brings the same routine back.