Explore the benefits of short-term routines for building long-term goals and fostering creativity. Discover the dangers of focusing solely on short-term goals and the importance of finding enjoyment in exercise. Learn how to establish a new routine and break free from distractions.
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Short-term routines can offer benefits such as increased focus and efficiency, serving as valuable tools for achieving long-term goals.
Short-term routines help us prioritize our values, adapt to life changes, and explore what is important to us at different stages.
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Embracing Short-term Routines
Short-term routines can serve a purpose, even if they don't last forever. They offer benefits such as increased focus, accountability, and efficiency. By viewing goals as tasks within seasons of life, they become more manageable and less overwhelming.
Determining Values and Evolving Routines
Short-term routines help us prioritize our values and determine which activities align with them. As our lives change, these routines can adapt and evolve. They allow us to explore what is important to us at different life stages and discard misaligned routines.
Benefits of Short-term Routines
Short-term routines satisfy temporary needs, provide novelty, foster creativity and new skills, and help us navigate challenging times. They can be valuable tools for achieving long-term goals by starting with small, manageable routines and gradually building upon them.
Society has become so focused on productivity hacks and packing the most into every day that we think of long-term, consistent routines as the gold standard for spending our time.
You can read the Nir And Far blog post on: You Don’t Have to Follow the Same Routines Forever https://www.nirandfar.com/short-term-routines/
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