I get asked a lot, “What’s your daily schedule?” “Where do you find motivation?” “How do you do it all?”

While flattering, I assure you that I don’t do it all. Not in the LEAST. I figure out what’s important to me and I outsource (or eliminate) the rest to leave space for what we value. Ultimately our household runs on routines, professional help, and good ol’ grocery pick-up.

I absolutely thrive on routines. And allllll the research points to the correlation between successful people and routines, which is all the more reason to jump on the bandwagon. (If you have a spare moment, I love this article about how successful people plan their routines, this article about ten easy habits, and this article about the perils of decision fatigue.)

In short, we have limited energy. I don’t want to waste my energy making small, minute decisions like, “What should I do when I first wake up? When will I go to the grocery store this week? What are we eating for dinner in an hour? When am I answering that email? I need to drink more water, but once I start working I’m so bad about remembering to fill my cup so what should I do? Who’s picking up dog food? How much have we spent on groceries this month?” Etc, etc, E T FREAKING C.

If certain things become a bit more automated, they can happen without wasting precious mental capacity, and I can instead use that energy on things I think deserve it, like entrepreneurial creativity and problem solving.

So I ask myself, “What routines would help me take care of me, my family, and my home?” Interpret that however you need.

Our daily routines + our daily schedule

Also:

Our cleaning routines

Our dinner themes + meal rotation

How I create a routine

My big list of favorite routines that help me feel my best

Let’s be real: I’m sure I forgot something. We’re still figuring out what works best for us. :)