The Routine-Building Handbook: Your All-in-One Habit Builder for Increased Productivity, Inspired Work, and Lasting Success

by Ashley Brown

Overview

Discover the power of starting, creating, and maintaining daily routines and rituals to help you decrease your stress levels, improve your sleep, and build a productive, joyful life in this easy-to-use practical guide.

Getting everything done on your to-do list all while maintaining a healthy lifestyle is overwhelming. Routines are crucial to work-life balance, but establishing those consistent, daily habits is daunting, especially when you don’t know where to start. The Routine Building Handbook gives you all the tools you need to introduce structure, predictability, and stability into your life, including:

• A customizable habit-building roadmap
• Ideas for weekday, weekend, morning, and night routines
• Examples of realistic, daily schedules
• Advice for staying flexible

Routine creation is a journey, but knowing where to begin will put you on the path to finding more balance and happiness in your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646042463
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	01/25/2022
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ashley Brown is an educator, mom of two, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and owner of Routine and Things, a product-based business that equips women to consistently live their happiest life one routine at a time. She strongly believes routines are a form of wellness and can be a beautiful springboard to improve your home, yourself, and your life.

Ashley holds an M.S. in Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. She currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, with her family. She’s on a mission to see as many women as possible live life with ease and joy by starting, maintaining, and enjoying routines. Find more inspiration from Ashley at routineandthings.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

How to Use This Book 10

Part 1 Notice Your Need (Assessing Routines) 13

1 Start with the End in Mind 14

Perspective Is Everything 15

Trial and Error Is Okay 15

Don't Rush the Process 16

Your Easy Yes 16

2 Choosing the Right Routine 22

Improving Your Current Routines 23

Routine Categories 30

3 Routine Assessment FAQs 48

Part 2 Frame Your Flow (Creating Routines) 55

4 Learning to Lean In 56

Are You Leaning In? 58

Seasons Change: Which One Are You In? 59

5 Components of an Effective Routine 66

Your Routine. Your Rules 67

Determining Your Win 69

Putting It All Together 80

6 Routine Creation FAQs 84

Part 3 Protect Your Peace (Maintaining Routines) 95

7 Recognize Your Resistance 96

Progress Is Progress 99

Why So Serious? 99

Compassion and Acknowledgment 100

Common Routine Roadblocks 102

8 Tools for Staying on Track 108

Reminders 109

Rewards 112

Products and Resources 113

9 Maintenance FAQs 117

Part 4 For Mamas 127

10 Routines and Motherhood 128

Children and Family 129

Transition and Change 142

Self-Love and Self-Care 153

Conclusion 163

Resources 165

Acknowledgments 167

About the Author 168