This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1329 Habits by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle.com

and I'm Justin Mollick, the guy that reads to you every single day of the year,

including weekends and holidays to help you live a more meaningful and positive life,

today's post being from Colin Wright, a popular minimalist.

For now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

Habits by Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle.com

I'm writing a new nonfiction book entitled,

Becoming Who We Need To Be. And though I don't typically have any trouble spinning up into writing

mode, I found that being here in Wichita has altered that propensity a bit.

It's not that I don't want to write or that I don't fall into the process as soon as I sit down

and do it. It's more that I have gobs of other interesting things that I'm working on each day,

many of which are also iterative processes, and I'll sometimes realize late at night right before

going to sleep that he never got around to working on the book that day. This is not an unfamiliar

problem to many writers, I think, but it is one that's solvable so long as you aren't afraid to

reorganize things to ensure that the time is available each day and to ensure you use that time

appropriately. For me, this is meant setting aside my mornings for use in a very specific way.

I wake up whenever I wake up usually around 730 or 8 and walk out to the living room.

I set the timer on my phone and I sit doing nothing but thinking for 10 minutes.

This, I find, primes my brain for work, but also allows me to sort through what I want to accomplish

that day, address anything I've been worrying about or many ideas that came to me the night before,

and to essentially get mentally structured from the outset. I've done 20 minutes of this each day

for many years, but generally later in the day. This is an additional time that serves a

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