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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is to remember

that routines need a purpose. They are there to accomplish something in life, not to exist for their own

sake. I'm taking this tip from a new book called The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi. She writes about various hacks for making life

easier, such as making the same thing for dinner every Monday or giving

everything a place. She loves routines and lazy geniuses or take full advantage of these energy savers.

But in the book she notes that routines are on ramps to somewhere else, not destinations themselves.

The reason to have a bedtime routine is to pave the way for good sleep.

The reason to have a morning routine is to start the day in a calm and productive place.

Ironically, she writes, when you let routine be in charge, you ultimately miss out on what matters anyway.

I love routines too, routines too, but I also love this distinction.

We all know people for whom the routine becomes the end point itself.

Kids must be in bed at precisely 755,

and if there's a once in a lifetime meteor shower starting at 8 PM,

well, too bad.

Or a morning exercise routine becomes so set that there is zero space for compromise with family members.

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