{"id":246,"date":"2014-04-30T03:30:30","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T10:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2014-04-27T10:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T17:02:17","slug":"motivational-monday-the-good-thing-about-a-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/hump-day-wednesday\/motivational-monday-the-good-thing-about-a-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Hump Day Wednesday: The Good Thing about  Routines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/routine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" alt=\"routine\" src=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/routine-214x300.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/routine-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/routine.jpg 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting up at the same time every morning, doing what we do to get prepare for the day ahead \u2013there is something comforting and productive about following a familiar routine. For me, my morning routine signals my brain that it soon will be time to get down to business. I firmly believe that this plays a huge part in achieving my daily goals. And yes, setting measurable goals for the day ahead is part of my routine.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a break from the routine can be just as beneficial, a way to replenish the creative well (I talked about this last Wednesday) or solve a plot problem, or anything else that might be slowing down progress on a work-in-process. A break from the routine doesn\u2019t have to be anything big. It can be as simple as stepping away from the computer to write longhand, pulling weeds from the garden, or cooking.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, my usual routine is serving me well, so I\u2019ll save the break for another time.<\/p>\n<p>To share your thoughts about this, click on <b><i>leave a reply<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Until Friday, and wishing you a routine and productive day,<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Ann<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting up at the same time every morning, doing what we do to get prepare for the day ahead \u2013there is something comforting and productive about following a familiar routine. For me, my morning routine signals my brain that it soon will be time to get down to business. I firmly believe that this plays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hump-day-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annroth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}