Stage 7 · Lesson 7 of 7
Your minimum routine
Write down the smallest version of your routine that keeps you moving on your worst weeks: perhaps ten minutes of flashcards, one Pomodoro on your main project, a short walk, sleep by midnight and your weekly review. This is your floor. On good weeks you do much more; on bad weeks you do only the floor and count it as a win.
Having a floor stops a bad week from turning into a lost month, and makes restarting easy because you never fully stopped. Review it once a term as your life changes, for example during exams, a new job or Ramadan.
Common traphaving only one mode, the perfect routine, so anything less feels like total failure and you stop completely.
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Resources for this stage
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- GuideFreeNHS Every Mind Matters
NHS (England)
Free NHS advice on sleep, stress and low mood, with a short personal plan
Practise
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Also worth your time
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