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Build a morning routine

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to build a morning routine: 7 steps, about 2.2 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to build a morning routine but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write what the ideal first hour looks like20 min
2. 2Work backwards to a realistic bedtime20 min
3. 3Pick one thing to change first15 min
4. 4Set up the night before: clothes, bag, alarm20 min
5. 5Run it for 7 days and note what breaks15 min
6. 6Fix the one thing that breaks most20 min
7. 7Add the second habit once the first sticks20 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.