Evening routines

Written by Jim Chaput
After a 19-year career in financial services, Jim left a leadership position to focus on health and fitness. Jim is a Master Practitioner of Applied Movement Neurology and holds Certificates in Applied Functional Science and 3DMAPS from the Gray Institute. His passion is empowering people to help resolve the pain, tension and insomnia that prevents them from living well.

I have heard it said that if you win the morning, you win the day. Sometimes it seems like the morning is driven by the choices we made the previous night. Maybe the key to winning the morning is a strong finish to the day before.

Consider these scenarios:


Option 1: We didn’t feel like cleaning up after dinner, so we left it for the morning. The first thing we see when we come into the kitchen is a pile of dirty dishes.

Option 2: We cleaned up and put everything away before we went to bed. When we get up in the morning, the kitchen is clean and tidy.


Option 1: We stay up late watching TV, reading and scrolling through social media. Morning comes too early so we hit snooze a few times and get up late.

Option 2: We go to bed at a decent hour and wake up well rested, ready to start the day.


How much better does your day start with the second options? What can you do to finish your day well and start the next one ahead?

4 Comments

  1. Pat

    Review the day’s highlights.
    Plan ahead with good intentions.
    Sleep well.
    Get up and go!!

    • Jim Chaput

      I like it! Simple and to the point, easy to repeat every day.

  2. Duncs

    Book a client in early in the morning … works for me 🙂

    • Jim Chaput

      You can have the early morning clients. I prefer to have the early mornings to myself and start working a little bit later.