Tip Tuesday - The Ultimate Guide to Becoming Your Best Self: Build your Daily Routine by Optimizing Your Mind, Body and Spirit

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The Ultimate Guide to Becoming Your Best Self: Build your Daily Routine by Optimizing Your Mind, Body and Spirit

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Aristotle is credited with saying these 15 famous words. And for most of my life…I didn’t believe him.

I fought against cultivating good habits and routines because I didn’t want to feel like I had to live my life by other people’s rules. I wanted to be my own person and do my own thing. Besides, keeping a routine was hard work.

Know what I discovered?

Having no routine or structure is so much more draining mentally, physically, and emotionally than any routine could ever be!

By not doing the things I knew would make me better — habits like exercising, meditating, and creating gratitude lists—I deprived my body and mind of the energy that these types of positive activities create. I felt tired…inside and out. And to make matters worse, my dreams and goals were just slipping away.

A few years ago I decided to take a different path…to listen to Aristotle and actually work on creating excellence in my life by establishing a positive daily routine.

Now that I’ve created and stuck to my own daily practice (I call it my ‘Best Day Ever‘—find the full routine at the bottom of this post), not only do I get more accomplished than I’ve ever thought possible, but I also feel 100 times better while doing it!

I’d love to share with you all of the elements of my daily success routine and see if the pieces might help you create your own routine for greatness!

Want to go further? I put together a special bonus area for Buffer readers with an eBook version of this post, a daily habit builder worksheet and a guide with 40 powerful morning habits!