In Tapping Into the Daily Ritual, Team Evernote talked with Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals: How Artists Work. They found that all of our great creative minds had in common one important thing:
Their morning ritual
Now, some of these geniuses didn’t even start their days until after Noon, but nevertheless, they had developed daily routines, or rituals, that helped them stay on track and accomplish great things.
Everybody knows this: Each day has 24 hours. Does it matter when or how we start those 24 hours?
Turns out, it does. According to Curry,
In my research, I found great creative minds who woke up at 4:00 a.m. and who slept until noon (or later); who went immediately to work and who spent hours waiting for the proper mood to arrive.
What all these people have in common is that they devised a schedule and a set of habits that suited their temperaments and life circumstances—and that, in most cases, they organized their days (and, by extension, their lives) around creating the best conditions for their creative work.
Ben Franklin carefully planned each of his days. But some great thinkers and doers didn’t. However, they all had routines they followed. If you’re wanting to accomplish great things, maybe you should try setting up a solid morning ritual.
Just remember this: It doesn’t have to be in the morning but rather how you start your day.
Sources: https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2015/02/11/rise-shine-morning-rituals-great-creative-minds/
https://blog.evernote.com/blog/2015/02/10/tapping-daily-rituals-great-creative-minds/