Module 8 · Systems that last

Routines & systems

Stacking, sequences and the routines that carry your mornings, work, study and evenings.

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Stacking, sequences and the routines that carry your mornings, work, study and evenings.

By the end of this module

You will anchor new behaviours to stable routines, design sequences that flow, and adapt routine ideas to your own life instead of copying someone else’s.

Stacking and anchoring

• Habit stacking — After I [current habit], I will [new habit] — why it works and when it doesn’t. (6 min · Beginner)
• Sequences and chains — Link several small behaviours so finishing one starts the next. (6 min · Intermediate)

Routines for parts of the day

• Designing your mornings — Principles for a morning that works for you — not one “perfect morning”. (6 min · Beginner)
• Designing your evenings — Shutdown, preparation, reflection and cues for tomorrow. (6 min · Beginner)
• Study sequences — A start ritual, a focus block, a break and a close. (6 min · Beginner)
• Work sequences — Starting work, protecting focus and closing the day. (6 min · Beginner)
• Transition routines — The small rituals that move you from one mode of the day to the next. (5 min · Intermediate)

Systems thinking

• Systems and goals — Goals set direction; systems produce the days — a practitioner idea, examined. (6 min · Intermediate)
• Routines that bend without breaking — A full version, a short version and a bad-day version of the same routine. (6 min · Intermediate)