Habits vs Routines

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Habits vs Routines
• Habits
• Routines
  • Work
    • The Eisenhower Matrix: How to prioritize your to-do list

Habits vs Routines

Feature	Habit	Routine
Consciousness	Mostly automatic	Mostly deliberate
Trigger	Specific cue or context	Scheduled or intentional
Complexity	Usually single actions	Often a series of actions
Effort	Low	Moderate to high
Example	Buckling your seatbelt	Morning workout + breakfast
Changeability	Hard to break once formed	Easier to adjust or redesign

Habits

• Sleep for 8 hours
• Drink 2 liters of Water

Routines

• 8 hours of Sleep
• Brush my teeth
• 25 push-up
• 25 sit-up
• Eat breakfast
  • Drink 500 milliliters of Water
• 4 hours of Work
  • Drink 500 milliliters of Water
• Have Lunch
  • Drink 500 milliliters of Water
• 4 hours of Work
  • Drink 500 milliliters of Water
• Have Dinner
• 2 hours of Work
• Run 5 kilometers

Time	Activity	Time	Activity
00:00 - 01:00	Sleep	12:00 - 13:00	Lunch & Break & Drink 500ml of Water
01:00 - 02:00	Sleep	13:00 - 14:00	Nap
02:00 - 03:00	Sleep	14:00 - 15:00	Work & Drink 500ml of Water
03:00 - 04:00	Sleep	15:00 - 16:00	Work
04:00 - 05:00	Sleep	16:00 - 17:00	Work with Tea (Yogurt with Fruit) & Drink 500ml of Water
05:00 - 06:00	Sleep	17:00 - 18:00	Work
06:00 - 07:00	Sleep	18:00 - 19:00	Work & Drink 500ml of Water
07:00 - 08:00	Sleep	19:00 - 20:00	Dinner
08:00 - 09:00	routines	20:00 - 21:00	Leisure OR Psychology Practices & Drink 500ml of Water
09:00 - 10:00	Work	21:00 - 22:00	Leisure OR Psychology Practices
10:00 - 11:00	Work & Drink 500ml of Water	22:00 - 23:00	Run 5 km & 25 push-up & 25 sit-up & Drink 500ml of Water
11:00 - 12:00	Work	23:00 - 24:00	Cool down and prepare to sleep

Work

• Professional Work
  • Coding
  • Scrum Master
  • Documentation
• Academic Work
  • University Assignments
  • Write Blog about Clinical Psychology and NeuroScience

The Eisenhower Matrix: How to prioritize your to-do list

	Urgent	Not Urgent
Important	Do It Now	Schedule
Not important	Delegate	Delete

1. Do It Now
2. Schedule
3. Delegate
4. Delete