There are a couple of things in my daily routine that consistently lead to a better quality of life. Specifically, actions done in the first hour or two from when you wake up can, at least in my personal experience, lead to profound improvements.
For example I tend to meditate every morning, read a book and have breakfast with the family.
But besides this, I also try to not use the smartphone (or any computer) at least for the first hour.
It’s a simple rule that I try to follow as much as possible, but when I don’t follow it I immediately see my attention being more disrupted through the day, as if that simple act of checking the news in the smartphone is actually a trigger for some other bad behaviors, as if it reinforces them.
Building well-being throughout the day (and throughout your life) has no shortcuts, so it’s rarely a single thing that will make all the difference, it’s the interaction and the sum of all the things you do, both in terms of routines, but also in terms of choices (as in “How you react to stuff that’s happening to you”), yet every time I stray away from my “no smartphone in the first hour” rule I often see the difference and it reminds me that a good life is often built around small little intentional acts like this.
