Routines Are for Robots
Routines can hinder us from becoming the best versions of ourselves. We have limited time in this world; why spend it doing the same thing the same way? When it comes to routines at work, many routines can be delegated to robots and other right-sized resources.
January 06, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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- A customary or regular course of procedure.
- Commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity.
- Regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.
- An unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response.
We all have routines. In the morning, for instance, we make our beds and brush our teeth. Routines allow us to run on autopilot and to reserve energy and headspace. They remove the number of decisions we need to make in a day, thereby protecting us from decision fatigue. Having routines can also give us a sense of control over certain aspects of our lives. This sense of control is especially important to us during times of uncertainty and when life throws us curveballs.
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