My Morning Routine BY LEO BABAUTA
Today I start a new habit: my morning routine (to be honest, I started a couple days ago). All this month I will focus on making my morning routine a daily habit.
今天起，我有了一个新习惯：我的早起仪式（其实是几天前开始的）。整个月我将致力于把早起仪式固化为每日习惯。
I’ve actually tried different versions of a morning routine in the past year, and have enjoyed them immensely. I just haven’t stuck with one for a whole month or more, and that is the goal this month.
其实过去一年里，我已经试过了几种早起仪式，都非常喜欢。就是没有一种坚持超过一个月的，这个月的目标正是坚持一个月。
The reason I like having a morning routine is that not only does it instill a sense of purpose, peace and ritual to my day, but it ensures that I’m getting certain things done every morning … namely, my goals. I’m setting aside morning time as a time of peace and quiet, and time to take small steps each day towards my goals.
我喜欢建立一套早起仪式，不仅因为它能逐渐灌输一种目标感和仪式感，带来宁静，还因为它确保了明天早上我能完成特定事项……换句话说，我的目标。晨间时光安详平静，我都用来完成推进目标的小步骤。
Here’s my morning routine, at the moment (subject to tweaking later):
以下是我现阶段的早起仪式（项目以后可以调整）
Morning Routine
早起仪式
1. Wake at 4:30 a.m.
4点半起床
2. Drink water.
喝水
3. Set 3 Most Important Things (MITs) for today.
设定今天最重要的三件事
4. Fix lunches for kids and myself.
准备我和孩子们的午餐
5. Eat breakfast, read.
吃早餐，晨读
6. Exercise (run, bike, swim, strength, or yardwork) or meditate.
锻炼（跑步，骑车，游泳，力量训练，或者干点园艺活儿）或冥想
7. Shower.
洗澡
8. Wake wife & kids at 6:30 a.m.
6点半叫醒老婆和孩子们
A couple of explanations: The MITs that I set for the day concern at least one item towards one of my goals, and probably the 1-2 things I MUST complete at work. There will be more that I do during the day, but my focus will be to finish at least these three MITs.
解释一下：每天的最紧要事项包含至少一件有助于接近我目标的事，大约一两件我必须完成的工作内容。当天我还会完成更多工作，但我聚焦至少完成这三件最紧要事项。
As for the exercise and meditate item, I have a schedule where I do one exercise each morning (with the exception of Fridays, where I plan to meditate for at least 10-15 minutes).
有关运动和冥想的部分，除了每周五我计划冥想至少10 - 15分钟，我给每天早上做什么运动设定了日程表。
Actually, I also often exercise in the evenings too, so on some days I’ll have two workouts – maybe a bike in the morning and swim in the evening, for example. My body is still getting used to this, so we’ll see how it works out.
一般晚上我也运动，所以有时一天锻炼两次。比如，我也许早上骑自行车，晚上游泳。我身体还在适应，所以效果如何有待观察。
As for waking up at 4:30 a.m., I only started doing that within the last few months — before that it was 5:00 or 5:30, and before last year I woke at 6:30, so I’ve really become an early riser just in the last year.
最近几个月我才开始早上四点半起床的——之前我都是五点或五点半起，去年之前我都是六点半起，所以我是过去一年内才开始成为一名早起星人的。
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