I love this question! I often tell my student-coaching clients that establishing routines and rituals can bring more ease and increased productivity to their lives. Here’s how I explain establishing ...

This story is part of our mental health series. Find out more here. We all know people who are very dedicated to their daily routines. Maybe they go to the gym at the same time every day or have a set ...

Creating structures and routines in the classroom means providing children with predictability about what is expected, when ...

But perhaps all this time I’ve been missing a trick. In a recent article for Vox Terry Nguyen argues that we all should focus less on routines and more on rituals. What’s the difference? Nguyen ...

As a child growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), I used to create daily schedules and “routines” to cultivate a sense of control in my otherwise unstable life. I remember planning my ...

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Routines are defined as behaviors performed repetitively and often daily. A slight distinction from routine problems: those that are commonplace. Although it’s often easy to see how a chaotic ...

This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. I was laid off in December. I can’t say I wasn’t anticipating it.