Routine OSRoutine OS
Templates

Ready-built routines. Clone one in the app.

Real routine structures pulled from public interviews, productivity writing, and use cases we see a lot. Each one is fully specified — steps, timers, order. Pick the one closest to your life, clone it, then shape it to fit.

Templates are a starting point, not the point. Yours will look different after a week. That’s the idea.

Circadian Morning

~25–30 min·5 steps·Inspired by public commentary on circadian protocols

Inspired by publicly discussed circadian-alignment protocols. The big levers — water, light, movement — in one ordered sequence. Assumes you’ve already woken up and tapped start.

  1. 1
    Drink a full glass of watercheck
    Before coffee. A pinch of salt is optional.
  2. 2
    Sunlight exposure⏱ 10 min
    Outside. No sunglasses. Walk, stand, or sit — just not through a window.
  3. 3
    Light movement⏱ 10 min
    Walk, stretch, foam roll. Nothing intense. Signal, not sweat.
  4. 4
    Write your daily intentioncheck
    One sentence on what matters today. Somewhere you’ll see it.
  5. 5
    Cold shower (optional)⏱ 3 min
    Skip until the rest is automatic. End on cold.
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Shutdown Complete

~5 min·4 steps·Based on Cal Newport’s published Shutdown Complete ritual

The end-of-workday ritual from Cal Newport's Deep Work. Four quick moves to close loops so your evening isn't haunted by loose threads.

  1. 1
    Review today's workcheck
    Glance at what got done. Close open tabs and docs you won’t reopen tonight.
  2. 2
    Capture loose ends⏱ 2 min
    Anything still rattling around — write it somewhere you’ll see it tomorrow. Your brain releases what it trusts is captured.
  3. 3
    Plan tomorrow's top threecheck
    Three things, ranked. First priority first.
  4. 4
    Say “Shutdown complete” out loudcheck
    The phrase is the signal — to your brain and to the rest of your evening.
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The Early Hour

~60–70 min·5 steps

For people whose best hour is the one nobody else is awake for. Assumes you’re already up and dressed — the routine is what happens next.

  1. 1
    Drink watercheck
    Water set out the night before. First in, before anything else.
  2. 2
    Warm-up reps×10
    10 pushups, 10 squats, or 10 of whatever. Gets blood moving before training.
  3. 3
    Training session⏱ 45 min
    Lifting, PT, run — whatever’s on the program today. Protect it.
  4. 4
    Three-line journalcheck
    One line on what today’s for. One line on what you’re grateful for. One line on anything else. Done.
  5. 5
    Shower⏱ 8 min
    Finish on cold if you’re into it. Either way, keep moving.
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ADHD Gentle Start

~15 min·3 steps

For executive-function mornings where long routines backfire. Three steps. Minimum friction. The whole point is getting moving at all.

  1. 1
    Drink the water by your bedcheck
    Placed the night before. Drink it before your feet fully wake up.
  2. 2
    Step outside for sunlight⏱ 5 min
    Porch, sidewalk, backyard — five minutes. Ten is a bonus. The light is the medicine.
  3. 3
    Work the one thing⏱ 10 min
    Pick one task for today. Just start. Ten minutes is the whole ask — you can stop after. You almost never will.
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Parent With A Toddler

~25 min·5 steps

For people whose morning routine has to finish before a small human wakes up swinging. Starts when you’re already up and downstairs — the routine fills the window before the kid door opens.

  1. 1
    Drink water, start coffeecheck
    Both in motion before anything else. Coffee brews while you move.
  2. 2
    Floor stretch or foam roll⏱ 5 min
    Ground-level, low noise. Hallway, living room floor — wherever.
  3. 3
    Read one short thing⏱ 8 min
    One article, one page, one chapter. Something with a beginning and an end. Not the feed.
  4. 4
    Three lines in the journalcheck
    While the coffee’s still hot. Or just sit with it. Both count.
  5. 5
    Tidy one surfacecheck
    Kitchen counter, living room, wherever the day is about to land. Future-you thanks you.
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Evening Wind-Down

~45–50 min·5 steps

A one-hour container that keeps tomorrow morning from inheriting tonight's chaos. Start it when you’re ready to shift out of work mode.

  1. 1
    Phone on the charger, in another roomcheck
    Face down. Do this first — the rest of the routine fights for you after.
  2. 2
    Kitchen reset⏱ 10 min
    Dishes, counters, lunches for tomorrow if applicable. Clean kitchen = calm morning.
  3. 3
    Light stretching⏱ 10 min
    Floor work, easy yoga, foam roll. Nothing that spikes heart rate.
  4. 4
    Read paper, not a screen⏱ 20 min
    Book, magazine, even printed news. The medium change is part of the wind-down signal.
  5. 5
    Brush teeth, get ready for bedcheck
    The consistent end-time is the discipline — more than the length of sleep itself.
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