Run a morning routine one step at a time

A small morning routine you can adapt, with one visible next action.

Start with the morning you actually have. A useful first routine is short enough to try tomorrow and specific enough that each step has a clear ending. You can change the steps after trying it.

A five-step example

  1. Get dressed — 4 minutes.
  2. Make breakfast — 8 minutes.
  3. Eat breakfast — 10 minutes.
  4. Brush your teeth — 2 minutes.
  5. Check keys and bag — 1 minute.

These are example durations, not rules. Replace actions that do not fit your day and allow more time where you need it.

Try a routine in your browser

Open the free routine builder, replace the steps with this morning example and adjust each duration. Copy or print it before closing the tab. The browser timer has no Android lock-screen or widget surface.

Try it in Wend

Create a routine and add the actions in the order you do them. Give each step a duration. Start the routine, do the current action, then mark it Done. The current step waits at zero until you move on. A notification and widget can keep it visible when you leave the full-screen runner.

Wend run screen showing a current action and countdown

Adjust from experience

After one morning, ask where you had to stop and think. A step such as “get ready” may need to become two concrete actions. A step that always runs long needs a different duration. Keep what works; a longer list is not automatically a better routine.

Download the example routine as text. Enter or adapt the steps yourself; this download is not an automatic import file.

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