Creating a Maximal Tomorrow With the Last Hour of Today

The Maximal Life

The first and last hour of everyday has a tremendous impact on the quality of our overall lives.For this reason, we refer to those hours as bookends. They are the pillars on each side that stabilizes everything in between.

Let’s focus today on that final hour of the evening, right before you go to bed. Maximal Achievers think about that last hour as a way to reflect on the day and a means to set up for the next day.The first key to developing a Maximal evening ritual is determining what time you want to fall asleep each night, and keeping that time like you would keep any appointment. That entire hour before bedtime, is your evening bookend.The second key to a Maximal evening routine is to disconnect. Switching off your technological connections to the busy world of tomorrow will settle your senses in to a much calmer and peaceful present moment. Read a book, take a hot bath, or have quiet time with your spouse. The third key to a Maximal evening routine is to reflect on what was good about today and explore what will be good about tomorrow. Keep a gratitude journal on the nightstand and make that list a part of your evening routine. Be patient with yourself and be willing to start slow. If you can be consistent with just one nightly ritual, you will soon be confident to add more later.