# **Antifragile Practices in Morning Routine**
Inspired by Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s *Antifragile*, these actionable ideas help incorporate antifragile principles into your daily routine, promoting simplicity, adaptability, and resilience.
# **Principles**
1. **Via Negativa**: Focus on removing unnecessary or harmful elements.
2. **Optionality**: Embrace small-scale experiments to discover new opportunities.
3. **Antifragile Stress**: Introduce controlled exposure to stressors for growth.
# **Daily Implementation**
### **1. What to Remove Today (Via Negativa)**
- **Action**: Begin your day by identifying one harmful habit, distraction, or unnecessary task to eliminate.
- **Examples**:
- Avoid processed foods for breakfast.
- Skip social media until after noon.
- Eliminate one low-priority meeting or task.
- **Morning Routine Addition**: Add a section titled "What to Remove Today" in your morning notes to track this habit.
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### **2. Daily Experiment (Optionality)**
- **Action**: Dedicate time to trying a new skill, idea, or method.
- **Examples**:
- Test a new journaling technique.
- Experiment with a different workout routine.
- Use a new productivity app or method.
- **Morning Routine Addition**: Create a "Daily Experiment" section in your routine for tracking insights and results.
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### **3. Intentional Stressor (Antifragile Stress)**
- **Action**: Add a small, deliberate stressor to your morning to build resilience.
- **Examples**:
- End your shower with 30 seconds of cold water.
- Perform a challenging workout or yoga pose.
- Start the day with your hardest task (Eat the Frog).
- **Morning Routine Addition**: Add a "Stress Training" section to document the intentional stressor and its impact.
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# **Insights**
These practices align your daily habits with antifragile principles, helping you grow stronger and more adaptable over time. They can improve mental clarity, physical health, and problem-solving skills.
# **Connections**
- Related Notes: [[AntiFragile Summary]], [[Resilience in Systems]], [[Daily Note Template]].
- Broader Topics: [[Personal Growth]], [[Philosophy of Habits]], [[Morning Routines]].
# **Questions/Reflections**
- How can you measure the effectiveness of these practices over time?
- What other antifragile principles could be incorporated into daily habits?
- How does discomfort or subtraction enhance your productivity and well-being?
# **References**
- *Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder* by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
- [[Daily Note Template]].