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I'm no stranger to trying different rituals myself. In fact, I've read a lot of personal development. But I still find it hard to implement things for any length of time.
One of the lessons I've learned is keep things as simple as possible--simpler than you think is reasonable. For example, my bare morning ritual, which I stick to most of the time, is about 15 minutes, but makes my mornings far more pleasant. A second lesson that is 100% ingrained in me is to wait awhile before thinking something is a success.
It's so cool that another SLC LWer takes these things seriously - which is why you should help me put together an instrumental rationality subgroup.
EDIT: I didn't see that you stop yourself from changing the ritual more frequently than every two weeks. That's something I myself have trouble with--I kept wanting to update my rituals every few days for awhile, until recently, when i decided to just say heck with the rituals for now, I'll just start with something easier.
What is your 15 minute morning ritual?
Haha, well that takes openness: first, I wash out my eyes, pee, drink about 8 oz water, and eat a bowl of cereal. This takes about 5 minutes. Then I log onto my computer and read a few posts from the archive of one of my favorite bloggers for about 10 minutes; this allows me to both wake up gradually and painlessly, and to start the day feeling a bit smarter and more inspired. After this I try to work on some of my most important work for the day to get that done early.
You work at home?
I kinda wish I did. No, I'm "just" a student. I mean, I'm going to be studying my whole life, so this is just a more concentrated, and credentialed, time of study. I don't even have a part-time job, although i did recently. The 'most important things' can be for school, psychology labs, clubs (including the LW Meetup I've started), or for more personal endeavors (like working on self improvement goals).