_Note: this note is not About "rituals" in the way that OCD sufferers use the word._ Rituals seem like a good way to interject "just enough" [[Structure Enables Improvement|structure]] into a life. Rituals are nothing other than a "chunk" of behavior undertaken on some frequent basis. Rituals could be triggered through environmental cues or scheduled. Rituals are perhaps just a slightly more 'formal' way of characterizing [[Foundational Habits]]. Rituals are essentially [[Other Forms of Checklist#Templates|Templates]] of behavior. They seem like a good idea for both _personal_ and _interpersonal_ use cases. You could have your own little rituals, or ones undertaken by your group to facilitate [[Human Synchrony]]. In these cases, it may not come as "naturally" to create & use rituals, but perhaps they should be (from time to time) manufactured. They quite literally can be enabled through the intentional use _of_ templates & [[Checklists]]. They can be established through [[Contextual Reminders]] and/or [[Implementation Intentions]]. Rituals can be crafted to "bake in" best practices and the principles upon which you want to act. They can be used as [[Habit Stacking]] mechanisms. Rituals can also be the preamble necessary to actually _achieve_ [[Mental Time Blocking]]. If you’re about to [[Eat the Frog]], you get your coffee, sit down, close all the other open windows, and flip a [[Pomodoro Technique 🍅|timer]] # Example Rituals ## Calendar Driven - [[Weekly Review]] - [[Scrum#Ceremonies|Scrum Ceremonies]] - Fitness Tests ## Environment Driven - [[Michael Phelps Race Routine]] - Washing your hands after you use the bathroom - Making coffee while preparing breakfast - Watching YouTube while folding laundry **** # More ## Source - Self ## Related - [[Human Synchrony]]