Routine gets a bad reputation. People associate it with boredom, with lack of spontaneity. But routine is actually freedom. When the basics are handled automatically, your energy is freed for higher purposes.
Consider your morning. If you must decide what to eat, what to wear, when to leave, each decision drains you slightly. But if these choices are made in advance through routine, you arrive at your work with more capacity for the decisions that matter.
This is not about rigidity. It is about efficiency. Routines handle the mundane so you can engage fully with the meaningful. They are not the opposite of creativity but the foundation that supports it.
What routine could free your energy for better things?