What goes wrong when you ignore that evening habits prepare for tomorrow?

The most common reason fails: Designing an elaborate evening routine that requires peak energy at the time of day when you have the least — evening protocols must be low-friction by default or they collapse within a week.

The fix: Tonight, build a three-step evening shutdown sequence: (1) write every open loop in your capture system, (2) lay out the physical cues for your most important morning habit, and (3) set a hard screen-off time ninety minutes before sleep. Run this sequence for five consecutive nights and note what changes about your mornings.

The underlying principle is straightforward: Good evening routines create the conditions for a good morning.