The Morning Sidekick Journal – Habit Tracker Journal! A Guided Journal for Morning Routines. A Science Driven Daily Journal with Prompts for Healthy Life Habits. Wellness Journal for Women and Men.

A commitment I didn’t know I needed!
Omg my fave! I am so glad I made this purchase! Originally I found myself wanting something to just write down and keep track of my daily habits. As an entrepreneur I never have a problem waking up and getting my day started but I DO HAVE challenges with a morning routine that I can stick to. This journal has been so awesome to help me commit to a daily routine or at least stick to what I write down as a goal for the next day. Also- bonus- there are helpful hints, tricks, and MANY tips to keep you inspired and ongoing! Do it!

Good Habit Formation
I thought that this was great to start making healthy habits. But, the content got a bit repetitive and monotonous after the first couple weeks. But I feel like it served its purpose and I will likely come back to it again when I need to build more discipline in my life. It’s a great size to keep by your bedside table.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY JOURNALS!!!
I am truly loving my Morning Sidekick Journal AND my Bodyweight Home Workout Journal. They have both been so helpful in getting me motivated and active and they are helping me stay on track in the mornings, which in turn makes my day so much better. Their Customer Happiness Team is AWESOME as well, which makes it even better!!! I’m looking forward to trying out all the Habit Nest books.

Good but could be better (and cheaper)
UPDATE (Jan 5, 2018):I returned this item last month and only got a partial refund due to restocking fee. I tried getting back on it after coming back from Thanksgiving vacation and was on day 20-something, but the repetition wasn’t useful for me anymore. My ritual was the same every morning as was 2 things to avoid at night. It just wasn’t useful for me anymore and forwarding to the last weeks, it didn’t change at all, so rather than spend another 1.5 months writing in a journal that wasn’t proving useful beyond the first 2 weeks, I decided to purchase a proper planner for cheaper. Also, the strap broke. If you’re charging almost $40 for a journal, the strap should be made to withstand use and not come off when I’m only on day 20-something.UPDATE (Nov 16, 2017):The price has increased to almost $39. A fair price would be $25.UPDATE (Nov 11, 2017):I’ll take original review of 3.5 stars down to 3 stars. After another 10 days since my review and quickly flipping through the rest of the journal, I see that the format doesn’t change at all other than the right side of the page being filled with new info (which is useful). But I wish the actual area one wrote in wasn’t exactly the same day after day. I end up writing mostly the same things. This is unfortunate because at the very beginning of this journal they wrote: “Most journals have the same jargon and setup on every single page, and after looking at simple cloned page tat you’ve seen for a week straight, you become desensitized.” Exactly. That’s what has kinda happened with me here after the first week. I have to really remind myself to look at it, update it, think of new ideas, etc. The info provided on the right changes daily and most, but not all, are useful. This is good, but I wish the left side where I actually journal had some more variety to keep the momentum and focus going. I wish they’d also have less self-affirmations as I find self-affirmations in general cheesy and not useful. Also, I thought the point of this journal is to establish a morning routine that will help the rest of your day. In that regard this journal has helped me tremendously but I keep having to look past the constant insistence on waking up at 5am. I’ve done that before for previous jobs and ended up being depressed most of the day just as I would if I wake up very late. Some of us have different schedules whether it’s biological or job related and can’t wake up 5-6am. I also have bad insomnia and am unemployed so just waking up by 8am, mediating, journaling then being at the gym by 9am about 5-6 days a week is a miracle in my book. I have to thank this journal for that, but they keep going on and on about waking up before sunlight and before the rest of the world which gets irritating and makes me feel like I’m failing. I wish there would be more flexibility. But they’ve taken a one size fits all approach. I also would like more ideas laid out initially in types of routines. Also, should my most important task of the day also be part of my routine or are they separate? Should my morning routine be the same every day? Isn’t that why it’s called a routine? If so, then should I be writing the same list of things over and over or should I keep it different on weekends for example? I’d also like more examples on things one can do to improve life by 1% the next day. I sometimes run into a block and can’t think of new ideas. Overall, there could be more clearly directions and ideas. Anyway, I don’t mean to sound too negative as this journal has helped me a lot, but I really have to work it and tweak it to my own schedule and flow to make it work.——————————————–Original review:I’m on day 13 and this journal has helped kickstart a morning ritual of meditation and exercise I’ve continued with this far. For that alone, I’d give it 5 stars. But I’m taking points off simply because this journal is too expensive at $35. $20 would have been more fair. $25 should be maximum. My other criticism is that the format doesn’t leave much physical and structural space in the journal for your own notes other than the fields already there (which get repetitive day after day). The section about 2 things I could do to minimize distractions at night I always end up writing the same things (i.e. don’t look at social media) so I end up overlooking it often. The part about the most important task of the day says it should be tackled and done with first thing in the day. But my main tasks for many days are things I do later after my morning ritual. Yesterday my most important task was getting to the airport earlier than normal but my flight was at 3pm so it wasn’t a task I could tackle first thing. I failed getting to the airport regardless and learned a lesson. Anyway, maybe the authors are targeting this towards people with corporate day jobs and the most important task at their job. As an artist, I don’t have a regular day job (anymore) so this part I have to tweak. Overall I like this journal but the format is getting a bit same-y so far and I’m hoping it changes later on. There should be some small area for each day to write some extra notes and comments but I always end up writing on the margins and elsewhere. I’d also like if there were stories, profiles, and quotes from creative types. This is a good journal overall but you have to really work it and keep it handy. Overall I’d give this 3.5 stars but can’t give 1/2 stars and 4 stars would be too high given the above criticisms, so giving it 3 here.

Me encantó!. Si es un reto despertar temprano y crear hábitos buenos… esto definitivamente te auxilia.Una buena compra… no te siente solo en la tarea y te da la pequeña motivación que hace falta.

El libro está en inglés, así que si no lo dominas un poco no lo compres. A mi me ha encantado, aún voy por la mitad pero me está ayudando a poner orden en mi vida y conseguir llevar una rutina diaria desechando las cosas que me quitaban el tiempo que necesitaba para lo realmente importante. Hay un pdf gratuito con las primeras páginas y la primera semana de rutina colgado en la web del libro. Yo lo imprimí y lo empecé y esto fue lo que me hizo querer tener el libro.