If you’ve ever felt like classic “growth mindset” or “productivity tips” don’t work for you, then you’re so in the right place. This is an area to embrace your human design! This tool allows you to make grounded decisions and create aligned routines based on what will actually work for you specifically, at an energetic level. I’ve never believed in copy-paste “morning” routines; I think it’s essential to personalize a daily routine to make it really work for you – this is why human design is such a helpful tool here.
New to Human Design or not sure about your type? Start here.
By the end of this post, you’ll have real, grounded, effective strategies to live your daily life attuned to your own rhythm.
The Human Design Types + Daily Routine Tips
Since each human design type has their own unique gifts and energy flow, this is essential to take into account when trying to make daily routines for yourself. New to Human Design or not sure about your type? Start here.
Manifestors: The Visionaries & Trailblazers
- Energy Flow: Manifestors have a very unique create/rest cycle where a creative idea or ‘urge’ sparks you into an immediate desire to create. This ‘create’ phase of the cycle is unpredictable in duration, followed by the need to rest and replenish your energy.
- The Rhythm Of Your Day: A Manifestor like you thrives with lots of open space in your calendar to honour your creative ideas and so you don’t have to disrupt your creative flow. This also gives you space to rest after your energetic creative bursts.
- Your Power Comes In…Not being the actual builder, but more the visionary; you’ll do really well when you can pass the baton to a Generator or MG to support you with the building phase.
- Bonus Tips:
- Inform those in your household or any colleagues you have before you go into your create phase. This isn’t to ask for anyone’s permission, it’s so that you can minimize interference and disruption.
- Turn off notifications when in your create phase so you’re not interrupted
Generators: The Builders
- Energy Flow: Generators are the only type with a defined sacral centre which is where life force energy comes from. This means that Generators like you have very sustainable, steady, reliable energy each day to use pursuing what lights you up inside. You’re designed to use this energy up and fall into bed delightfully exhausted so you can do it again the next day. You’re the busy bees of the human design system!
- The Rhythym of Your Day: Begin your day by tapping into your sacral/ gut to prioritize your tasks based on what feels good. I know this doesn’t feel logical but this is how you’re designed to operate. Generators are very methodical and have the ability to master skills so embrace things like lists to help you get things done throughout your day. You also have alot of buzzing, busy energy and likely will need some time and space for physical activity throughout the day.
- Your Power Comes In… resonding rather than initiating when interacting with others.
- Bonus Tips:
- If you’re feeling like it’s hard to focus, expend some physical energy
- Just because you have the energy doesn’t mean you should use it. This is where the decision-making power of the sacral’s yes/no response is essential for you to tap into to decide if you wish to respond to something.
Manifesting Generators: The Multipassionates
- Energy Flow: MGs like you tend to enjoy acting fast when you’re inspired. You’re designed to bounce or switch between the many things you’re interested in, either throughout an individual day or week.
- The Rhythm Of Your Day: Ideally, you have space in your day to nourish many things you’re interested in. When you’re feeling stagnent or bored, switch to one of the other things that lights you up inside. This means that you ideally have flexibility to change or switch away from what you ‘planned’ to do one day if you feel so called.
- Your Power Comes In… trusting that your multipassionate, multi-faceted nature is truly a gift. You really aren’t meant to try to define yourself by any one thing or ‘niche.’
- Bonus Tips:
- You’re not designed to force yourself into following sequential steps or processes, but to switch those things up to work for you. Just ensure you’re not rushing past essential steps
- If you’re feeling like it’s hard to focus, expending some physical energy could also be immensely beneficial for you
Read more about Manifesting-Generators
Projectors: The Guides
- Energy Flow: It’s essential for projectors like you to unplug from the traditional notions of ‘productivity’ and forcing or striving as this is what leads to burnout.
- The Rhythm of Your Day: I speak to this from experience: the best way for us Projectors to operate throughout a traditional ‘workday’ is to work in shorter focused sprints of 1-2 hours and then taking breaks in between. In those breaks in between, time in nature is one of the best ways for Projectors to recharge, if possible.
- Your Power Comes In... basking in the in between moments between invitations to share your gift of sight with others. While you wait, the Projector is designed to rest, reflect, study and practice self-recognition.
- Bonus Tips:
- Do self-care activities both before and after your work day – this will help you avoid burning out even on the busiest of days
- Embrace your natural productivity and efficiency and avoid punishing yourself by forcing long hours or ‘productivity’ when really what you need is rest
Reflectors: The Mirrors
- Energy Flow: It’s also very important for you to unplug from traditional notions daily routines as Reflectors typically feel very differently from one day to the next, since you’re energetically ‘open’ on your chart, with all centres undefined. It’s also hard to predict your unique energy flow, as Reflectors are each very different from one another.
- The Rhythm of Your Day: Your daily ‘routine’ shouldn’t really look the same each day, with lots of space for you to honour how you feel on that particular day. Space each day to detangle from anyone else’s energy you interacted with that day or to journal on how you’re feeling about certain decisions will be really helpful for you.
- Your Power Comes In… Prioritizing the ‘correctness’ of your environment. You will feel a lot more at ease and yourself when you’re in the correct environment for you.
- Bonus Tips:
- Getting to know your transit chart can provide you with a sense of consistency throughout the month to help you predict how you’ll feel on a given day.
- Ensure you’re not forcing yourself to fit into a standard mold of what a traditional daily routine looks like. Of all types, you need to give yourself the most grace here and really focus on embracing the things that work for you on an individual day.
Daily Routine Tips for All Human Design Types
Consider embracing your human design into your daily routine as a beautiful continual experiment. Give yourself the full permission to…
- Experiment on what works and feels good for you specifically
- Honour your strategy and authority for making your decisions and interacting with the world.
- Prioritize what makes you feel rested and joyful
Ultimately, none of this is a one-size-fits all model. There may be certain elements of your human design you resonate more with others. Give yourself the permission to experiment and play.
Work with Your Energy… Not Against It
Explore your human design by booking a reading or diving into this free guide that helps you understand the unique magic you bring to the world.
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