About

My Morning Routine is a retired independent online magazine that published a brand new, inspiring morning routine every Wednesday for over six and a half years

Dreamed up by Michael Xander and Benjamin Spall, with editing help from Michele Boltz, My Morning Routine is a retired independent online magazine that published a brand new, inspiring morning routine every Wednesday between December 2012 and July 2019.

During those six and a half years, we published 341 routines, and sent a total of 2,214,300 emails to our newsletter subscribers.

My Morning Routine team photo

In May 2018 Portfolio/Penguin published My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired, in which we interview sixty-four of today’s most successful people about their morning routines—including three-time Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Soni, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, and General Stanley McChrystal—and offer advice on creating a routine of your own.

Combine our book and online archive of 341 morning routine interviews and you have all the tools you need to create a morning routine that works for you over the long term. You can also follow us on social media for occasional updates and morning inspiration:

  • My Morning Routine on Instagram
  • My Morning Routine on Mastodon

Benjamin is currently working on Homebody Media, an online publisher with a mission to make complex topics accessible for everyone. Its flagship media property, Acne Club, focuses on making skincare and beauty more accessible for people with acne-prone skin.

Press Contact

For press enquiries, or if you’re writing a story about us, we have a ready-made press kit available. To date, we’ve been lucky enough to be featured on:

Meet our Book

Whether you want to boost your productivity, implement a workout or meditation routine, or just learn to roll with the punches in the morning, our brand new book has you covered.

Today’s most talented creatives and businesspeople share their secrets to unlocking greater energy, focus, and calm—starting first thing in the morning.

Book Cover of My Morning Routine