The specific morning routine matters far less than most advice on the internet suggests. Consistency of any reasonable routine matters far more than the exact sequence of steps.
There's no universal ideal morning — cold showers, five-mile runs, and hour-long journaling sessions work for some people and are simply unsustainable friction for others. Copying someone else's exact routine without considering your own life often leads to a routine that gets abandoned within two weeks.
What actually matters
Two things consistently correlate with a genuinely useful morning: a consistent wake time (more than any specific activity), and at least one small win completed before checking messages or news. The specific win — movement, reading, planning — matters less than that it happens before the day's inputs start arriving.
Design around your real constraints
A parent, a shift worker, and a remote founder have entirely different available morning windows. The routine that works is the one realistically sustainable given your actual constraints — not the one that looks most impressive described in a paragraph.
Try this instead
Pick one small, realistic win to complete before checking your phone tomorrow morning. Keep the rest of your current routine as-is. Small, sustainable change tends to outlast a complete overhaul.