Daily life

build a routine

establish a regular pattern

To gradually establish a regular pattern of activities or habits.

B1 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

How are you managing your new job?

I'm slowly building a routine that works for me.

Play the conversation

I'm trying to build a routine around cooking at home.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I want to build a routine on studying English.

Say: I want to build a routine around studying English.

Use "around" to introduce the activity that the routine is organized around.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

build a routine around something; build a routine for something

Your turn: say it out loud

I'm trying to build a routine around cooking at home.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

build a routine

establish a regular pattern

“I'm trying to build a routine around cooking at home.”

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