The number-one benefit of establishing a routine is to feel like you have control over what’s happening in your life.
Ever the trouper that I am it wasn’t until this month that I understood exactly how hard it’s been for me to live under quarantine.
What helped was having a consistent routine all along since my job shut down in March:
I exercised every week for one or two days each week with only a few weeks of not exercising.
I cooked my own dinners 5x per week throughout the last four months.
Having a routine gives a person stability.
A lot of things aren’t under our control. “Let Go–and Let Life” is my motto for accepting what I can’t change.
It hit me only recently that my old routine wasn’t working pre-pandemic. Post-pandemic I was given the hidden opportunity to make changes I might not have made before.
Having to “put out fires” and respond to repeated “emergencies” is no way to live our lives.
By establishing a routine we take back control over what happens in any given week.
Inside of the unpredictability of the COVID-19 outbreak is indeed a silver lining for all of us:
The ability to reclaim our power as individuals living our lives.
My book-publishing goals have been put on hold. Yet inside of this dashed dream I take joy in keeping the 3 blogs.
My intention is that readers can learn from my insight and observations.
Hope is called for. Optimism is called for.
A better day lies ahead. I firmly believe this.
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