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Do you resist routines?

9 August 2013

I know that for a certain number of people, the word “routine” conjures up bad feelings. Used as an adjective, it can mean non-special, ordinary, even boring.

Think about it as a noun, though. Does the idea of having a routines—a group of habits you do one right after the other—seem boring or constraining? I hear that from people sometimes. But in my view, routines are the opposite. They’re almost magical because they make my life so much easier.

We all have routines, whether we know it or not. The example I always like to use is the shower. When you take a shower, you probably do the same things every time, in the same order. (Wash hair, wash body, was face, whatever.) I bet you’ve had the experience where you weren’t sure if you washed your hair, because you weren’t even conscious of doing it.

Wouldn’t it be great if other aspects of your life, those things you struggle with accomplishing on a daily basis, were that automatic? That is the power of a great routine.

Recently I blogged about my evening work routine, which keeps me on top of things and helps me jump right into my work in the morning. But I have lots of personal routines that help make my life run smoothly and help keep my house from looking like a disaster. If you’re new here, you may not realize that I’m a naturally messy person. My habits and routines keep me productive and they help me keep my house in order.

If you resist routines, I want to invite you to try to open up to them. And if you want help doing so, please consider signing up for my online workshop, Simplify Your Life with Habits + Routines which starts next week. It’s being offered by Simplify 101 and provides great guidance in the form of the written (and recorded) lessons and in personal interaction with me and other class members through the workshop’s online forums.

If you’d like your life to be a little easier, habits and routines can help. And if you’d like some help creating great habits and routines (and letting go of some less-than-great ones), this workshop might be just the ticket!

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