I am starting my third week of being home during this time we find ourselves in with this Covid-19. The first two weeks I struggled to find or upkeep any kind of routine. That’s strange because I spent almost 5 years working at home and I had my schedule and routine down back then so not sure why I am struggling with it now, but I am. I think sometimes we let life get in the way of doing what we know we should be doing. I decided yesterday that today I would wake up and get back to a schedule and a routine with healthier habits. I needed to for my own sanity. I don’t think we truly understand the importance of a schedule and a routine. I suppose if you don’t care what your future looks like, and you’re okay just going through life without direction, a routine isn’t really important to you. For those who want growth in their life and see a bigger picture, let me urge you to examine your routine and habits. It will say something about where you’re going!
The first thing you need to look at is what time are you getting up and how are you spending your mornings? I have found that the way I spend my mornings dictates how my entire day goes! Personally, I like having my mornings where I can do my devotion, pray, meditate, listen to John Maxwell Minute with Maxwell, work on my Dani Johnson Life Map, journal and practice gratitude, work out and listen to podcasts. I know that sounds like so much, but it’s not really, and if you get up an hour early, you can fit it all in there. I typically listen to the podcasts either while working out or, or while I am getting dressed and getting my morning started. I just find that if I start my mornings mentally preparing myself, I feel better to conquer the day. Let me pause and say this. Do not put pressure on yourself to do everything! If you do, this will simply stress you out. Just do what you can! Any small change will lead to big results. Something that helps me do this when I’m actually leaving the house for work during normal times, is to get my lunch ready the night before and decide what I am wearing the night before. This helps remove some stress and be better prepared. The key is to prepare!
I am not saying that what I do is the answer to everything, you need to find what works for you, but if you are aimlessly wondering through your life with no direction, not working on your mental health, not working on your physical health, what is your life going to look like? We were not put on this earth to just simply get by. We were put on this earth to live every day to the fullest and help others! If you are not investing anything into your life, you really have nothing to give anybody else, and what is your life going to look like when you’re 85? I would venture to say everything in your life might be a wreck too, if you don’t have any kind of healthy habits or a routine. Your house a wreck, you’re never caught up with chores around the house, you never have time to do things that matter, and it seems every second of your life you are simply running from one thing to the next, always tired and exhausted and wondering will you ever get a break. Does that sound familiar at all? Listen life is crazy! We have jobs and kids and spouses and chores and people who need us and places to go and on and on and on! It’s stressful. What I am saying today is that just a few small little changes could drastically change that.
Do you ever look at other people who seemingly have it all together even though they work, have kids to run around, friends to see, family to see, etc? I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that they probably know the secret of planning, routine and healthy habits. It’s not that they’re more organized than you, or have more help than you or have less things on their to do list, they have just discovered the importance of routine and scheduling. You can have that too! Maybe it doesn’t come natural to you, but I bet you could learn!
I just simply want to stress to you that right now, more than ever before, you need to work on finding some healthy habits, a routine and schedule. You are being given something right now to do that too! TIME! You have time right now to be prepared to do things different when we get through this. I urge you today set down somewhere with a pad of paper and a calendar and honestly look at your life and what changes you could make. We try to go too fast, we try to do too much. What people really want from us is time spent with them. If you are mentally prepared and in a good place, you will be better able to provide that quality time and that is what matters in life! Your relationships with yourself, God and others is what truly matters so I urge you today to stop and take inventory! I think you will see that doing this will make life better and maybe even a little easier!
With love for you all,
Shauna
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