Three Rules for Establishing a New Routine

Good Morning Friends! My husband and I moved to our new house about 3 weeks ago, and I have been struggling to get into a solid routine. This week is the first week that I haven’t felt like I was just chasing the tyranny of the urgent. So, I thought that it might be a good idea to talk about how to organize your life into a routine.

First, I want to talk about the importance of a routine. Routines are grounding. They allow the world to be chaos around you while you remain in a strong centered grounded position. Of course, moving throws all kinds of kinks into the creation of a new routine, but there are several basic steps that are consistent.

1. Now that you live somewhere different, you’ll need to know how far it takes to get to places that you need to frequent. My drive to work previously was 48-50 minutes long. The move brought it down to 17 minutes. At the same time it nearly doubled by drive to about anywhere else. Knowing this before your first day leaving a new house can be a huge stress relief.

2. Whenever I move into a new season of life, I like to get a handle on that routine on paper. For example, I draw up a new routine at the beginning of every new semester, every move, every major period change. After I graduate I will be a teacher, so I will need a new schedule every summer and every semester. I don’t like to waste time, so this really helps me be intentional with my time. Here’s an example:

5:00am- wake up and do morning routine
5:45am- get ready
6:30am- breakfast and pack up for the day
7:00am- go to work
4:00pm- go to gym
6:00pm- home
6:30pm- dinner-shower-laundry
10:00pm- bed

3. One of the hardest things to maintain is eating habits when routines get up-ended. The best practice is to find some way to get in front of it. Find a way to set aside healthy snacks and meal plan if at all possible.

Routines are so important, and I cannot overemphasize this. I personally feel like I am drowning if I don’t have a well established routine. These are a few of the general rules about routines. I will most likely do another blog soon about how to actually create a schedule for the day that isn’t overwhelming. Until then, enjoy your routines my friends.

Until next week,
Mrs. Ashley Seguin

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