I find tremendous comfort in routines, structures, systems, and processes. If you’ve been reading my column, this won’t surprise you. My entire business is centered around helping individuals, teams, couples, business owners, and companies find more structure and get into the groove by supporting them to find what works and what doesn’t work. If you haven’t been reading my column, welcome to my monthly ramblings about ideas and thoughts about the habits and actions of productive and organized people. These are the things they do regularly to bring order to their day, i.e., routines!
Often, when I’m on one-on-one calls with clients during my workdays, the conversation turns toward their routines and structures. How they do what they do and WHY they do what they do. The answer always leads us back to the same place. Routines help us feel safe. Think about it — most people feel better when that list is in place when the bed is made when the meal plan is in place for the week. I know I do. Routines put your mind on autopilot.
This time of year, though, it’s easy to let the routines that normally ground and center us get off kilter given the chaos of the 60-ish days that we call November and December. So, this year I’m challenging you to keep your routines prioritized, rather than letting them slip by the wayside because it’s the “season of busyness”. An even deeper challenge is to determine what can you implement RIGHT NOW through the end of the year that will put you in a better place each day.
