develop a daily routine

...I would write down my ideal daily routine in an entry here, do it one time, and – - presto, chango! – - it would be cemented.

OK, so that doesn’t work. But I do think that writing this down will help me get into my routine which will help me accomplish several of my goals, including this one!

6:00 WAKE UP! With Russ
Make a delicious and healthful breakfast for us, and lunch
for us to take to work.
Eat breakfast together in the kitchen
6:30 LEAVE FOR GYM
Arrive and work out, alternating swimming, weights, and cardio
Depart gym and go back home
7:40 HIT THE SHOWERS!
Get dressed
8:00 PRIMP
Hair, make-up, brush teeth and rinse.
(And yes, all of this only takes me about ten minutes!)
8:10 LEAVE FOR WORK
8:25a.-5:30p. WORK

I’ll do after work routine later, but for now, I think this is a step!

I’m a person who needs order. A daily routine might just be what I need.

This is going very well. This is a semester where I am extremely busy and keeping on top of things is imperative, so having a usual time when I journal/do homework/write/do laundry/etc. is really helping me be extremely efficient. I am happy with my progress so far!

is how long it takes for a habit to form, according to Scientists. I capitalize Scientists because I also capitalize God, and I don’t understand either of them and frankly, I haven’t quite made up mind on whether or not I believe in them, either.

Anyway. 21 days. Three weeks. Consistency for three weeks is all it takes or that consistency to ease into habit, routine, into become “what I do.” If I can follow this anti-aging, working out, eating to lose weight, journaling, sleeping eight hours THING for only three short weeks, it’ll just become what I do.

My mother would always say to me this one thing, whenever I had to do something scary or awful or depressing. No matter the timeframe involved, she’s always say, “You can do anything for XXXXXX.” And she’s right. When you look at it that way, you CAn do anything, anything at all, for one hour [dinner with my father] or one semester [French Poetry of the 19th Century] or 21 days [this].

I have virtually no routine whatsoever, and I feel this contributes to a less than stellar diet, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, anxiety and overall deflated level of wellbeing. I don’t want every day to be the same as the one before and after it, but there is a short list of things I would like to do each day (i.e., wake up at the same time and go to bed at the same time; write in my journal; implement a specific new hygiene ritual; work out) Next semester will really help me do this, because I have early classes and one of those classes is a PE credit (hell yes I waited until last semester senior year of college to take that shit!) so I HAVE to work out at least 3x/week early [two birds+one stone=happy MMT] and the other two days I have to teach early anyway. I really think this will make me more centered, and I am looking for that in the most unstable time of my entire life next semester!