There’s something about a new year and a fresh calendar that puts me in the mood for planning, cleaning, and prioritizing. Maybe it’s because fall is usually a heavy travel time for me at work which throws off cooking and cleaning routines. Then there are the Christmas and NYE festivities which eat into my normal weeknight training sessions. By the week between Christmas and New Year’s, I find myself feeling quite discombobulated.
I consider myself a creative person, but even with a go with the flow attitude I still crave routines. I used to look at them as restrictive, but I’ve come to realize that they actually free up mind space that is otherwise spent on figuring out how to get done what I need to do.
This January, I encourage you to join me in developing healthy habits: To make them routine, so that you don’t even need to think about them. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks experimenting with cleaning routines, meal planning methods, and doing some soul searching about morning exercise and I look forward to sharing what I’ve found with you. I’d also love to hear what works for you!
My goals for this week:
- exercise 3 times
- develop training plan
- finalize cleaning plan
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I always find the Christmas school holidays puts me out of routine.
6 weeks of the kids being home, it’s finding a new balance of work, family and home life.
So my routine is all out of sorts at the moment.
However when school goes back at the end of Jan that is a different story.
I find that I really rely on my diary. I put all my appointments in there. I even book in my exercise. I block it out. If it’s not in there, then it aint going to happen.
The other thing I find helpful is writing goals that reflect all aspects of my life, from personal, to fitness, to home, financial etc.
That way throughout the day, week, month & year, and can keep tabs on where they are are.
So true, writing things down and getting them on the schedule makes SUCH a difference! thank you for stopping by, and I hope you have a great new year!