Thought I’d try a little daily blogging and see how this goes. I’m not much of a stick to a routine type but I do like the order of a morning routine. Last week, my morning routine seemed to really click. Get up and hydrate while I did the whole bathroom thing—have you ever noticed when you read those books that suggest a morning schedule, they never seem to have the bodily function issue in the morning. TMI but sorry some stuff just needs an open-ended allotment of time in the schedule. Larry tried to get us on this 5 AM Club schedule over the summer that gave time allotments for the morning. I failed spectacularly at sticking to these time slots. I blame the dude that started the 5 AM Club because apparently this super human thought slotting in the morning business between waking up at 4:45am and starting meditation time at 5:00am was a good plan. Fifteen minutes to get my ass up and get to the bathroom for all that TMI activity previously mentioned!?!? That was not reasonable…or ummmm…doable…(fun with TMI puns)
After taking care of business, I sit down for my morning meditation then head outside to sit by the river and drink my coffee and read or shit-text my family group thread. No better way to start the day then being the annoying youngest sibling to my morning curmudgeonly family. After, depending on the day and schedule, I go for a walk about or I head back in to get a yoga session in before our morning meal. I thought I’d finally settled into a good routine. Last week the routine flowed effortlessly. I felt amazing hitting all my morning activities. This is what I planned on blogging about today but like most plans I try to stick to the routine hit a hiccup.
It was 42 degrees outside this morning and by the river the wind made it seem even colder. I refer to it as my modified version of cold therapy. It’s a great wake-me-up. The cold was also the cause of the routine hiccup. I came inside and still really feeling that early morning chill. My body felt too cold to do yoga poses. Think frozen popsicle not pliable muscles. Plus, its Monday. On Monday’s I’m supposed to fast. I usually start after my morning fatty coffee and do a 24 hour fast through to the next morning coffee. Yes, I design my fasts around my morning coffee and not around a meal—that should give you an idea of where my nutritional priorities lay when weighed against my delicious cacao and fat filled morning coffee. Back to the cold hiccup, I’m cold–I don’t want to drink cold salty water all day! I want a mug of hot bone broth…or a cup of hot soup…or a spicy warm pumpkin spice golden milk (YUM!) And this is how my new morning routine went the way of most of my routines.
My routines are always fleeting and quickly dumped by my fickle nature. I supposed those dedicated types would say I need to flex my discipline muscles and forge ahead with the plan. Yeah, that doesn’t really work for someone who has rebellious tendencies and never met an expectation I didn’t try to avoid. The more I tell myself I should do something the more I resist doing that something. It is probably not the greatest of personality traits to discover you have, but it is undeniably a permanent aspect of my personality and it aint going to change. It makes routine difficult, but I discovered that trying to fight against these tendencies isn’t going to work long-term for me. Trying to fight against my natural tendencies just isn’t sustainable. I don’t even think it’s necessary in this situation because I find working with the knowledge of my rebel tendencies makes me fight and stress less against myself. I just accept it for what it is and rearrange my “plans” and somehow that seems to work for me and keep me on track long term—if not in the immediate situation.
Sometimes if I let go of those plans and expectations, I find myself deciding to go ahead and do what I originally planned. See I’m fickle like that—its part of my charm. At least that’s what I tell myself anyway. I don’t think this morning is one of those times though. I’m blogging instead of yoga and when I finish, I think I’m going for that bowl of soup. Maybe I’ll get to those yoga poses at some point today…but I’m not going to plant that expectation into my head…because yeah, that whole rebellious tendency thingy
Have a healthy Monday! Remember not to be too rigid or hard on yourselves. Don’t treat life like a chore, or one big to-do list. Enjoy your day…and make healthy choices…even if they aren’t the ones you planned for today.
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