Comments on: Finding A Routine

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:00:22 +0000

Wonderful post! I love your style and really enjoy reading your blog. I had to laugh though when I saw your Boston’s on the velvet couch, because I also have 2 Boston’s and that couch would be a dream for one of them…..she just loves to lick soft furniture!! I’ve wanted a velvet couch so bad, but it would be covered in Boston slobber. Haha!!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:16:03 +0000

Just had to say thanks for this post. I work from home and have ever since my oldest was born almost12 years ago. I find myself heading straight to my computer in the morning in an attempt to “get ahead” on my work, but I worry that I might be missing out on the more important things in life, i.e. time with my four girls. Thanks for giving me a nudge in the right direction. It’s just what I needed!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:22:15 +0000

I’m totally working on this as well. My heart loves spontenaity, but my life needs routine.

I’ve been starting it out with my Miracle Morning for about 4 months now, and there’s nothing like it. Seeking God first makes my soul rise and everything else just falls into place. And if it doesnt, then I’m in such a wonderful place, then it just dern’t matter.

Joy, love and peace,

Gwen

By: Pam Groom

Pam Groom — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:36:47 +0000

Mandi:
If you find a routine that sticks, let us know. I can relate to being a creative personality who needs a balance of routine and times for unleashed creativity.
Pam

By: Jen m.

Jen m. — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 04:52:27 +0000

First off I hate mornings! My morning is SUPPOSED to start at 630 am yet I’m Rolling out of the bed at 7 am (sometimes later, shame) panicking and screaming to get up, throwing clothes at my boys and shoving food in their hands on the way out the door and speeding the like 7 miles to the school to make it the last minute before the bell rings and I don’t look like a complete failure as a mother lol! And then I get home and want to pass out but find myself dragging my feet to make coffee and plop down to be engorged by HGTV and pinterest! I clean my coffee table, dining table and couch off because apparently the male persons in my home don’t know where a trash can is or where anything goes. Then dishes and laundry. I find if I clean then do projects my mind feels better and it’ll be less likely I’ll be questioned what I did all day (haha… that darn hgtv). And yet here I am at 12:51 pm playing Hay Day and commenting on ur blog. I call it “me time”

By: George Patterson

George Patterson — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:02:41 +0000

Your style is impeccable, and those pancakes look delicious. Adopt me? Seriously though, having a routine that you stick to is so important, being free of distractions, and with a computer they are MANY. I too envy people who stick to their guns to get a job done right away, because I’m the worst sort of procrastinator. I may get it done, but it’s often with a large helping of guilt on the side because if I’d done it sooner, I’d have had time for all the little things that crop up that you never count on.

By: 204 Park

204 Park — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:51:20 +0000

Routines make life so much simpler, it’s so great to take time to focus on your task at hand rather than trying to do too many things at once! XO

By: Madison

Madison — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:48:53 +0000

Ah! I just started my routine THIS morning. Read the bible to start my day, roll out of bed, laugh with my husband while I blogilates, get dressed, & run to the bus lol.

By: Krista

Krista — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:48:15 +0000

My problem is not mornings – we have a pretty decent routine there, it’s the evenings! After going 100% all day I have a REALLY hard time getting myself and the kiddos settled down, and this often leads to insomnia for all of us. I used to run every evening, but since my 4th month of pregnancy I haven’t been able to do that (hopefully by December I can get back at it). Two things have really shown to work for my family….first, no electronics on school/work nights and second – and like you – evening prayer and devotional time. I take time with my children before bed to read (we just started The Story) and my 9 year old leads my five year old in prayer – something in the evenings they do together, just the two of them. I then move on to my own personal study/devotional and prayer time. It has really helped us to settle down and clear away the anxiety invoking day.

By: Dolores Watson

Dolores Watson — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:43:14 +0000

I loved this post! I am still “recovering” from becoming an empty-nester…ok…it’s been a few years. But oh how I long for the way September used to make me feel! After a summer of fun in the sun, sleeping in, staying up late and no homework, September was a wonderful fresh start. Yes indeed, September also brought a whole new set of challenges, but I remember welcoming them with open arms. September meant organization and delegation. It meant normal meal times and bed times which meant “me time” could be scheduled in to.
As I’m approaching 50, I feel the need to press that re-set button more than ever. Thank you for sharing!