As summer winds down, many of us start imagining the organized, disciplined person we’re finally going to become in the fall. The problem is that we often create new routines for an ideal version of ourselves at the exact moment our lives are getting busier. When we can’t maintain the plan, we don’t question the routine. We question ourselves.
This week, on episode 364 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about how to create new routines without setting yourself up to fail!
In this episode of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m sharing why routines can become another form of self-abandonment when they ignore your actual energy, capacity, responsibilities, and circumstances. I’m also sharing what happened when I stopped trying to force myself through an ideal strength-training plan and started with two minutes a day instead.
Some of the talking points I go over in this episode include:
- Why routines often fail when you create them for the person you wish you were instead of the person who will actually have to live them.
- How unrealistic expectations can turn a supportive routine into another form of self-abandonment and self-judgment.
- What my resistance to a full workout taught me about treating resistance as information instead of proof that I lacked discipline.
- Why starting with two minutes and gradually ramping up can build a routine you are genuinely willing and able to continue.
- How self-trust helps you adjust a routine, make room for it, and begin again without treating the change as failure.
A routine is supposed to support the life you’re actually living. It is not supposed to become another way to override yourself. Choose one routine that would genuinely help you, make the first version smaller than you think it should be, and give yourself time to ramp up. If it doesn’t work, you haven’t failed. You received information, and you can adjust, simplify, and begin again.
Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on living a more whole life and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
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