Building a Routine to Reflect, Release, and Reset

How trying to create an evening routine led me to a deeper understanding

Routines can anchor our day and make sure we do the things that are most important to us. But sometimes finding that routine takes a process. Chander R/Shutterstock

The hard part of routines isn’t building or creating them, but maintaining them. I’ll start an evening routine and it’ll last a few days before it’s engulfed with other things. Can you relate?

I’m choosing to not give up on it, but the ups and downs with this particular routine are difficult. I believe daily routines are a tool that can help us become more paced, aware, and grounded in the things that matter to us. While I believe that, I also believe routines get to ebb and flow. They get to be what you need them to be in a given moment or season. I also believe the simpler, the better.