it happens.
rhythms, systems, and routines that were once amazing assets for us no longer work.
and that’s okay! our needs change. therefore, our rhythms, systems, and routines should totally change, too.
because yeah, so much of motherhood is unpredictable - recently KK had a nastyyy double ear infection and I unexpectedly had to cancel my whole life for a few days. but so much of motherhood is…pretty mundane and repetitive. (and I say that with the utmost affection.) and that’s where I love to think to rhythms, systems, and routines from which we’d benefit in this current season. sure, they bring us some calming structure, but there’s so much more: rhythms, systems, and routines automate what’s important to us, they take care of us, and they prioritize what brings us joy.
so whenever I start to feel consistently meh or notice that we’re running into the same frustration over and over again, I evaluate our current needs and priorities. and oftentimes I discover that we’d benefit from a few tweaks (or maybe a complete overhaul!) in our daily life, in our rhythms, systems, and routines.
it’s so much fun - the assessing and brainstorming and dreaming.
let me think aloud through a current example of ours!
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