Wake up.
Drink hot water.
Take cold shower.
Meditate.
Morning Pages.
Do yoga.
Eat.
Get dressed.
Go to work..
This is most mornings. When I do it differently the world doesn’t end but it does seem to wobble.
Routine/ Discipline has never come easy for me, but I’ve been experimenting with it for a while now and it does provide me a sense of stability that is quite comforting. A long time ago I read somewhere that people put a high value on novelty but what we really crave is stability. Makes sense.. in a world where nothing is certain, it feels good to have some sense of firm ground under your feet. Even if it’s an illusion. When it was posed to me though - the words made me scrunch up my nose and think “yuck” but these days I feel it is right on. Maybe my tune has changed because of sobriety. Maybe it is just that I am getting older.. or some combination of the two? Either way, I like it.
So I haven’t been here, updating this blog or online for much of anything beyond work, which has had my full attention lately. Staying logged out gives me more energy to focus on creative endeavors. Which, I added some new work here and opened a little etsy shop that I will be adding more things to. I do miss the energy, creativity and engagement I felt when I started this blog so I’m going to try working it into my routine on my days off.
I’m curious, what is your morning routine? How do you cultivate stability in your day to day? Have you tried cold showers? Because I didn’t want to buy into the hype (at all!) but I think it’s changing my life…
-B
P.S. Here is a digital piece I finished recently that visually sums up my mood these days.. let me know what you think in the comments below.