routines – Smart Mamas Read

I do 7 things every morning that make a huge difference in my life. I take selenium. I drink hot lemon juice sweetened with stevia.* I sort the mail for 2 minutes. I write 500 words, I work on my blog for 15 minutes, I have devotions and I facebook my husband. These habits have made a HUGE difference in my life, health and happiness. It's been a long road of tweaking the habits and there's more I can add, but these are the ones that help me now. Because my morning routines are so helpful, they set the stage for the greatest danger. I realized it when a line from Sarah Young's Jesus Calling** devotional flattened me: Don't make an idol of routine. Here's my problem. These routines are so helpful. They make such a difference in my life. I don't want to mess them up or skip a day. But, life happens. There are demands on my time, energy and focus. Even at 7 am. Even at 5:30 or earlier. So, how do I react? It's so tempting to get frustrated, to throw my whole day out of whack because my routines got interrupted. I've gotten pretty good at plans B through G, but sometimes, I can't pull that off, either. And I have to let go and remember: Don't make an idol of routine. *The selenium and lemon juice helps me deal with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. **More about Jesus Calling here.