Let me check my schedule…
Why do I never shut up about creating a consistent routine?
Because it works. Until this year, I never valued consistency or optimizing my day to day life. Everything before the age of 25 was a rollercoaster. Because of my childhood being so inconsistent, from living situations to family members to schools, I had believed that to be my “normal”. Convinced that I “thrived” in chaos, I kept perpetuating that idea that unnecessary spontaneity and lack of structure made me unique and interesting. The reality is that it made me messy. My work was messy, my goals were messy, and worst of all my mindset was messy. What I mean by this is without a clear and directed path, anything that I put effort into was still a half measure.
Somewhere down the line, we’re convinced that being secure for the future is somehow lame. I remember being surrounded by people who would spend their whole paycheck 20 minutes after receiving it. I was never taught the value of the money that I earn, what to do with it, and how being smarter with my time can benefit me for the future. Most important of all, I was never taught how to value myself and my time.
In the current social media age, most people we see on Instagram are vacationing every week and “living their best life” every weekend. We live in a day and age where people are earning salaries by legitimately recording their day to day lives and posting them online. It is incredible what we have the capability to do because of the technological age we live in with just a little bit of drive. To me, “living my best life” is creating a lifestyle where I can do what I love and nothing ever feels like work. Having the freedom and the means to be able to work from home, grow and expand my business, and save for the future is what makes me excited to get up every day. That right there is why I value my consistent schedule.
After spending about 10 years working for other people and supporting other people’s goals and dreams, it is finally so nice that my entire focus can be on growing myself. So I focused on creating a schedule that allows me to effectively grow. I have dedicated times to do the work that pays my bills, focus on finding creative outlets, learn and expand my knowledge and to be able to enjoy my downtime. This clear-cut path has made it so much easier for me to channel my creativity and feel energized about what I’m doing every day.
The overall message here is that you have to find what is important to YOU. What goals do you want to achieve in a year, five years, or ten years? Once that is defined for you, map out what it takes for you to achieve that. It will become crystal clear from there what is important and what isn’t.
