scheduling a time to show up for yourself can be useful,
+ it can also be too rigid for your lifestyle + in turn, compromise your consistency.
what happens when you don’t show up at that exact time?
are you giving yourself permission to take any time you need to fulfill that need or are you super strict with your time that every single moment, down to the second, is accounted for in your life?
today, sit down + create a routine for yourself.
a routine, unlike a schedule, give you the flexibility to show up without the extra pressure of time constraints + restrictions.
basically, you aren’t telling yourself you have to do something.
instead, you are giving yourself grace + encouraging yourself to take the time to do what’s important to you.
for example, every single day i sit down + write an encouraging + energizing email to you — my family here at dear dope chick.
most times, i get to send it out in the morning; however, there are times when my mornings get the best of me so i give myself permission to sit down, write, + send out the email later.
a routine is established to get essential tasks done,
not to schedule every moment of our day,
force ourselves to power through + stick to the schedule,
then beat ourselves up over circumstances + situations we cannot control that happen to infringe upon our scheduled time.
whatever you missed doing today that you want to remain consistent in doing —
a sweat session,
cooking a meal,
prayer + meditation,
phoning or texting a friend,
looking over your finances,
reading a few pages from your book,
watching the sunrise (you can see it set instead)
or studying a new topic you’re interested in learning —
give yourself permission to still do it now with the time you do have.
this time is better than no time,
+ later than expected is better than not showing up at all.
be you, be dope!
Phylicia Sadsarin
Mindset Coach
journal prompt(s) for today:
what have you put off to do tomorrow (or later) because you believed you lacked the time commitment to do it today? can you dedicate at least five minutes to the task?