{"id":2015,"date":"2014-09-01T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2014-09-01T09:58:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T13:58:23","slug":"back-to-school-back-to-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/2014\/09\/01\/back-to-school-back-to-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to school, back to routine"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again.\u00a0 The last long weekend of the summer and kids are back in school tomorrow.\u00a0 I remember when I was \"routine\"<\/a>going to school, my mother always started to get me into my school routine \u2013 going to bed early and waking up early.\u00a0 I used to think my mom was just being mean, taking away that last bit of summer freedom.\u00a0 Now I realize that she understood the importance of establishing a routine, and that isn\u2019t going to happen overnight.<\/p>\n

It happens to the best of us.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s time away from school or taking a break from work and going on vacation, we all have disruptions to our regular routine.\u00a0 A break from the normal schedule can be great!\u00a0 Getting back into a functional rhythm when it\u2019s time can be the challenging part.<\/p>\n

Is there a way to make the transition back to our regular daily routine that makes it less of a challenge?\u00a0 I think the key is to give yourself something to look forward to when it\u2019s time to go back to your regular schedule.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s a new project at work or for your business.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s a new fitness class or continuing education class.\u00a0 Whatever it is, it ought to be something that motivates you to ensure that you\u2019re in top form mind, body and soul; so that you give whatever it is your coming back to 100% of your effort.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t to say that you can\u2019t enjoy your break.\u00a0 That\u2019s what they\u2019re there for!\u00a0 The break is a time to recharge, take your mind off the day-to-day for a while so that you can come back with new eyes.\u00a0 I\u2019m just talking about not suffering from a vacation hangover.\u00a0 You know what I\u2019m talking about.\u00a0 You\u2019ve had so much fun on your vacation that you have no desire to get back into your routine.\u00a0 You want to head back on that plane, train or car and go back to where life was so much easier.<\/p>\n

Most of us can\u2019t do that though, can we?\u00a0 The truth is, as heavenly as it may sound to go back to being \u201coff\u201d, we know that we have things we need to do, responsibilities to take care of.\u00a0 If we want more of that freedom time, we have to build the kind of foundation that will allow us to do that.\u00a0 How\u2019s that for motivation to get back to you regular routine?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got four months left to make this year count.\u00a0 Whether you are indeed going back to school, or simply refocusing now that summer is coming to a close, there is still work to be done.\u00a0 Do you have a plan?\u00a0 What do you need to do to really feel like 2014 has been a great year?\u00a0 Remember it just takes doing one thing every day towards the accomplishment of your goal to bring you closer to making it a reality.\u00a0 A routine gives you the discipline to make those things happen.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again.\u00a0 The last long weekend of the summer and kids are back in school tomorrow.\u00a0 I remember when I was going to school, my mother always started to get me into my school routine \u2013 going to bed early and waking up early.\u00a0 I used to think my mom was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[753,95,754,609,445,66,755,756],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughtoftheday","tag-back-to-school","tag-daily-routine","tag-establishing-a-routine","tag-focus","tag-goals","tag-going-back-to-school","tag-routine","tag-vacation-hangover"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}