It is flipping hard to get into a new routine. Especially with a little person in your life with their own needs, schedules, and unpredictability. I can recommend the four-week challenge to get yourself on track. Here are a few times I’ve tried it with mixed success:
- Prenatal yoga with a toddler in tow. Each time we went, I’d get pulled out because Holden was crying. Every time but once. Still worth trying.
- Six O’Clock Scramble. I made dinner from this cookbook for an entire month as an exercise in getting dinner on the table. It worked great, so why am I back to struggling.
- Flossing. Is it normal or tragic to admit that I have to force myself to floss? Little goals and publicly outing myself helps.
- Exercise… ok, that’s still coming soon!
Make the arrangements necessary to do what you keep thinking you ought to do. Try your new thing out for a while and refine your plan along the way. Report back to us!
What do you want to do today?
Related activities and posts:
>> Observe Fearless Fridays.
>> My adventures in flossing
>> Let someone else plan your meals
I just read that it takes 21 days to get into a new habit. I’m trying to decide what habit to experiment with. Flossing would indeed be a good one. I would like to try push ups and sit ups when I get out of bed… but alas, there is typically someone either calling “Mommy!” or crying for the boob when I get out of bed in the morning.
The next ones on my list are:
-30 minute walk each day
-Eat fruit every day (ok, that’s Alec’s)
-Pick one day per week (for four weeks) to have an afternoon “off”
-kegels.
Good ones!
I want to try to get in that 30 min walk a day too. I’d also like to take a yoga class, but leave baby home with daddy.
Oh and kegels. That’s a good idea too.
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