YOUR WEEKDAY ROUTINE

Our weekdays make up about 70% of our week and are the most demanding in terms of energy. Whether its work, social interactions or obligations, our weekdays require a sense of performance in relation to productivity. This constant sense of urgency and fast paced living is taxing on our energy. Even with starting your week at a 100% charge, each day depletes your charge leaving you at 0% by the end of Friday if you aren't consciously carving out time to recharge. This is the main goal of your weekday routine – to recharge you in small spurts to sustain your energy before you can fully recharge on the weekend. This is a powerful why to come back to when your mind begins making excuses for why you don't have the time or energy to do your routine. Think about how you feel after your routine is done and remember that these minutes that you set aside to perform your three rituals are going to pay off so much more than the lost time that it takes to do them. Even on days that you aren't able to go through your full routine, pick just one of your rituals to do to get a little bit of charge.

Any time that you set aside for you and the commitment that you've made to yourself will always be worth it.

YOUR WEEKEND ROUTINE

Weekends are the two most glorified days in our culture given that they are our days of freedom. This remaining 30% of our week embodies a sense of leisure with a tone of recovery. Although your routine is designed to provide an element of recovery throughout your whole week, your weekends are your time to slow down, recenter and charge your battery to full. Through your three rituals, you've gotten clear about what activities are truly supportive to you, but the weekends give you to space to let go of the restraint of time. By allowing yourself more time to perform your rituals or by diving into them deeper, you are going to feel the true effects of how a routine can allow you to form into the person that you want to be. While urgency isn't as much of a constraint on your weekend routine, consistency is. Weekends often bring less order in our schedules, travel and social events that bring us out of our anticipated flow. Sometimes these obligations are draining, making it even more important to stick to a routine but it's important to acknowledge the ebb & flow that a weekend brings and adjusting accordingly. If you are traveling, how can you adjust your routine to meet your new surroundings? If you slept in later than expected, don't be hard on yourself and adjust to do your routine at a different time in the day that supports you. Remember that weekends are so special because of the freedom that they allow us and by embracing that flexibility, you are supporting yourself in the way that you need to.