“Flow…”

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Shared by Breanne Smedley

I have a serious love/hate relationship with routines.

When I pictured my life when I was in my early 20’s, I imagined I would be so free once I was removed from the structure of school and athletics.

I would be able to do what I want, when I want.
Pick up and leave for a trips.
Read tons of books.
Cooking, naps, exercising.

I’d be a free spirit. Free to flow from one thing to the next.

I would be able to do it all, and it would just happen because I would have so much more time on my hands!

This isn’t the first time in my life that I’ve uttered the words, “I’m not sure what I was thinking back then…”

I can remember at the end of a four-month trip to Europe that the thing I was looking forward to the most was getting back into a routine.

It’s the same at the end of a long break. I long to get back to some consistency.

Over and over, I’ve realized that routine and consistency are what actually lead to flow and productivity.

I was watching yesterday as Charlee was playing with my large water bottle. She was tipping it upside down and watching as the water splashed up against the edges.

Flowing almost effortlessly.

A quick minute later and she had the top off.

The water, no longer flowing, was spilled out on the floor. Eventually it came to a stop in a large puddle.

The container is what keeps the flow of the water happening.

Without it, there is no flow. There’s a mess of still, stagnant water going nowhere.

I can live in flow. I can take trips, read, cook, exercise, and achieve my personal and professional goals.

In order to do it, though, I need the edges of routine and consistency to keep the flow happening.

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