on the weekends? no routine is my routine.

Last night, I created a chore chart. It’s very doable, but will we do it? I’m definitely a “one bad day ends the whole system” kind of girl. I drive myself nuts with that.

I think some of it is hating to fully commit to anything. I may have such and such planned for after work tonight, but what if one of my friend’s calls for happy hour? I’m that girl who hates to miss anything, so I would go for the happy hour over the planned evening every time.

I’ll start with this chore chart routine and see how that goes. If it goes well, maybe I’ll add something.

But, I do love to branch out and do something different - try a new restuarant, take a new route to go somewhere, atttend a cultural event, etc. I feel excited and adventurous when I try something new.

So I guess it’s good to have a balance between the two?

So I usually do my routines in a different order each day or week depending on how “trapped” I feel. I have the same daily things, but I mix them up in the day.

It’s amazing how just doing exercise before chores, or paper before calls can make you feel less contained.

And every few months I redo them completely - maybe I find I don’t need to do something daily, just weekly or I find a new method of doing something that I think might work or I read about a new schedule of someone’s.

I have my routines on the computer. Then I print them out and put them into page protectors so I can check them off with a white board marker. That way they are easy to change. If I am just changing the order I don’t even need to change the page. (saves paper)

Just thought you might like this alternative to plain jane routines.