Good Morning,
As I recover from my leg surgery and more importantly, I as slowly regain the basic skills of standing and walking, I am finding that my former daily routines, those things I did day-in and day-out have taken on a more important part of my life. Each of these daily activities, once completed, brings a sense of calm and accomplishment in my daily life. While I cannot walk, or drive my car, accomplishing one of my daily routines brings back a sense of comfort and familiarity to my daily life. I become more in control.
It is as if each routine task completed is a step back to the normalcy I had prior to my surgery. Each daily routine then becomes, in and of itself, a milestone to achieving in my healing. More importantly I can set some of these tasks as milestones, knowing that as I continue to heal, I will achieve them. For example, climbing stairs, driving, walking, sitting at a desk for 1 hour, or 3 hours, etc. Achieving each of these then becomes a roadmap to normal. My path of recovery.
Having such a roadmap can bring a lot of sanity back to our lives, especially when the world we live in moves at 120 miles per hour, with changes being thrown at us nearly as fast as we have to make split second decisions. When we do find ourselves in this rambunctious world of quicksand and need to get our bearings, it can be our simple daily routines which can help anchor us and bring back a sense of calm and control.
These familiar routines, like reading my Bible in the morning, or at work reading emails in the morning, or reviewing our to do list prior to leaving the office the night before, can give us some level of comfort while the #$%#$5 is hitting the fan.
And when we can get some foothold of calm and control, it allows us to time to breath and think about and increase that amount of control and regaining composure.
My convalescence has given me the opportunity to stop and look at the simple tasks which make up my routine life, but that does not mean the rest of us need to do the same. Simply take some time to reflect on what are the routines of our lives and take a mental snapshot, or better, write them down.
When the world starts getting out of control, pull out that list and start getting your bearings back, and start regaining control.
Routines matter, more so that I first thought.
Enjoy
Sanford Berenberg
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