Routine is Your Anchor in the Storm
Day 6: Finding stability when everything else feels chaotic
I need to talk about something that's keeping me sane: routine. When everything else in your life feels like it's spinning out of control, routine becomes your anchor.
When Everything Feels Chaotic
Here's the thing about major life transitions - they're fucking chaotic. One day you're confident about your new direction, the next day you're questioning everything and wondering if you should just go back to what you know.
My morning routine and evening routine have become the only things keeping me grounded during this transition. They're the constants when everything else is variable.
The Power of Small Consistencies
I'm not talking about some elaborate 47-step morning routine that requires waking up at 4 AM and meditating for three hours. I'm talking about simple, non-negotiable habits that anchor your day.
My morning routine is stupid simple: Get up, splash water on my face, stretch on the floor, feed the cat (otherwise…), clean the litter box and sweep the floor, take my vitamins.
My evening routine is even simpler: go to bed embarrassingly early.
But these small consistencies create the biggest stability when your entire life is in flux.
The Anchor Metaphor
Think of routine as an anchor. Not the kind that keeps you stuck in one place forever, but the kind that keeps you steady while the storms pass through.
When you're in transition, when you're changing careers, starting over, or figuring out who you want to become, everything external feels uncertain. But if you have internal anchors—those non-negotiable routines that ground you—you can weather any storm.
What's Your Non-Negotiable?
During times of change, you need something that doesn't change. Something that's yours, that you control, that happens regardless of what chaos is swirling around you.
Maybe it's your morning coffee ritual. Maybe it's your evening walk. Maybe it's journaling or meditation or calling your mom or taking a shower that's three minutes longer than necessary.
The specific routine doesn't matter. What matters is that it's consistent and it's yours.
The Transition Truth
Sometimes, the smallest consistencies create the biggest stability. When you can't control the big things—like whether you'll get that job, whether your new business idea will work, or whether you're making the right decisions—you can control the small things.
And those small things add up to a sense of stability that allows you to take bigger risks with the rest of your life.
Building Your Anchor
If you don't have a routine that grounds you, start small. Pick one thing you can do every morning and one thing you can do every evening. Make them so easy you can't fail.
The goal isn't perfection. The goal is consistency. The goal is to have something solid to hold onto when everything else feels like it's shifting.
The Revolutionary Act of Self-Care
In a world that profits from your chaos and exhaustion, having a routine that centers you is a revolutionary act. It's saying "I matter enough to take care of myself, even when everything else is uncertain."
Your routine is your daily vote for yourself. Your daily commitment to showing up for your own life, even when you don't know where it's heading.
Day 6 of finding my footing in the chaos. What's your anchor?
