Originally Posted by
puzzle 
Routines are important but I agree with D, being inflexible is not good. I like to distinguish routines from goals. For example, if my morning routine is to start my day doing something good for my sobriety, my GOAL might be to sit down and write in a gratitude journal. But life happens, and maybe it’s telling myself what I’m grateful for while brushing my teeth. Hope that makes sense.
It does puzzle, thank you. I started a routine at the beginning of the year and I was trying to read, write a bit,swim, do gratitude work....all before I started work for the day. I think I lasted about 4 days before I couldn't get up that early......I think consciously trying to take time in the day to acknowledge things and be grateful is a better way to do it. I do want to do all the things above, but trying to force it all just makes is so much harder to cope with being sober xx