You Need to Find a Balance of Structure and Adventure

I love the structure of a routine.
After being out of routine for the last three weeks, I finally returned to it. I felt the burden lift from my shoulders when I pressed “publish.”
My sacred hours are in the late evening. I write an essay, something like an organized brain dump, on my topic of choice. The last task of my morning routine is to edit and publish my essay. I’ve done this for 18 months.
I reached 500 consistent days of publishing. Then I relaxed, continuing to write daily. I didn't have a writing habit until my first Ship 30 cohort. Sacred hours serve me well.
I love adventure and novelty.
So many opportunities await me. Adventure and novel experiences expand my world with knowledge and experience.
My son called on December 23rd, asking if I wanted to join them on a tour of a 19th-century historical estate. I didn’t need to stop to think. Of course, I wanted to go! My routine could wait for another day. The holidays had thrown me off anyway.
This was an opportunity to spend time with family. The tour was a chance to learn about life in another era.
You can see my dilemma.
I love both the structure of a routine AND the novelty of adventure. Gretchen Rubin explains in her podcast how habits and routine speed time. We slow time with adventure and novelty.
"Newness makes time seem more rich." - Gretchen Rubin
Don’t we want both routine and adventure in our lives? We shouldn't let our desire for either aspect of time get in the way of the other.
Life is all about balance.