Learning to Build Routines Around My Health

February 12, 2023 - By Rachelle ♡

One thing I’ve been slowly realizing lately is that health routines only work when they realistically fit your actual life.

And honestly?

That sounds obvious, but it took me years to fully understand it.

For the longest time, I kept trying to follow routines that looked good on paper but didn’t actually match the reality of my daily life.

Strict schedules.

Extreme discipline.

All-or-nothing thinking.

And honestly?

Most of those systems failed because they weren’t sustainable emotionally.

Especially during stressful seasons.

Lately, I’ve been approaching health differently.

Instead of trying to become “perfect,” I’ve been trying to become more consistent realistically.

And honestly?

That mindset shift helped me more than guilt ever did.

I’m learning to build routines around:

Because honestly?

Managing health while navigating adulthood, motherhood, work, and emotional exhaustion is already difficult enough.

I don’t need to make it harder by constantly punishing myself too.

Lately, small routines have been helping more than extreme ones:

Nothing dramatic.

But honestly?

Those softer systems feel more sustainable for me long term.

I also think living with diabetes changed the way I view discipline.

Before, I thought discipline meant constantly forcing yourself.

Now?

I think real discipline also includes:

And honestly?

I think I’m finally learning how to care for myself in healthier ways now.

Not perfectly.

But more realistically.

Because I’m realizing health isn’t built through punishment.

It’s built through routines you can emotionally survive long term too.

And honestly?

That’s the kind of balance I’m trying to create lately.