How Your Daily Routine Can Strengthen Your Family
S Some days I feel like someone pushed a button that put me on autopilot when I'm doing the same thing over and over again every day. Of course, I'm the one who usually sets my daily routines in motion. But lately I've started thinking about her more. I realized that we live life either by plan or by design. When we live by mindless routine, we live by default. But when we live by intentional routine, which in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, we live more by intention. So we have to ask ourselves, "Am I designing my routines to be me-centered or my-family-centered?" For example, if my morning routine consists of getting up, drinking coffee, and reading the news on my tablet, that's all fine. But when I add the extra expectation that no one should bother me, then I've created a routine that can hurt my family a little day in and day out. Our family life was full of routines. I try to get up every morning and make coffee for Susan. For many...