When Your “Perfect” Routine Starts Working Against You
Wake up at 5 AM. Reiki self-healing session.
30-minute Joe Dispenza meditation.
Three full pages of morning pages.
Oil pull. Yoga. Dry brush. Shower.
Make juice. Get ready for a 10-hour shift.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Until suddenly, I started dreading my own routine.
I started hitting snooze.
I started cutting corners.
I started skipping entire sections because if I couldn’t do everything, what was the point?
And then there were days where I’d force myself to do it all.
I’d tell myself, This is discipline. This is what it takes to be consistent.
Only to burn out again a few days later.
Sound familiar?
When a Routine Becomes a Trap Instead of a Support System.
We see it everywhere—on social media, in books, in every “morning routine” video.
This is the formula.
This is the way to be productive.
This is the structure you must follow.
And when we inevitably fall off?
We blame ourselves.
We assume we just need to “try harder.”
But in reality?
Most of us aren’t failing at our routines.
Our routines are failing us.
Because we’re forcing ourselves into a rigid, repetitive structure that doesn’t actually match our natural rhythms.
Cyclical Living = Learning to Trust Yourself.
When I started learning about Ayurveda, seasonal living, and cyclical rhythms, I saw it immediately:
✔ My energy shifts throughout the month.
✔ Some days I feel productive and energized, other days I need rest.
✔ No single routine will ever work the exact same way every day.
And yet, I kept pushing through.
I kept telling myself, I can do everything at any time, whenever I want.
Ignoring the cycles of nature.
Ignoring the cycles of me.
I burned out on my own routine.
And that’s when I realized: living cyclically is about more than just “tracking” your energy. It’s about trusting yourself enough to adjust.
So, What’s the Fix?
Step one? Start paying attention.
Because once you start noticing your own patterns, you stop blaming yourself for inconsistency.
Once you start tracking your shifts, you stop trying to force yourself into routines that don’t fit.
That’s exactly why I created my Cyclical Routine Tracker—a tool to help you see your own patterns and start building habits that actually support you.
Download it for free here.
And if this is something you want to go even deeper into? I’ll be teaching all about how to build a routine that works with your cycle in my upcoming workshop.
More details here.
What about you? Have you ever fallen into a routine that stopped working for you? Drop a comment—I’d love to hear.
