Hey friend,
How was your 4th of July weekend?
If your house was anything like mine, there were several late nights, amazing fireworks well past bedtime, and popsicles melting down sweet, pudgy little toddler hands.
And to be clear, that's exactly how it should be. Holidays are for making memories, not protecting the schedule.
BUT holiday weekends have one thing in common. They end. And Monday morning shows up whether you're ready or not.
And this is where I'm so thankful for our simple rhythms. They don't take holidays off. They just sit there quietly, waiting for us to come back to them. So getting back into routine wasn't a battle. It was more like slipping back into something familiar.
Monday morning I was up at 5:30. I drank my electrolytes and caffeine while I read my Bible and prayed, and I even squeezed in a strength and cardio workout before the kids woke up.
Now listen. That does NOT happen every morning. That was a "best" day, and I'll take that win whenever I can get it. Plenty of mornings are "good" days at most, and those count too. Today was one of those mornings.
If that good, better, best thing doesn't make sense yet — it will in a minute.
The kids woke up and already knew what came next: breakfast, then getting dressed. Dinner was decided days ago, because I meal plan the same way every week. Predictable? Very. But that's exactly the point.
This week's podcast episode actually came from a listener question. Kylee submitted it through the Calm Discipline Collective:
"How do you stay calm and consistent in the chaos?"
Such a good question, because chaos is part of motherhood. Someone gets sick. Nap schedules change. The dishwasher won't drain. The goal isn't to eliminate chaos, but learning to remain steady in the middle of it.
In this week's episode, I share the three things that have made the biggest difference for me:
- Keeping things incredibly simple and predictable
- Embracing a "good, better, best" philosophy
- Starting and ending the day strong (there's a burger analogy involved... you'll see)
(Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify)
And if you have a question you'd love answered on a future episode, just like Kylee did, you can submit it through the Calm Discipline Collective. I always love reading and responding to those submissions.
Here's to a steady week ahead. Not a perfect one. Just a faithful one.
Cheering you on,
