We should develop and understand our preferences.

Often I find myself making more excuses than understanding my preferences.

Similar to “even though” vs. “if only,” a simple flip in perspective frees us up.

I prefer to work from my home office and have a set morning routine including coffee, chatting with Kelly, playing with my pups for a second, sitting for 30 minutes to meditate and read and wander in my head…

When this is interrupted, I make excuses that my day didn’t go well because my preferences weren’t meant.

When I turn those preferences into excuses, I only hinder myself, those around me, and the work I do.

Of course I may not be as effective when I don’t get things as I want but more importantly than routine is getting into a rhythm without the routine.

Rhythm over routine. Rhythm with routine. Rhythm without routine.

This bouncing back into rhythm even though routines or preferences are not there…that’s true effectiveness.

More like jazz. Less like classical.