Routines – Page 8 – Melissa Schlies

New Year, New You–Or, Keep Fighting the Good Fight

Every year around this time, the story is always the same. “New Year, New You.” All of a sudden gym parking lots are full. We buy vegetables in bulk, and sigh at the numbers on our scales. We try to figure out how much kale we can hide in a smoothie, and feel the pressure to be different. And some years, this is good. There are January’s where we need to do something drastic to help get us back on course. To give us perspective. Or, to make a real change. But then there are January’s where striving to achieve [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:27:21+00:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: Acceptance, Balance, Change, Health, Routines|Comments Off

Learn: What 2017 Taught Me

Since I was a teenager writing in my well-worn journals, I’ve always felt it’s important to look at what has been, before we move on to what’s ahead. I feel this is especially true in the New Year. In the past, on many December 31st’s, I have literally made lists of all the big things that have happened in the year. I have taken the time to be grateful, grieve, and most importantly, think about what I’ve learned in hopes of being better in the New Year. In this spirit, before truly beginning 2018, today I am sharing things I [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-17T01:38:09+00:00January 1st, 2018|Categories: Faith, Health, Routines, Travel|Comments Off

Crying Over Spilt Milk

Once, when Tony and I were at the grocery story, we arrived in the dairy department just as a little girl was grabbing a gallon of milk out of the refrigerator for her mother. She was small and the jug was big. Within seconds it slipped out of her hands and crashed to the floor. Cracked on one side, milk started gushing out all around her. Without thinking, I reached down, grabbed the handle to the milk jug and turned it “crack-side-up,” so the milk would stop spilling. I had worked at a grocery store all throughout high school and [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:34:29+00:00October 2nd, 2017|Categories: discipline, Good Books, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Learn: How to Build Healthy Routines

Whether we realize it or not, we build routines often. One day, a coworker happens to eat lunch at the same time we do, so we eat together. Then we eat together the next day. Before we know it, we are texting each other daily about when to meet for lunch. Or, we find a coffee shop on our way to work that makes the perfect latte. Soon, we are no longer making coffee at home. Instead, we are in line for our latte exactly ten minutes before we have to be at work—everyday. Sadly, we also create routines that [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:37:19+00:00September 28th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Routines, Success|Comments Off

Wouldn’t it be nice if life was easy?

Wouldn’t it be nice if life was easy? That like my coffee maker—if you just remember to put a few simple parts together—everything would brew smooth and rich? That the changing of seasons would become like riding a bicycle; we’d remember our routines for each one and slip into them with the page change of the calendar. Only, that’s not how life is. We’ve all lived long enough to know that not every fall is the same as the last, nor are any of the other seasons for that matter. The routines of last fall very likely won’t work this [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-18T19:39:48+00:00September 25th, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Routines, Success|Comments Off

New Year, New You–Or, Keep Fighting the Good Fight

Learn: What 2017 Taught Me

Crying Over Spilt Milk

Learn: How to Build Healthy Routines

Wouldn’t it be nice if life was easy?

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