I'm guilty of overplanning sometimes.

The problem arises when my attention span suddenly says, "Welp, it seemed like a good idea at the time..but now it seems boring."

It can be hard to predict what future Rachel will actually be interested in. There is a higher chance of me doing the thing if there is a consequence or an in person factor (since I don't particularly like to flake on people last minute or let them down, though I have done that before). 

My lack of consistency used to frustrate me. I'm not a "don't break the streak" kind of person. I'm a "Did I just say that?" promptly forgot what I just said person. Anyone else? No? Ok.

Here's the thing though. The way I see it, I have 1 or 2 options. 

1) Hate myself and try really hard to be super consistent, uber discplined, and ultra productive like the productivity gurus or influencers on the 'gram through sheer willpower and fail miserably.

2) Today I learned that doing 25 bodyweight squats makes me tired. Aw man, I just dunked my hair in soup while I was typing this (true story). What was I writing about again?

Very few things interest me enough to do them every single day without fail, so why set myself up for failure in that way?

Still, the idea of being able to count on myself to do the thing I want to do the same way every day sounds so awesome, rather than perhaps the reality which is that it actually feels really ordinary and hence uninteresting to me.

So I'll let you in on a little secret. I don't write a new blog post everyday by sitting down each day and writing one. I write several blog posts when I sit down to write in between life happening and then I schedule them out for each day. As I am writing this today, I currently have 6 posts queued up for the next 6 days to tide me over.

I like the idea of being able to go back and read what I wrote, oftentimes having forgotten what I have written moments after posting, revising and adding more words to better explain my intentions since in my brain, I often assume you will just understand what I am talking about.

So today, I will once again abandon the idea of the 30 day exercise routine/hot dog diet/meditation practice in favor of trying to figure out what works for me like signing up for a yoga class that I have to go to or they will charge me for not going or playing pickleball with friends who are waiting for me to show up.