The realistic routine test: does it survive tired days?
A simple test for building routines that still work around interruptions and low-energy days.
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A routine that only works on perfect days is not a routine for motherhood.
It might be a nice idea. But it may need a smaller version.
Ask one tired-day question
Choose one routine that regularly disappears when the day is busy or your energy is low.
Ask:
What is the smallest part of this that would still make tomorrow easier?
For getting tomorrow ready, the answer might be putting the one thing you must not forget beside the front door.
Name just that version.
You are not designing the whole routine today. You are proving that one useful version can still exist on a tired day.