Planning your "Return to work" routine?

Avoid this common mistake when defining your priorities

"I always start with a solid routine, but after two weeks… everything falls apart."

Sound familiar? It’s happened to me so many times.

Trying to squeeze in a full time job, with late night calls, time for reading, family dinners, and of course meditation and pilates classes.
Result: I start questioning whether I can really “do it all.”
(Spoiler: none of us can do it all.)

Stop: you’re not alone in this.

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Chances are, you’ll recognize yourself in more than one of them! I can’t wait to hear from you

You are sabotaging yourself

Because that’s exactly how long it usually takes to settle into any new routine.

But most of us sabotage ourselves by trying to nail the perfect routine from day one.
When you’re coming back from holidays or a break, it’s unrealistic , and honestly unfair to yourself.

Is your career still your priority #1?

Your career may have once been at the center of your life. But maybe during your recent break, you realized you’re not willing to compromise anymore on what matters most:

  • Family time

  • Exercising

  • Going to bed earlier

Forget about the “Perfect routine”

You know, the one that squeezes 36hours of activities into a 24h-day

The biggest mistake I see?
Trying to design one routine that will work forever.

But life isn’t static. Priorities shift. What works in September may be not work by October.

Time to build a flexible foundation system

And here’s the keyword: FLE-XI-BLE.

❌ Don’t assume your routine is fixed forever or try to cram everything in.
✅ Do create a 2-week review cycle around your non-negotiables.

My advice:
Week 1: Identify your 3 non-negotiables : the activities that, if skipped, leave you feeling regretful by Sunday night. (Maybe it’s that energizing morning workout, or blocking off Friday afternoons for deep work instead of busy work?)

Week 2: Protect those non-negotiables while testing everything else around them. Let the rest shift.

At the end of the 2 weeks, ask yourself:

  • What energized me?

  • What drained me?

Then tweak one small thing for the next cycle.
Because small changes do lead big transformations without the guilt.

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Trust yourself,

Stephanie.