This is the most important rhythm in my life.

PS - Webinar Next Week

I’m a rhythm girlie.

I have a rhythm for everything, and I’m not ashamed. I have a grocery shopping rhythm (Sunday at dinner time is when Trader Joe’s seems to be the most empty), a gratitude rhythm (every morning, I list at least five things), and workout rhythms that I’m pretty fastidious about (weights on M/W/F, running on Tuesday, yoga on Thursday).

But there’s one rhythm in my life that is currently the most important because it’s a gateway rhythm—a habit that keeps me healthy in multiple areas. 

And it is (drumroll)... walking my son, Cannon, to school. 

It’s nothing spectacular. It’s a half-mile walk in the morning and a half-mile walk home.

But it’s a rhythm that changes the way I live the night before, and the morning of, and it usually shifts and catapults my day in a different and more life-giving direction.

My kids have gone to this same school, which is a half-mile away from our house, for ten years, and for most of those years, I’ve driven them to drop them off in the morning before I go to work or the gym. It’s convenient, quick, and close!

But a year ago Cannon started asking to walk to school, and I realized that slowing down just enough to walk in the mornings meant I had to have a much more intentional evening. It meant I got a little more quality time with him. It gave me a shot of vitamin D and fresh air in the morning. And usually, the short walk to school lulled me into a longer walk home, so I don’t rush into my day - but take time with the Lord, grounding and centering my spirit for the day.

Last school year, I would tell people that the days I walked Cannon to school were a “sign of health.” This year, I decided to take hold of that health daily and make it a non-negotiable rhythm - and I’m thrilled to share that Cannon, and I have a 100% track record of walking to school so far this school year. 

Do you have a gateway rhythm?
One that changes or shifts multiple parts of your life? 

If you need help developing a cornerstone, catalyzing rhythm that helps you live fully awake - I’m sharing some tips for developing one inside my substack community, The Fully Awake Women’s Club. Over there you’ll find a short teaching video to equip you and a Q&A where the whole community is chatting about what rhythms work best for us! Join us over there.

PS: if you join the Fully Awake Women’s Club this week, you’ll automatically be registered for my webinar next week: Gratitude As Spiritual Warfare!