A Slope Side Epiphany

Welcome to the Anturas newsletter, where I share my thoughts, learnings, and failures to help you think, learn, and grow. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward along to friends.

Quote I Loved: 

"Many people view their habits and routines as obstacles or, at the very least, obligations to get through… Find the beauty and joy in your daily rituals and you will find beauty and joy in your daily life. To love your habits is to love your days, and to love your days is to love your life." - James Clear

Things I Am Thinking About:

I am a very structured person and I have set up rules for myself so I can keep that structure (and my sanity). One of those rules is that I don't go out on Sundays. Sundays are a day for Kel and me. We clean the house, meal prep, get ready for the week, and go to bed super early. At first I thought this would be a boring (but necessary) day. Now, it's turned into one of my favorite days of the week. I get to spend quality time with Kel, everything slows down, and I start Monday feeling fantastic.

Last Sunday was a tricky one. It was the last day on the ski mountain. The Whitefish tradition is to go to the top of the mountain and cheers the last chair lift around 4pm. I made an exception to my Sunday rule. I went up to the mountain.

As I was skiing down, a few people tried to convince me to go to the bar. I heard things like:

"It's only the end of the year once."

"It'll only be for a little bit."

I continued to smile and say "no, I need to go home and get ready for the week" and eventually they stopped.

As I reflected on that afternoon, I had two really cool realizations:

1. Staying in on Sunday is actually something I want to do (vs. need). I am fired up on Sundays because I'm excited for the week ahead. When I stay in, get everything organized and go to bed early it sets me up to do the thing I love, coaching. The reason I have this rule is so that I can feel 100% and give my clients 100%. I'm happy with that.

2. Once you set your values and priorities, decisions become easier. Even though I was asked multiple times to stay out, I didn't have decision fatigue because I never actually considered saying "yes." It didn’t align with my priorities so the answer was already made.

Favorite Photo From the Week:

On Saturday, Whitefish hosted its annual Pond Skim. It's always a blast watching people try to make it across. Check it out: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5eetO5OsGw/ 

Till next week, be kind, be curious and work hard. 

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