Routines: Are You the Master, or the Slave?
I was once visited in a dream state by a group of masters from several different lineages. They showed me something that has never left me. Every action we take keeps us locked into a certain perspective. The more we repeat the same thing, the more solid that reality becomes. So, if we want something in our life to change, we have to look honestly at what we're doing that keeps things exactly as they are.
I questioned them and gave examples like eating or sleeping. They confirmed that even those routines are holding reality in place. They referenced yogis who have spent a lifetime undoing the need to have a body. Of course, we aren’t aiming to be that extreme! We are just looking to know how we can help ourselves change.
My Routine, Busted
When my kids were little, I became a new, full-time, stay-at-home mom. This happened overnight, after a layoff from my corporate job. Not long after, my husband went out of town for work for a week…and that week cracked my routine wide open! I found out later how much of a gift it was.
Nothing about that week went as planned. My oldest had a day off school, then came down with the stomach flu right after. None of it was routine for me. I was used to drop-offs, meetings, a full calendar, and skills I'd already mastered. Stay-at-home mothering was none of those things. It wasn't predictable and it definitely wasn't easy.
For the most part, I handled it well. What I noticed was that most of my routine had really just been a way to hold onto what I liked and avoid everything else. I was also starting to come into my intuitive gifts around that time (gifts that had been buried under years of "have tos" and "shoulds" from climbing a corporate ladder).
By the end of the week, I'd learned a lot. I found out my second son turned into a huge blabbermouth when his older brother wasn't around. I discovered that I could have real fun with my kids with zero agenda. I learned that sitting at a desk all day was making me tired and out of shape in ways I hadn't even clocked. And, underneath all the roles I'd been playing, I found my actual soul essence is flexible, open, and genuinely loves being alive! I needed that week to remember it.
Routines settle into our nervous system too. When we do the same thing enough times, our brain files it as “safe” and stops questioning it. That's very useful. It's also how we end up living entire years on autopilot, mistaking "familiar" for "true". Breaking a routine, even by accident, is one of the fastest ways to find out what's actually yours and what you just fell into.
Review Your Routine
You might not even realize it, but you could be a slave to your routines instead of the one running them. Take a minute and think about the new experiences you're actually craving. Look at your life from a different angle for a second. Drive a different way to work, order something new for lunch, be spontaneous! Tell the universe what you want and go find the magic that's been waiting just off the usual path.
There's nothing wrong with having routines. They might hold your health together or keep the essentials handled, and that matters. This isn't about blowing up your whole life, it's about checking in.
Notice how easily (or not) you could give something up or switch it around. Notice your own instinct to keep things predictable. Are you doing it because it genuinely brings you joy or because some part of you is scared of what happens if you let go of what you "know" is safe? That's the real question. Are you the master of your routines or are they the master of you?
Energy for the Week of September 7, 2026
This is actually perfect timing to ask this question. We're heading into a New Moon in Virgo this week and Virgo's whole territory is routines, systems, and the small daily practices that either support us or quietly run us. If there was ever a moment to take an honest look at your own patterns, this is it!
Your True Nature
You might discover you've been doing certain things only because you accidentally fell into a pattern years ago and never questioned it. Your true nature might be hidden, even from you. When I finally let myself unpack my own "have tos" and "shoulds," I found out I'm actually a pretty solid healer, and that turned out to be my calling all along.
I still have to push myself out of my comfort zone sometimes. But when I genuinely want something to change, I stop forcing it and just go see what the universe drops at my feet instead. It's almost always more magical than anything I could have planned.
I hope this stirs something for you. If you're ready to stop white-knuckling your growth alone and want a steady, structured space to actually do this kind of work (with real support), that's exactly what Energy on Purpose is for. It's the monthly container I built for people who are done trying to figure this out solo. Come see what it feels like to be held while you change.
I’ll leave you with a channeled message about your true nature from The Light Council:
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