Routines are Dead: It’s Time to Build Rituals

Giselle Flores Alvarado
6 min readAug 13, 2021
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

I know I’m not the only one who’s been living her life, only half present, half aware, pushing things off, sacrificing habits here are there, feel absolutely bored with how I’m living. Part of it is the pandemic, I know, but if I’m honest, I’ve hated the idea of a routine for years. And I’ve tried. I’ve tried it all. And it never sticks, I always end up hating it.

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Giselle Flores Alvarado

I’m a Brown student pursing a BA in literary arts and on my way to an MFA in creative writing. I write and read about love, identity, and womanhood.