I stop myself before I even had a chance to create something. I want it to be perfect to be worth sharing. I strive for perfection. All that, however, usually results in ideas never seeing the light of day.

Perhaps there is a parallel reality, where a well-organized version of me is enjoying picture-perfect holidays. But in this reality, it is certainly not the case. How are the holidays for you? If you can relate to being stressed, putting yourself under pressure, and feeling generally overwhelmed (even if objectively you don’t have a legitimate reason to be) then… Welcome! I have a little present for you!

Getting ready for tomorrow, and not only that, but the whole week ahead is exciting and/or stressful. I read that our bodies experience both emotions in a very similar fashion (chemically speaking). So before you go to bed, or perhaps you meet this article with your morning coffee, let me share simple tricks I am trying out these days. I hope they bring you a spark, an appetizer of inspiration to your workday.

This is not a how to article or one of those 23+ lists you have to read to increase your productivity and get that promotion you des(erve)ire. No such expectations are set for this piece. Instead please read it as if we went for coffee and I just told you about something new I am trying. In particular, one of my ambivalent friends - a routine!