03/07/2026
I didn’t skip the workout because I was lazy. I skipped it because I didn’t want to wake my husband rummaging in the dark. Poor excuse given that he’s a deep sleeper, but it was rational in my mind.
There I’d be, 6am, half motivated, genuinely intending to move my body & then I’d remember the sports bra was somewhere in the drawer, the leggings were probably on the chair in the corner, and the socks were anyone’s guess.
Too much noise. Too much effort. Too much risk of waking my overtired hubby.
So I’d put it off till later. And later, as later tends to do, never came.
Small Win #4 fixed what no habit tracker ever did.
The night before — not folded, not perfect, just gathered. Mismatched sports bra, old leggings, one sock that doesn’t match the other. Dropped in a visible spot on the bedroom chair. That’s it. That’s the whole win.
Because when the mood takes you at 6am, it’s already sorted. No rummaging. No excuses. No accidentally elbowing your husband in the dark & losing the moral high ground before breakfast.
None of it looked like a wellness routine. All of it removed the one thing that was quietly talking me out of moving my body every single morning.
Friction. That’s all it was. Not laziness. Not lack of motivation. Just friction ai never thought to remove.
Over half of women aren’t moving as much as they’d like. I’d bet most of them have a version of the dark bedroom rummage in their excuse bank too
Consider this your friction removal.
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Mucho love, Amelia
perimenopause • menopausal •
