Last night, I went to bed early. Yes, I had the wherewithal to just say no to another episode of Futurama, and instead head to bed at 10:20pm. Please hold your applause until the end.
Of course, then I had to do my night-time routine: brush teeth, floss, wash face, apply useless face cream, apply useless lip treatment. This is a new routine for me. Like most everyone else, of course I would floss sometimes, but not every night. And then, I don't really wear make-up and never had any issues with acne, so face washing was never really on my radar.
Everything changes. I knew that I should floss every day, so it was a resolution for 2010. And my skin was no longer baby-smooth, so I thought it was probably time to start paying attention to it.
Flossing stuck; after those first 21 days, I was so proud of myself I couldn't stand it. So I added the face washing. And it didn't work out so regularly. I'm not good at keeping up on laundry (yup, bad habit) so about every 10 days I'd run out of clean washcloths and decide I didn't really need to wash my face that night. Rinse, repeat.
To support the formation of this face habit, I created a laundry system. So far that laundry system has worked through two rotations of towels and wash cloths, so I feel optimistic. I always have a fresh washcloth to use AND a place to put it until all are dirty and ready to be washed. Just like a grown-up!
My skin looks better, too. I have no idea if the face stuff I bought actually does anything, but I've read that it's more (most?) important to have a routine, ie that the routine matters more than the products. I don't find myself worrying too much about this, though.
The enemy of forming habits is overloading the system, which is why I've gone slowly with myself, adding something new only after I feel comfortable that the last new addition has taken root. I'm almost there with washing my face, and already know what I'll add next: taking my multi-vitamin and calcium. The excitement never stops, does it.
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