Hey everyone, it's Adrienne here. Happy September. Oh gosh, I absolutely love this time of year

for so many reasons. September is my birthday month. It is going to be our one year anniversary

in September. And it's also my favourite time of year to look at my schedule, my routine, to refocus after a very

indulgent and fun summer. It feels like a great time to kind of get back to work. Kids go back

to school. Hallelujah. Don't get me wrong. We all love having the kids for the school summer

holidays. But I love the feeling of getting back to life, getting back

to normal. I love routine. I saw something online this week, which was talking, there's a

parent's thing talking about when the kids go back to school, what are you looking forward to

the most? And the one that resonated with me was about chargers. Yes, phone chargers. Not having to share my phone chargers and walk around the

house and constantly get them back from people's iPads, from people's iPhones in this house. So,

that's something I'm looking forward to. But this week's episode from me is a Monday motivation

message to you all. And at the start of this month, I was thinking about

the word refocus. So today, in this short message, I want to dive into the art of refocusing at the start

of a new month and why I want to use the word refocus instead of focus. So let's start with that. The word refocus is, of course, a verb that means

to redirect your energy, your concentration, your attention towards a specific target or goal. So essentially

when you refocus, you are reminding yourself to go back to what you set out and to away from whatever's distracting you.

Now, let's be honest, in a world full of distraction, there are so many things pulling our energy and our attention, left, right and centre,

that the idea of remaining focused on one thing just does not feel realistic.

So instead, I use the word refocus to kind of

allow myself to just accept that it's not going to be perfect every single day. I'm not going to be

focused all the time. Distractions happen. Life happens. But I'm going to continue to remind myself

every morning when I wake up as part of my routine,

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