☀️ the habits i'm bringing home from Greece

There’s something about leaving your usual routine—and your timezone—that cracks you open to new habits you didn’t even know you needed.

Here are 5 habits I picked up in Greece that I’m not leaving behind:

1. Slow down for craftsmanship.
Our driver, unbothered by his own schedule, pulled over for us to experience a “high quality” coffee and came back with three pastries he thought we'd like just because. Every Greek we met had this calm confidence, like, “Of course we’ll enjoy this moment. What else would we be doing?” No one rushes you at a Greek restaurant. You have to ask for the check. I'm bringing that energy home.

2. Choose to unplug.
When my international phone plan glitched, I had a moment: What if I just... didn’t fix it? We had hotel Wi-Fi. What if I only checked messages once at night? It. Was. Glorious. My brain felt quieter. I was more in my day. Turns out, most things can wait and checking in once a day might actually be plenty. (Even back home? Sounds like a worthy experiment.) (Shout out to my husband who just HANDLED IT. ALL OF IT.)

3. Surrender to the new plan.
We thought it was a 10-minute shuttle ride. It was 2 hours. “American Me” might’ve spiraled. But instead, I got curious. I treated our driver like a podcast guest and ended up getting a private, hilarious, heartfelt tour of Crete. (And the history of the menotaur 😆) When you let go of the plan, sometimes you get something better.

4. Taste everything. Slowly.
There’s a kind of reverence when you’re eating something brand new. You take smaller bites. You actually notice the flavors. I want to bring that back to my regular meals. Not because it’s “healthier,” but because it’s more human.

5. Walk like it’s the main event.
In Greece, we walked. A lot. Not to hit a step goal. Not to “be productive.” Just because walking is a way to be somewhere. I want to keep that. It’s where ideas show up, my “eyes” turn on, and stress goes quiet.

No suitcase needed. I’m just packing these five habits in my carry-on brain.

Did any of these tug at you? Hit reply and tell which one!

This was a big moment for me. This was "the view" I had been waiting for, and it was better than I had pictured. I felt pure gratitude.

Next Up:

Tuesday, May 6: Group Coaching inside The Habit Lab (Join us! You're right on time!)

Current Read:

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden. I binged this on the plane. I wanted a instantly-hooks-you easy-read thriller and this was perfect. It's also going to be a movie, which means I get to exercise my very favorite toxic trait..saying "the book was better."