I Tried to Keep My Routine in 36°C Heat. The Bare Minimum Won.

It is 36°C in Mérida and my Fantasy Self had plans.

She had a morning movement routine, a hydration system, a reading habit, a Spanish practice block, and the kind of sleep schedule that assumes the sun sets when you tell it to.

Beautiful woman. Super organised. Apparently unbothered by the fact that walking outside here at 2pm feels like being gently poached.

Then, life... Up late watching Netflix, a late long lunch that became a longer one, getting lost in beautiful Merida, and by 5pm the only habit still standing was the one where I lie under the aircon, sunburnt, and quietly question my life choices.

This is the part nobody tells you about summer.

Summer gets sold as the season of the reset. New light, new energy, the vague sense that this is finally the moment you become consistent.

And then summer actually arrives, with its travel days and its heat and its barbecues and family obligations and its general refusal to follow your calendar, and the whole reset falls over by the second week of July.

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Hey! I'm Noemie

Wellbeing by Design for burned-out overachievers allergic to self-help BS. Evidence-based habits, mindset shifts and real talk from a Former Queen of Bad Habits. No toxic trends or wellness hustle, just science, soul, and a little bit of chaos ⚡️

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