I used to think 'routine' was a four-letter word, like it meant I was giving up on something. Now I see it as the skeleton that lets me dance. Structure felt like a cage, and now it feels like a trellis. I can still grow wild, but I have something to climb. I remember fighting bedtime tooth and nail as a kid, thinking sleep was stealing time. Now I see it's the charger, not the drain. All the things I thought were limits were just scaffolding, waiting for me to lean on them.