Every day...something new seems to come along.
It may be a chance remark...or it may be a new idea that can lead to something else.
But...if you look hard enough...there SHOULD be something different that happens every day.
But...what if there isn't?
Well...perhaps you're not looking for it!
Or...perhaps you are such a person of routine that you don't EXPOSE yourself to something new coming along.
For fifteen years I was a 'corporate clone'...same train, same time...every day. Same walk to the train station. Same route at the other end.
Same routine at work. Coat off. PC on. First coffee of the day.
Sure...the work varied (most days)....but something was MISSING.
I bet that you know what I mean, right?
I've now realized what it was that was missing...
VARIETY.
Even though I now work for myself...if I had a routine to my day...day after day...week after week...I think that I'd go mad!
A lot of people do. Well...they don't necessarily get mad...just angry that there SHOULD be more to life.
Are YOU one of those people?
If you are...then don't try to make the big changes...just change your routine a little.
Take a different route to work (or an earlier train). Go for a walk at lunch time instead of working through it.
Take an afternoon off for no reason...do something for you...then unexpectedly pick your kids up from school...or meet your spouse for a drink after work.
Variety leads to variety...and more variety stops you from stagnating where you are.
Sure...you SHOULD be doing more with your life if you aren't doing what you want to do...but, you'd be surprised at how doing something NEW or DIFFERENT can put that little 'spring in your step'...and give you some breathing space to think a little.
As the saying goes - "Variety IS the spice of life"...and, in the short-term at least - it's something that you CAN do...which WILL have a positive effect on you NOW.
So...what are YOU waiting for?
Posted by vurnumg
