Doing Something Different

Have you ever noticed that your life seems to be on automatic?  Living like a zombie.

You wake up, get ready for work, go to work, do your work, leave work, go home, eat, do chores, try to relax, go to sleep and repeat.  In your day, every day, there are no moments that are memorable.

First, it is important to understand that is OK.  Life has no rules and it is up to us how we live our lives and what we get out of our lives.  There are plenty of people who live very content lives in their automatic mode.  We all know these people.  We might even envy them.

It is when we wake up one day and get that sense of mundane.  That our lives aren't as full or rich as we had hoped.  We want something more, something different, something better.  And we wonder why we have not achieved those things.

Maybe this story might sound familiar:

"At a work site, three burly men sit down for their lunch break as they do, every day.

The first chap opens up his lunch and yells out, 'YES!!!'

As the other two look at him, he explains, 'My wife made me a wonderful lunch today.  I have all my favourites:  Fried chicken, french fries, iced tea, and apple crisp for desert!"

The next gentleman opens his lunch and gets up and does a happy dance.

He explains to the other two, 'I know my wife loves me so much.  She made me my favorite lunch:  Pizza, a caesar salad, lemonade, and cherry cheese cake for desert!'

The first two watch as the last guy opens his lunch bag, frowns, throws his lunch on the ground and starts to walk away.

They ask him what's wrong, to which he states 'I have peanut butter sandwiches again...'

'Why don't you ask your wife to make something different?'  To which he explains, 'I'm not married.  I live alone and make my own lunch.'"

If we are tired of our routines, we need to change things up.

If you drive to work, change your route once in a while.  Drive to work on one route and drive back on a different route.  Wake up earlier in the morning and do something different like going for a walk or make yourself a special lunch.  Do something different in the evenings or the weekends.  Try something new.

Doing something different can change our outlook on things and get us out of automatic.  It is consistency that makes the greatest difference.  Try brushing your teeth with the opposite hand for 7 days.  Not only is it a challenge, but it gets you out of automatic mode in the morning which can change your entire day for the better.