THE GIFT OF NEW EXPERIENCES PART 1 OF 2 There is no such thing as a person who does not have a routine. Even if that routine involves breakfast, coffee and brushing their teeth in the morning. There is nothing wrong with routines, as they allow us to use our minds for other things while our bodies engage in vital functions. Routines become wrong, however, when they dictate our lives, and when the keep us from trying out new experiences. As part of an exercise to open your mind, you should try out new things every day. It is not needful to take up a new university course, or to pick up a new language, though there is certainly nothing wrong with doing either. Try taking a new route to work, for example, or experimenting with a new coffee brand, or even eating out at a new restaurant you have never tried before. In trying out at least one new thing every day, you keep yourself alert, aware, and focused. Consider how focused you were when you moved into your new home, at your new neighborhood, and at your new job, as well as on your way to that new job. As time goes on, however, you cease to notice small details about your home, your office, the route you take to it. By changing things up a little every day, you begin to notice things you did not before, forcing you to become alert and awake once more. Copyright Stephen Richards, but share with my blessings if you so wish.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 16:22:49 +0000
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