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Keeping it fresh
“I love having the impulsivity to change course. I think it’s key to keeping things fresh.”
- Ariel Pink
Routines are great for forming and maintaining healthy habits. It’s that dedicated consistency that helps us level up and greatly benefits our wellbeing. Some of them are designed just to keep us functioning. Eat, sleep, clean, repeat. Shaking up our routines can add some excitement to our life, even if its something simple like taking a different route or switching up our self-care or exercise routine.
I tell people variety is the spice of life, probably too much. I think it’s due to how much I love experiencing new things, from ice cream flavors to holistic therapies. I know many people are creatures of comfort and habit. I understand how exploring our options can seem scary at times, even if it is just a different ice cream flavor. Knowing and getting what we expect can be satisfying. Also, testing out new restaurants or new music doesn’t always produce the desired results. I started realizing that’s the point. We have to know what we don’t like in order to truly appreciate what we do like.
The best thing that can happen by switching up our routine is that we discover something even better than what we could have imagined. A new favorite music genre. A book you never would have read if not for being recommended by a friend, and you…
