It is easy to fall into routine. It is a day-to-day part of everyday life. Everyone has routines. From things you do when you wake up, to what you do on dates, what you talk about with friends, to school, to work, and then how you get ready to go to bed. There is an order to life. As creatures of habit, we get a picture of what life should look like in our heads and can't seem to change. We get stuck in routine.
What I have found when being stuck in my own routines is that I don't grow. I stand still. I get stubborn, prideful, and arrogant. I get comfortable. I do things my way all the time and eventually I realize that I'm not all that happy. Sure routine can be great. It is important to have structure in life. But is doing the same thing everyday for days on end really a healthy way to live our lives. For me, I find that it is better when I don't have a routine. I may have a schedule, a list of things to do, and deadlines, but not a routine. Not the same thing over and over and over again.
When routines are screwed up on accident and something happens that sets it off balance a day can be completely ruined or it could be completely fixed, depends on how you choose to look at it. It is when the routine is thrown off course that who we really are is uncovered. It is easy to hide behind our routines and not actually have to live life. If it is the same thing each day we have learned how to simply get by in conversations and work and relationships. Who wants to live like that? Who wants to just get by without really going anywhere? Apparently, a lot of people.
I have discovered that no routine makes life richer, fuller, more enjoyable. When you choose to eat different foods, have crazy conversations, do things you want to do but normally wouldn't find time for, you are choosing life. Life that God intended for us to live. We are to celebrate the gift and not get bogged down in routine. In routine relationships are lost. Adventure is lost. You could have a list of things you want to do or places you want to go but once you hit a comfortable routine, the adventure is lost and the plans forgotten. Many people love to talk big about future plans. I am one of those people. It is so rare that those plans actually turn out because they just don't fit into the routine. So routine seeps its way into my life. It sucks the life out of me and everyone I am close to. It causes us to no longer appreciate life and therefore, no longer appreciate each other. It is when this happens that we must cling to the cross and remember the life we are given because of that cross.
Adventure-an unusual and exciting activity; the exploration of unknown territory.
Life needs to be filled with less repetitive routine and more adventure. Be bold, be daring, be adventurous. Break the mold and discover that there is more to you and more to your life then the same old routine.
Do not fear the unknown, explore it with confidence and see what awaits you outside of your daily routine.
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