Do you ever feel like you’re in a rut? I know I do. When you’re in it, getting out it feels impossibly difficult, but this is just a symptom of the rut. It’s actually very simple, and very easy.
The cause of your rut is simply that you have become overly familiar with your routine. It’s not the routine’s fault. And it’s not your fault. But as the saying goes “familiarity breeds contempt.”
To get out of a rut, all you need is something unfamiliar.
Do something you don’t normally do.
You might turn all the lights off in your living room and put on some Arab folk music.
You might try to come up with a story featuring yourself as the villain, instead of the hero.
You might go visit a shop near your house that you’ve seen but never been in before.
It doesn’t matter what you do. All that matters is that it’s something you wouldn’t NORMALLY do.
Routine is good, but every now and then it needs to be broken.