Break Up Your Routine and Do Something Different Today--DR. Rama

Many of us are stuck in our same routine patterns over and over and we wonder why we feel bored or stifled.  Variety is the spice of life and yet we are bogged down and we do not know why.

Part of the reason is that we have become "psychological antiques" as Paramahansa Yogananda once said  www.srf-org  

We are hypnotized by our schedules and issues we do not take time to practice flexibility sometimes.

Here are some very simple suggestions---that can make a difference in one's day, even if we do just one of these.


1.  Drink a cup of tea instead of coffee, or change your order at Starbucks by venturing into a new kind of drink!----:)

2.   Take the scenic route to work or if one is hurried, take the scenic route on the way home.

3.  Re-arrange your furniture or move to another location if possible altogether if one feels stifled and stuck---moving sometimes moves energy and creates new opportunities even if it is just across the street!

4.  Just go and buy some unique gift just for you for the day.

5.  Eat a flavor of ice cream you have never tried or have not had in a long, long time.

6.  Get your pet a new type of treat or toy---or even dare to get a pet of any kind.

7.  Venture out with a different kind of ethnic food to try for the weekend, or cook something that is different and unusual---Eat a vegetable or fruit that you have never tried before----even add a new salad item that has not been part of your experience!---


8.  If doing service work, change out the type of work and the place you do the service work to get a different perspective in life and living.


9.  Venture into cultural neighborhoods to get a feel of the atmosphere and neighborhoods.


10.  Go to YOU TUBE and watch something about what is happening in Uganda, the Cameroon, Indonesia, or some other country that basically we know nothing about :)  :)------  This would be a change from the American emphasis on sports and entertainment---!


11.  Read or find some kind of positive affirmation book or card or quote and just remember it for the day.


12.  Change your gym work out routine--or go at a different time, change  your locker----too and of course wear clean socks  haha



More Later....Dr Rama