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Why Changing Your Routine Can Change Your Thinking
Why Changing Your Routine Can Change Your Thinking. Why Changing Your Routine Can Change Your Thinking. There are lots of routines in our lives that we don’t even give a thought to.
We get up at more or less the same time, go to the same place, sit down in the same chairs, use the same apps, have similar meals, and do about the same thing each day. It’s okay to have your routine. Routines can actually make life easier.
When every day follows the same pattern, your thoughts can start to follow it too. Sometimes, doing things differently helps you notice things you would normally overlook.
Consider an alternate route to and from home.
Sit down in a different seat than you are used to.
Try a different type of food.
Read a book about something you don’t know.
Go for a walk, but do not listen to anything!
These changes may be insignificant, but your mind has something new to deal with. With the same routine every day, much can become automatic. No need to think much about what you are doing, as you have done so many times.
The pattern change makes you focus once again. You see the side streets surrounding you. You start noticing the people you usually pass…
