Tag Archives: escaping the ordinary
Update on Our Media Diet
Overall this media consumption diet has been great. I am amazed at the benefits so far.
I think the most noticeable thing is that time has become fairly unimportant to me. I hardly ever look at the clock now. I just don’t feel a need to. The first night we did this C.C. and I went to a bookstore to look at journals, and we were both amazed at how we felt like we had all the time in the world. There wasn’t that slight pulling feeling that you normally have to get back home (the odd thing is…
Break Your Energy-Sucking Everyday Routines
I am the type of person that can easily get stuck in routines.
I don’t know why and it is not something that I try to do. Every now and then it dawns on me that I do a lot of things at the same time or in the same way every day. Drive the same way to work, eat lunch at the same time (usually eating mostly the same things), eat dinner at the same time, go to bed at the same time, etc.
Are you like me? Do you tend to get stuck in routines? It…
An Update on How Things are Going
I figured I would provide a small update on how our escape from the ordinary is going. Things are going pretty well right now, certainly much better then a few months ago. We’ve made a lot of changes to how we are approaching things and have been making steady progress.
So what have we changed?
Weekly Schedule
It may sound simple, but I think one of the best things we ended up doing was creating a weekly schedule.
I won’t get into the details now because I think we’ll make a post about it in the near…
Saving Money as a way to Escape the Ordinary
Part of our plan for escaping our ordinary lives has been to reprioritize the way we spend money (spending less on unnecessary expenses and more on travel/new experiences). This has been especially important right now because of our new job situations. This has meant cutting expenses because we’re not bringing in as much in as we once did.
Cutting expenses can actually be very rewarding and I’d like to write future posts about just that, but I’m going to discuss something that has been an unintended consequence; namely that it ties in perfectly with getting out more and experiencing new…
Escaping the Ordinary is Actually Pretty Hard
It’s not easy. As some say, nothing that is worth it ever is easy. But I have to admit, this journey so far has been a bit of a struggle. The goal of the Ordinary Escape has been to get out there more and experience life. However, one thing is very clear– old habits die hard.
This is a tough post to write and maybe that is why we haven’t updated the site in a bit. There really hasn’t been much progress to report on. I think that moving to part time at work was a huge step, but unfortunately…
I Quit my Job, the Journey Begins
After years of agonizing I finally did it. I quit my job without anything else lined up. Well, kind of. You see, I did not leave my job to move on to another 9-to-5 career. Some may think I’m crazy, but I’m trying to create my own path. There are just too many opportunities out there today for someone with determination and an internet connection.
Upon handing in my resignation, my company offered me the opportunity to move to part-time hours to help keep things running and also transition in a new person when they hire them. As tempting as…
