Tag Archives: Stuck in a rut
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…
Baby Steps
So I haven’t posted much after I made that really optimistic and grand sounding post a few months ago. Part of the problem for me, like it is for Jay, is that I feel tremendous pressure to write something great, or at least interesting. Well, my life hasn’t really been interesting as of late, and so I can’t really draw inspiration from that. In fact, I’m pretty much in a rut. I haven’t done much to advance my goals, and have just settled back into a routine. I’m not very happy with this, and need to find a way to…
The Challenge to Get Out of this Rut
I recently had a short correspondence with Robyn over on her blog Nomad Needles. On her site, she details her journey to live a more free, unconventional, and creative life. She writes some very motivating entries, especially the ones dealing with her goal to live a cleaner, minimalist lifestyle.
I was seeking some advice and she issued me a challenge- Come up with five ideas stuck in my head and pick two to focus on right now.
Well, I am going to accept the challenge. Especially because it reminded me of some advice I once heard in the…
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…
