Everything I read and see and hear in regards to being a better writer and person has to do with routine. Even Tony Robbins’ rituals are routines. They represent the things we do everyday as a mantra to move through life. I’ve struggled with routines and the idea of routine as long as I can remember. I became convinced early on that routine would kill me; would create the conditions under which I was most likely to fail. I wasn’t wrong. I lean towards developing negative routines. I do what isn’t best again and again and fail to recognize the lasting effects of that.
Routines can be wonderful but they can also lead to ruin. If your routine chips away and what is good and true, if it degrades you, if it separates you from true communication and understanding. It can reinforce everything that is wrong in your life, but it can also make you aware of what is wrong with your life and help you to understand how to change it. That change must come incrementally; we piece it together to make a life that is right in the same way that break apart a multitude of things in life, because no one thing represents all that is wrong.
All we can do is try to do the best we can for ourselves and those around us.
Some Thoughts:
- Hector and the search for happiness mirrors an idea I’ve been kicking around for a while now. I’m not ready to share the idea but it uses that platform as a jumping off point to something I hope will be extraordinary.