Routines

Have you ever noticed that we tend to strive to create routines in life? There is something about having better control of our lives if we can just set up a system of routines.

It can be as simple as your morning routine to get ready for work. You go through the same processes every morning. Even your job probably has routines that you have built into it. Routines aren't necessarily bad. They help us accomplish many things while on automatic pilot. But there is a great need for breaks from routines.

In a way, I think this is one reason why God created for six days and rested on the seventh. To show the need to break from routine. Why do we look forward to the weekends? We know we can break the routines in life. And those times are refreshing to us. They are a much needed part of our lives.

But here is what happens to so many of us, whatever our careers may be. We never break out of our routines and keep doing the same things over and over and over again. Things become stagnant and we get bored or tired of doing what we are doing. Why? We were once excited about the things we were doing. So what has changed?

Every time we create a routine, what we are really doing is creating a process that disengages our minds. And that is never good in the long run. So we have to step back and keep creating new ways of doing things. Creating engages the mind and keeps us sharp. It keeps us excited about what we are doing.

So I am just reminded today that it is a good thing to step back, rest and create new ways of doing things - breaking routines, getting out of the ruts. I know that I will only create new routines, but my goal is to break them in the future too. Routines have a place in our lives, but they should never become our lives. For some of us, that is what is causing us to be so dissatisfied with our lives. So lets throw of the noose that is killing us and create new ways of doing things!