I get stuck in ruts.
Life happens day after day and it’s always the same thing.
Make the same dinners, drive the children around, tidy up the same messes, do the same laundry, watch the same tv shows.
Then I start to impose rules and responsibilities on myself.
I lose all of my creativity in the hum drum of life, and begin to just exist.
I have to be home by a certain hour, I have to get these things done, I have to do this that and the other thing.
In the meantime life loses its adventure, it’s playfulness and joy.
Sometimes I notice it while it’s happening, but there have been times I’ve let it go on for years.
The rules and responsibilities weigh you down, and you become tired, and then don’t have the energy to be creative or do something new.
It takes some effort.
It needs some rules to be broken (which is always a little bit fun).
Sometimes it takes some planning because you have to make sure the kids are taken care of so you can stay out late, or the business is taken care of so you can escape.
But it’s an important piece of the puzzle of life.
When you are unbounded by rules and responsibilities you feel young again, you feel free to explore, and have adventures.
Some of the best memories I have are from when I was doing what I wanted, even though it wasn’t necessarily what I “should” have been.
Some of the best stories have come from breaking the rules a little bit… like that one time I stayed up until 10pm ?
It keeps your spirit alive, your relationships interesting, and your creativity blooming.
Do more than just exist.
When was the last time you broke the rules?
“If happiness is the goal – and it should be, then adventures should be top priority.” – Richard Branson