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Experimentation Is Key to Opportunity. Here Are 3 Ways to Build It Into Your Daily Routine
Experimentation is just as necessary as routine — to see what you can get, what’s out there for you.
Routines are to our time what budgets are to our money. We adhere to them to spend our time wisely. But, while routines can provide us with a sense of control, especially during a pandemic and ensuing unpredictability, they can also grow to take up the valuable time that we need to experiment with and change things. As changing opportunities accelerate, we ought to be revising our routines a lot more. They’re certainly not meant to be set in stone, forever.
I say this as I recover from my old routines, which I mindlessly waded through for a long time. I was cribbing routines from successful people, trying to see how I could fit each one into my day. But after some streamlining, as I woke up, showered, meditated, journaled, made breakfast, ate, and made some notes, I’d spend two very valuable morning hours just in my routines. Some people may find this fulfilling — but I didn’t enjoy it. The disconnect was simple. I felt best when I wrote in the mornings. I simplified my routine, and rescheduled some things.
