Are you in a rut? Do you want to break out of a rut? Here’s a suggestion on how.
It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut. To make the same decisions we’ve always made. Change can be very scary. (Check out Is Your Past Haunting You?) Breaking out of a rut is not easy. There’s a reason we find it a comfortable place to stay.
Change Helps You Progress in Your Career
However, it’s worth thinking about why you are stuck in a rut. If you stay the same it’s likely that you’ll stay in the same place. Workwise that may be perfect for you. It may be just what you want and need to do at the present moment.
However, if you’re stuck in a rut, or if fear is holding you back, that’s not such a good thing.
It’s hard to make change so it’s a good idea to start small. Here’s one small exercise you can start with to help you break out of a rut.
A Small Change Exercise
Next time you have long journey, or find yourself browsing an airport or railway bookstall, don’t pick up your usual reading fare. Instead, move along the aisles to the specialist interest shelves (not the ones high up) and pick something new to you. So instead of a gardening magazine pick up a science one. If architecture is your thing, maybe look at a photography magazine. Try a different newspaper, one that doesn’t reinforce your views of the world.
At the very least you’ll learn something new and at best, the creative juices will get flowing and you’ll begin to make connections with the new information you are taking in and your own situation.
Try it and let me know how it works for you.
P.S Tell me honestly, does the woman in that second photo look like she’s about to paint with a plastering tool?
Top Photo by Gift Habeshaw on Unsplash
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Posted on May 15th, 2024 by Jane
