A New Route To Work
Posted in Good on 23. Sep, 2009
Routine makes the world go round. Without routine, we probably wouldn’t enjoy the kind of safe, organised life we enjoy in this country. But the problem is that routine is boring. But boredom is the price we pay for safety.
Of course, there are ways around this sense of routine. Even if you have to be in a job from 9 to 5, there are ways to spice things up. Many people find the UK a fairly boring place to be, but I think you have to embrace the low down grittiness of the place, and avoiding routine wherever possible.
You might start by taking a new route to work. I know myself I see the same people walking the same route – but today I decided to go a different way. I cut through the park instead of the usual route, and as a result didn’t have to constantly breath in fumes from cars, buses and motorcycles.
A good idea is to try and find as many different routes to work as possible; my walk is 35 minutes, so there must a great deal of different variations to the walk. And for the return journey, why not try a different pub each night on the way back?
Maybe it’s not WHERE you walk but HOW. Sometimes I change my gait and everything seems different. Try impersonating the person in front of you as they walk. It’s great fun not to mention (although I’m going to mention it) fascinating. But avoid disabled people, obviously. It will not only be time consuming but a bit rude.