Whenever I travel, it means letting go of my daily routines. Sure, I can still do many of the things I do at home, but not in the same way. This is good because it means I get to reassess my choices. Sometimes this means I have let some things go. Other times, I have been inspired to intensify some practices.
Letting go of daily routines is one of the benefits of travel. It helps to loosen up some of the grooves we’ve built in our brain and this allows some new ones to form. The other joy of travel is coming home and truly appreciating your everyday existence. There’s nothing like that moment of the first morning after I get home when I sit down for my morning practices and my entire body and soul says, “Ahhhhhh......”
Sometimes I think I’m getting more like our corgis. Dogs love routines. Teach them a routine and they will do it forever - unless you teach them a new one. They don’t like it the first few times you tell them you want them to do this instead of that! I fear I’m getting more that way myself. Don’t change my routines too much or I might whimper. I’m working on that, though, by changing things around for myself so when someone else does it, I’m not intractable.
Still, I’d be lying if I didn’t say I love my routines. And I think as long as they are positive ones, why not?
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