Alice in Wonderland
Originally uploaded by +† Shade of Raven †+

Catch a bus to work instead of a train.

Order a different drink at Starbucks.

Be a tourist in your own locale. Next weekend, take a day trip to somewhere you've not been (or at least not for a while).

Wake up before sunrise, make a cup of tea & some breakfast & watch the sun come up from your apartment window.

Skip peak hour, sit in a coffee shop with a newspaper and spend an hour or two letting the rest of the commuting world rush by. Head home a little later & a lot more relaxed.

Eat cereal for dinner & pancakes for breakfast (though perhaps not on the one day).

Do one of those things people post about on community notice boards that you often consider but never quite get around to actually partaking in: yoga group, Spanish lessons, volunteering at a rest home, charity half marathon etc.

Talk to someone in your office that you don't usually converse with. Listen to them.

Plan a road trip to reacquaint yourself with your country/state; or discover it for the first time. Take loads of photos.

Take a week's holiday from your current job and do work experience in an industry that you wish you worked in. Use your experience as an opportunity to develop relationships and contacts within the industry and as motivation to reach your goal.


What do you do to keep things fresh each day and be grateful for your place in the universe?