Things you can aspire to do:
– Run a marathon (even a half marathon would count)
– Read the Bible in a year
– Quit your job and start your own business
– Drink your coffee black
Perhaps the last choice doesn’t carry the weight the others carry but today my choice to make my life different was to drink my coffee black. I want my life to be different so I’m looking for anything I can do differently. I like cream and sugar in my coffee but leaving them out means I think about change every time I raise the cup to my lips. Change will be on my mind 30 times in the next 45 minutes. That’s worth the $1.90 I paid.
I used to smoke
Some humans are capable of quitting something once and never returning to it again. I quit smoking about 38 times between the ages of 14 and 28. I finally quit when I was 28. They’re still a temptation but thus far I’ve steered clear for the past six years. Change is hard but you want you life to change so here’s some advice.
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Change as much as you can today.
Wear a shirt you haven’t worn in a year.
Wear sandals instead of shoes.
Wear a button down shirt and tie instead of a t-shirt.
Don’t use your cell phone while you’re in your car.
Check your email once in the morning and once after lunch.
Don’t answer the phone at all when it rings. Just finish what you’re doing and call them back.
Sit on a different side of the aisle at church.
Go to church.
Don’t go to church.
Drive home using a route you’ve never used before.
Turn off the radio while you drive.
Call your spouse three times today and tell them something you love about them.
Do the same thing to your kids no matter how old they are. Call them separately even if they’re all at home at the same time.
None of these things are radical but they are different. I want a different life than the one I have today so I’m going to do something different.
This coffee is really good.
[note]What are you going to do differently today?[/note]
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