When I reflect back on my divorce after 26 years, I realize I was experiencing emotions that kept me in a living hell. I was not ready to see the things that were great in my life. I just had the same behaviors day-after-day and really stepped into the role of being a victim nicely. Patterns take over and the accumulated period of unfulfilled living took over.
A friend of mine once told me, “If you want to get ahead in life, study helicopters.” I asked him if he was smoking something. He said, “The problem is that in life we tend to say, do, and live in lives that are the same as the day before. By stepping out of what we are used to and expanding to curiosity and living a larger life, we can get our zest back.
What he was stating was that the only way to live a better life or have a better career we have to expose ourselves to more than we have previously seen. Industries often have set practices for customer service, marketing, fulfillment, and companies in a particular tend to copy each other. The key is to study other industries and see what is different that could be applicable to your own industries. We can also do this in our lives.
Start reading books you wouldn’t normally read. Expose yourself to a variety of education and activities. Soon you may find a new “favorite” thing to do that you had never experienced before. Make your breakup the start of exploration. Find your real soul in the process. Remind yourself to stay out of the ruts.
Do something today that is new and enjoy every minute of the process.