When I was a kid watching Saturday morning cartoons, I
figured by the time I grew up, every family would have a housekeeper like Rosie
the Robot from the television show The
Jetsons.
Fast forward to today. Everyone has a smart phone, but no
domestic robots...yet. However, many of us live a robot life from one time to
another. We get so comfortable in our daily routine, that we just keep going,
doing the same thing day after day – moving, but not going anywhere. Like we
get up each morning and push REPLAY. Ideally, this is when our brains should
start sending off a signal, a beeping noise of some sort, warning of the danger
of a robotic phase.
When we don’t step out of our comfort zones, we get stuck in
a rut, which is just a grave without the dirt kicked in. We might be frantic
and busy, but not productive. We might be unhappy, but unable to stop the
drudgery causing our discontent. When we do a lot of activities without
thinking about them, our brains begin to die off because we are not challenging
ourselves.
Take a few minutes, stop and look at the things you are
doing and why you are doing them? And then make a plan for the next day to have
a purpose, not to just get up and let the robot life begin again.
Shake things up. What
do you want to change?
Do you want to be more positive?
Do you want to make your spouse feel more appreciated?
Do you want a different job?
Do you want to work less?
Do you want to save more money?
You have to take the first step toward that goal sometime,
why not tomorrow? You can start by just changing something small to get used to
the idea of change. Keep your goal in mind and set up baby steps to get to it.
One thing is sure, time does not stop. So even if it takes 2 years, or 5
years…at least you are moving forward toward that goal. Without starting now,
in 2 years you could be in the same place you are today, looking back wishing
you would have done something.
Humans don’t come preprogrammed with a set of if-then
commands. We’re not robots, step out of your comfort zone, take a chance, get
results.
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen,
others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
