I get up everyday at 5:30.

I shave and wash up.

I get a quick-buy to eat.

I’m on the road by 6:30.

I get to the studio and have a cup of coffee.

And on and on.

We all have routine that we go through everyday.

The thing we do, almost as a rule.

Routines can be wonderful, like certain exercise routine that we follow, it keeps us on track to being fit.

I call my parents and brother every Friday, it’s part of my weekly routine.

But routines can also makes a day kind of blind, or lacking flavor, a bit too normal.

We go through a day, and it is not so special.

It’s easy for the day to fly by if we just take our routines.

If you get a chance, do something outside your daily routine.

Choose a different way to walk to the bus stop.

Find a new restaurant to eat lunch.

Call your loved one at the time you normally wouldn’t.

These are big changes in your routines.

With those little chances, you can spice up the life in a little ways.

Talking about it:

Describe your daily routine? Does your daily routine ever vary? How? What could you do to change your routine? Do you enjoy changes? What kind of changes do you enjoy? What are the advantages of having a routine? What are the disadvantages of having a routine? Some people say “variety is the spice of life”. What does this mean to you?