“You are the laboratory and every day is an experiment. Go and find what is new and unexpected.”
—Joel Elkes, 20th Century father of neuropsychopharmacology
How often do you feel bored? How have your daily habits and rituals caused you to feel stalled or stopped? Where have you entered a form of hibernation, penned up in your den, waiting for some better day to emerge?
In winter, many of us simply hunker down to wait out the cold, dark days. We often seek out comfort foods and warm blankets until the coast is clear to come out into the newness offered by mother nature’s unfolding of spring.
Imagine you had the opportunity to spend the winter months on the international space station where every moment counts. Instead of sleeping in, you would enter the laboratory of your days to conduct various experiments to unearth new possibilities and discoveries.
EXERCISE:
Where and how can you add more experimentation to your days? How can and will you use your precious time to discover something new and unexpected today?