After writing a HUGE list of things I have never done before but want to do and realizing that most of them were not very plausible in this little weekend (either because of time or money) and after doing several spontaneous acts like dancing outside of my car at a red light (only to find a creepy old man watching), ordering al pastor tacos at a new restaurant (never tried them before), watching the first 4 episodes of Flight of The Conchords for the first time, getting my eyebrows plucked for the first time (but I hear there is not much of a difference to show), and asking for a job application at motherhood (where I told them I was interested in the job because I just can't wait to have children)....I decided those just wouldn't cut it for my rut task. They were all too normal.
So. I decided to change up my usual sleeping routine. Wait. Let me get this out in the open before I continue: I LOVE my sleep. There is almost nothing more precious to me. Nine times out of ten, when I yelled at my brother, it was because he woke me up from my beauty sleep.
And when I said "Sleeping routine" I meant it. I sometimes feel like I act like Will Ferrell's character in the movie Stranger Than Fiction. I have a set routine that I don't like to mess with. But this weekend I did.
I started by simply conditioning my hair before washing it. Then I followed by flossing my teeth before brushing. And lastly, I slept with my feet on my pillow.
The last one was the kicker. I never had a special "blankie" growing up. I had a special pillow. And I'll tell you, sleeping without a pillow under my head was possibly the worst nights sleep I've ever had. I felt like a monkey; my feet kept trying to bring my pillow to my head all night, like it knew how horrible this was for me.
I though that possibly this would be more relaxing because I always hear that when you take a quick nap, it is the most beneficial if you prop your feet up to make them higher than your head. Supposedly this is suppose to rejuvenate you better. But I don't believe it.
Well, in the end I decided: I will never let a visitor stay at my house without a pillow, I will never go camping without a pillow, and I want to do more random or different things. Spontaneity and completion of goals makes life more enjoyable anyways.
I definitely got out of my own rut and even though I didn't enjoy it, I still want to continue on these out-of-rut adventures.
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