Wow I’m tired. I’m feeling ratty. I need a
holiday. I get to this point every year about this time. I think we all do. The
difference for me this year is that I haven’t really had a holiday all year. Work has
been crazy busy with lots of changes and in July my family and I moved
countries. Pooped I tell ya!
On Wednesday I changed something in my
routine. It was a small thing but it made me ridiculously happy. What was it? I had lunch at
McDonalds. Yep. At this point, if you were hoping for professional and exacting
insights into human behavior and how to manage yourself, you should probably
leave the building.
You see I was just sick of everything. Sick
of work, sick of not exercising, sick of the food I was eating and the clothes
I was wearing. Just sick of everything. Have you been there? Just changing one
thing made a big difference. Normally I have lunch with a work colleague and we
visit one of the many hawker centres around the industrial area of Singapore we
work in. The food is cheap and delicious and the service is quick.
On Wednesday being completely sick of
everything, including Asian food, I just wanted a Big Mac from McDonalds. And
that’s what I had, with fries and a coke and some nuggets with sweet and sour
sauce. Followed with a festive chaser from Starbucks. It. Was. Awesome. I got
back to the office and was able to focus and get some work done that I had been
putting off, and I don’t think it was due to the 2 days of calories I had just
consumed. I was so into my work that I worked past when I should have left to
pick up my son. Was in the zone all because of a small change in routine.
Yesterday I wore jeans to work. On a Thursday. I'm changing it up all over the place!
When has a change in routine made the
difference for you?