It's been a quiet month around Rhyno headquarters; and for good reason -- the wife and I took a 3-week leave.
For me, it was a challenge to leave the technology behind.
The Google Alerts, the email notifications, the Twitter feeds... my technology-based routines -- they could all wait.
And what I've learned is that without the always-a-hot-project and quicker-to-market routines, you're easily able to step back and reevaluate priorities. For me, it was a puzzling self-evaluation -- asking myself why I spent so much time and energy on dramas and activities that didn't somehow "pay."
Back at home for less than a week, I'm now forcing myself to ask how X, Y, or Z compensate me. Does it relax me, does it nourish me, does it benefit me financially, does it bring me joy, etc.
Specific to Rhyno, I'm making more of an effort to simply focus on those relationships which leverage my core talents (everyone and everything isn't a market).
And now, I yearn for those relationships, those transactions, those activities that yield tangible returns. I'm finding myself actively being intentionally-discriminating and investing in those things that fill me up, instead of drain me dry. It might be a selfish approach, but to a certain point, I think you owe it to yourself.
So I present the same challenge to you that I did myself:
Every month, stop a routine.
I'm not suggesting you stop it completely, but take a break from it for a few days. We find ourselves trapped in a "I've always done it this way" or "that's just how it's done" thought process and sometimes a break from the routine helps look at things a little differently.
You're forcing yourself to ask why you're doing what you're doing, and if there's a better way of doing it.
Stop going to the gym every morning, stop writing a blog post just for the sake of publishing content, turn off your phone for a weekend, stop eating the same five meals every week, etc.
Every month, try something different. You may find that by not doing something, you're suddenly able to see with more clarity.
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