THE DO NEW CHALLENGE: ANOTHER CUP OF JOE AND THE BOSTON GLOBE

Monday, June 4, 2012

ANOTHER CUP OF JOE AND THE BOSTON GLOBE

Today's rainy no-work DO NEW challenge is to stay awake. Blame it on the barometric pressure, the solar eclipse, tomorrow's Venus transit or WHATEVA this quiet, gloomy, wet day calls for an extra cup of java to stay awake and do some research on New England. I have lived here most of my life and I have not chipped away at even 1000th of DO NEW - NEW DO possibilities. This area is RICH with history, attractions, nature and much more. From shore to mountain, city to town New England has plenty and the Boston Globe is a godsend of information.

Today I am tossing another plug into the KEURIG coffee machine, putting on some classical music and delving in. If I move to the sofa I should be asleep in about 20 minutes (hahaha). I have clients and meetings tomorrow and with this rain I don't feel guilty at all. The cats and dog are perfectly fine with napping. I can leave my puritanical work ethic behind today. Reading is enough DOing. The rest can wait. (That could be a pun but somehow it doesn't fit.)

So not NEW - not much DO - but I am learning about NEW England. That's sufficient.

(The papers are crinkled as I tend to shove them in my hiking pack for when I have some spare time to read under a tree. I will take the kitchen table today. It is much drier.)

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THE DO NEW CHALLENGE is pushing yourself every day to DO something that you have never done before. That's right, each day find and DO something completely NEW.

Why??????
It sparks creativity, adds spice to life, breaks up the routine and stops you postponing so many of the big and small adventures awaiting to be experienced. In brief, it pulls you out of a rut.

Well isn't that like a BUCKET LIST??????
No. Bucket lists are different. First of all they're lists. Some of us are really bad at making lists and/or we have enough TO DO lists. Also bucket lists are usually for the BIG "check off" items before you DIE.

THE DO NEW CHALLENGE is more spontaneous although some DO's can be planned. Some days the DO NEW will be small, something as simple as taste a new food or travel a new route to work. Some days the DO NEW will be medium such as taking a NEW class, trying a NEW restaurant, seeing a NEW sight in a nearby town. AND some days the DO NEW will be BUCKET LIST BIG such as climbing a volcano, swimming with the dolphins or witnessing the birth of a baby.

Well let's get real. I am too busy for that. I can't DO more!!!!!!
It is not always about doing more. Sometimes it is just about doing things differently. For instance, let's say you wake up on a normal weekday knowing it will be busy and perhaps the perception is that doing something NEW just can't fit into the schedule. Just change something small like the radio station in the car, your choice of lunch place, the part in your hair - something. DO NEW will spark your creative thinking. Once sparks ignite then more creativity flows into your life, new ideas pop up, out of the box thinking abounds, VOILAs, AH-HAs and EUREKAs dangle like ripening fruit waiting for the picking.

If you are having a bit of a challenge thinking of DO NEW ideas just relax and let them flow in. It gets easier over time and with practice. Trust me. If you have ever felt the need to break set just DO SOMETHING NEW TODAY.

Join me. Let's inspire each other. Post me a comment with your own NEW DOs.