The adventure of routine

Routines: boring, predictable, efficient.

Adventures: dynamic, exciting, messy.

The worst of both worlds: Treating routine tasks as adventures; then never having time or energy for dynamic adventures that really matter.

The best of both worlds: Making an adventure out of developing routines for tedious repetitive tasks; then putting them on autopilot while you focus on new adventures that actually deserve your creative energy.

Here's the thing:

Adventure is exciting, but not everything should be an adventure.

Creating routines for the tedious tasks — automating, delegating, systematizing — can be its own adventure.

And then … you've got time and creative energy for the adventures you really care about.

All the best,
A.