Forget Super Bowl Snacks. In fact, forget the Super Bowl. Settle down. I’m not against football, Taylor Swift, or the big game. I enjoy football, but I didn’t watch the game yesterday. I decided my time could be better spent changing the status quo.
We’re so often rocked by the stress of change, especially unavoidable change, that we fail to examine a status quo that does not serve us well. Areas in which we’ve found a groove can stick for decades even while we complain about the toll of those very areas.
Are we afraid, lazy, in denial, numbing, or just too tired from our everyday responsibilities to take on one more change? Probably all of the above. But does that mean we should resign ourselves to however things are right this minute?
I say no. I think it’s worth exploring what happens when we change one thing and stick to it. By not watching the Super Bowl, I learned I didn’t miss the ads at all. I didn’t miss the casual acquaintance getting drunk and puking on the carpet at a watch party. I didn’t really care whether Kendrick Lamar taunted Drake although I’m curious whether that will affect Drake’s lawsuit. I did want to know the score around halftime and at the end and I hoped Taylor and Travis would have a sweet moment together on camera. And now that I realize it, I didn’t think about Tom Brady at all.
We’ve hit February. Most of us have abandoned any New Years Resolutions and are most likely back to the routines we had before the end of last year. So what is the point of short-lived changes if we don’t learn something along the way?
And why only experiment at the beginning of the year? Why not try changes all year long?
Next up, I’m exploring new foods sources as well as prep and cooking schedules. If those changes, I’ll need to review my cleaning efficiency. Because, yep you guessed it, changing one thing brings an opportunity to change other related things.
Treating each change as an experiment allows me to learn what is and is not important to me, how much I will notice any loss, and how I may want to do things differently in the future. Keeping the experiment going all year means I’m building constant improvement.
The Super Bowl experiment was easy. Challenging family norms or traditions is more complex, but the knowledge gained is more significant. Admittedly sometimes sadder or more painful, but still important and often freeing.
This year as I continue letting go of things that are not serving me well, I invite you to join me. Who knows, we may all find renewed enthusiasm and purpose along the way. And I’ll venture a guess that we’ll be healthier as well.
I now know I can go without the Super Bowl and not feel any sort of loss at all and I didn’t even miss the snacks. In fact, forget Super Bowl snacks.
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