A New Day

From Over­com­ing Bias via Mar­ginal Rev­o­lu­tion:

Some­time in the next week — Jan­u­ary 1^st if you have that avail­able, or maybe Jan­u­ary 3^rd or 4^th if the week­end is more con­ve­nient — I sug­gest you hold a New Day, where you don’t do any­thing old.

Don’t read any book you’ve read before. Don’t read any author you’ve read before. Don’t visit any web­site you’ve vis­ited before. Don’t play any game you’ve played before. Don’t lis­ten to famil­iar music that you already know you’ll like. If you go on a walk, walk along a new path even if you have to drive to a dif­fer­ent part of the city for your walk. Don’t go to any restau­rant you’ve been to before, order a dish that you haven’t had before. Talk to new peo­ple (even if you have to find them in an IRC chan­nel) about some­thing you don’t spend much time discussing.

And most of all, if you become aware of your­self mus­ing on any thought you’ve thunk before, then muse on some­thing else. Rehearse no old griev­ances, replay no old fantasies.

If it works, you could make it a hol­i­day tra­di­tion, and do it every New Year.

Sounds like a cool idea. I think I’m going to try it Sun­day, in the new house. If you do it too, please drop a com­ment and let me know how it went!

Tags: Music, Work