{"id":2041,"date":"2011-11-21T07:35:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T07:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hip97.com\/wp\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2012-10-31T23:52:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:52:51","slug":"why-you-should-take-a-break-from-your-daily-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2011\/11\/21\/why-you-should-take-a-break-from-your-daily-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should take a break from your daily schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4198.jpg\" class=\"image\" width=\"440\" alt=\"Sometimes a break from your routine is the very thing you need\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like predictability. A lot. <\/p>\n<p>I think it has to do with having a father who was very prompt (to the minute!) and who is a master at organizing tasks at home and work. So I like to plan too, and while I&#8217;m flexible to accomodate last minute changes, I find comfort in things that run like clockwork.<\/p>\n<p>But the past few months have been crazy, to say the least. I was travelling almost every week! In between work, to going out of town for a weekend with out of town friends; from weddings to a family holiday (our last one was in 2007!) \u2013 the list seemed endless.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing. I learned that in between all this mad rushing about, my mind was fresher than ever. It probably had to do with me being caught off guard in situations where time management was crucial, so my brain was always spinning! This break from my normal routine made me flexible enough to accomodate surprises, and it also made me plan ahead. Way, way ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this break in my routine, I noticed that I find inspirations in the most unlikely of situations. I have been sketching profusely and inking down thoughts and ideas for next year (already with a to-do list to boot) \u2013\u00a0and it&#8217;s all because I was forced out of my comfort zone. Random walking trips turned into power walks, where everything I saw connected with things inside my mind that I was struggling to understand. A walk through an old bookstore yielded new ideas for patterns and illustrations. A chat with a friend turned into an internal brainstorming pow-wow session that cleared the fog that had lingered in my mind for too long. The list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>So take a break from the norm and <a href=\"http:\/\/pikaland.com\/staging\/2011\/11\/14\/how-to-challenge-yourself\">challenge yourself<\/a> \u2013 deviate away from the daily patterns and path you know so well once in a while. You might just be pleasantly surprised at where you&#8217;ll end up at.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the soul will not emerge.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>~ Henry Van Dyke<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Happy Monday folks!<\/p>\n<p><em>{Image credit \/\/ Original source: unknown; Spotted via <a href=\"http:\/\/amouthlikeasailor.tumblr.com\/\">A mouth like a sailor<\/a>}<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230; <a title=\"Why you should take a break from your daily schedule\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/2011\/11\/21\/why-you-should-take-a-break-from-your-daily-schedule\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why you should take a break from your daily schedule\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31815,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions\/31815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pikaland.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}