When I sort mail, I stand in a U shaped area (Case) with six rows of little slots, one slot for each mailbox all in order of my route.
An apartment complex of 10 was added to the beginning of my route and I had to make room for it by moving every slot about 10 or so inches to the right, starting with the last one.
It is surprising how small of a shift there was and how it threw my whole memorizing off, all my instincts of knowing are no more, I have to relearn it all again.
I wonder how long it will take for my mind to become comfortable with this new routine? What an incredible mind that it can relearn and toss out the old obsolete info that it will follow if you are determined.
My head actually hurt again from having to concentrate and do the hunt and search routine, and by the end of two and half hours it was already catching on.
The name would appear and I would know which way to turn, it remembered to remember there was a new place to go to.
The flexibility of the mind is similar to the body, it will follow your lead, and it is much more your desire to learn than its ability.
You can become comfortable in a new routine, all it take is time and the willingness to try.
In a week or so, I will be able to almost mindlessly toss mail, and it leads me to wonder, if you are not putting new things into your life, are you almost on Autopilot?
What keeps you repeating the same things, being comfortable in the rote like life? How is it that we feel most at ease when we are mindlessly following our normal routine?
It seems so counterintuitive to living to be on remote, just repeating and repeating, it is like we are stuck in a grove in an old Record Album, ‘same life, same life, same life.’
Isn’t it odd that we call this living feeling the most comfortable with ‘No Change’.
And can you actually call it living if there is no growth or change?
Just as my mind was brought to the present with the slight changes in my case, I am sure that by doing new things in other areas of my life, my mind will awaken in the present and engage in a new way.
Just as I do yoga for my body, I will have to bring my mind to new places to give it exercise too…I am open to the new possibilities.
I guess it is up to us whether we coast along or look for new ways to live in life.
I M Perfect lady 