Sometimes, we feel the need to change our habits. But how do you go about it? Because it’s not a question of leaving everything behind, changing everything, or even taking on crazy challenges. In fact, we simply want to try something new. That’s why I’m sharing with you 3 questions to help you gently break out of your routine.

1 – Getting out of a rut: am I bored?

Sometimes it’s hard for us to recognize our need to get out of a rut. In fact, we’re going round in circles and our mood is gloomy. We don’t know why we feel this way, and we immediately think of a little bout of depression.

In fact, it’s essential to ask ourselves this question in order to realize that we’re getting bored, and that this is good news.

Indeed, boredom invites us to be creative. Yes, it’s because we’re bored that we’re going to look for solutions to bring joy back into our daily lives.

In other words, to get out of a rut, make boredom your starting point.

2 – What would bring me joy?

Next, it’s a question of allowing ourselves to seek joy, and unfortunately, we rarely allow ourselves to do so.

We’ve learned that life is serious. That you have to be serious. That joy is for children.

Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, we need joy to be fully happy.

So there’s no shame in asking yourself this question: what would bring me joy?

Don’t put up any barriers. In fact, put a lot of curiosity into finding the answer.

What for me, [First name, Last name], would bring me joy, right here, right now?

In other words, getting out of the rut means going in search of your own joy. There’s nothing serious about that, nothing useful according to our minds. And yet, this joy is vital for us, our heart, our soul.

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3 – Getting out of a rut: what would be the first step?

Even if we allow ourselves to be bored and seek our joy, we’ll still find it difficult to take action.

Indeed, we’ve learned to be serious and therefore to do serious things in a very serious way.

In other words, we’re not used to doing things that bring us joy. So we can feel afraid, guilty even.

That’s why we need to ask ourselves a very small question: what if I, [First Name, Last Name], allowed myself to take the first step towards my joy, what would I do?

A tiny question for a tiny step out of routine. Because that’s what joy is. It’s not necessarily in the big things and the big actions.

Joy is everywhere, even in the smallest things.

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I invite you to read these 2 complementary articles:

Discover How to work on yourself: the best habits for self-improvement
Discover How to work on yourself: the 3 best habits for self-improvement

In addition, I suggest this inspiring book on the subject:

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaelle Giordano.

A novel full of joie de vivre. We meet a woman who is fed up with her daily life and who, with the help of a coach, is going to take her life in hand. I wholeheartedly recommend this book, as it will help you get out of the rut gently!

Thank you very much for reading this article.

If you liked it, let me know in the comments.

Take care of yourself.