new

When you’re trying something new, a new habit, a new style. It’s quite common to fall back into your normal routine. To lean back into what you’re used to, instead of what you’re trying.

And it feels good. It feels like that should be the way life was intended. More safe, relaxing, and predictable.
But that’s not why we try new things.
Trying new things also means trying to expand that zone of comfort, to include new horizons, new ideas. To let other parts of this world feel like home.
In the beginning, though, they will feel alien to us. That’s why resorting to our usual routine feels so good, and that’s also why whenever we notice that we are going back instead of forward, we should stop, take a breath, and try again.