Spiritual Geek Hack: Same Shot, New Awareness: What Old Habits Can Teach Us
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Several days ago, after my weightlifting workout, my daughter and I grabbed a basketball and shot around for a while.
I found myself at the free throw line, stepping up as if I were about to take a shot—doing the exact same thing I did more than 30 years ago when I played in both high school and college.
I had developed a routine:
placing my feet in exactly the same spot
bouncing the ball three times
looking at the basket
then shooting
Every time, it was exactly the same. Always.
And it worked—I shot 90% from the free throw line during my sophomore year in college. That record still stands!
What struck me in that moment was my own awareness—this curiosity that 30+ years later, I was still doing it the exact same way.
How many things do we do in life simply because we’ve always done them that way?
The way we sit in a chair.
The way we brush our teeth.
The route we drive home.
Even the order we walk the aisles at the grocery store.
It’s so easy to fall into the same routines, doing the same things over and over. These patterns, these thoughts, these habits—they eventually become who we are.
But here’s the truth:
Who we are is not what we do.
Who we are is deeper. Bigger. More profound than the routines we walk and operate in every day.
If you want life to feel different, then you have to do something different.
Try this:
1. Notice your routines.
Are there any you’re bored with—or don’t even notice anymore?
2. Change just one.
Take a different turn. Walk a different path. Mix it up.
3. Pay attention to how it feels.
Is it uncomfortable? Invigorating? Disruptive? Enlivening?
Most of all—have fun with it.
Enjoy the change.
And notice how life can start to feel easier, lighter, and flow differently when you simply do something new.
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