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Walking on a path you’ve never been to

A thought came to me that I’ve usually taken a road I’ve been when I travel somewhere such as going to workplace. I became curious about what if I walk on a path I’ve never been to. Blindly, I decided to walk far away my routine course from home to office though it makes me spend much longer time on the road.

In general, in order to reach the destination, we prefer to take the shortest route rather than crosscut and the main street rather than byway. In light of it, my decision means that I have to give up the shortest and the main road to take.

This new initiative gives me some discoveries and benefits:

Sideways are also full of freshness and wonders as main streets are. Small and beautiful cafes, boutique stores, bookstores were precious findings. Though I couldn’t drop by all of them yet, I am going to visit one by one.

While walking on a newly developed path, it didn’t take so long time to realize that the most threatening and continuing attraction against staying on the new route was the desire to join in the old and familiar route that I’ve been in. The even worse problem is that though the road travelled was a failed one previously, we might be still comforted in the same road again. That’s the reason why we may repeat same failures without learning lessons from previous ones.

Taking far away route, making me walking more, gives me additional benefit. It is strong muscle legs. Though I didn’t intend to train my legs with well structured fitness planning, I could already enjoy the fitness effect.

Lastly, finding myself full of stubbornness and laziness always choosing the same road travelled and paved is a very critical gain. Someone might say that it could be regarded as ‘routine or habit’, which could be considered something positive and good. Of course, it could be. However, they shouldn’t be an excuse not to explore new possibilities and views.