089 - That I Can Also Turn Left

Today I noticed that I even though it’s often a pain in the butt to do so, I always turn right when I leave the parking lot of my rock climbing gym. I can go left, though; the option was ALWAYS there in front of me. The way I defaulted so long into a less-than-ideal way of doing things made me wonder. I guess we have a tendency to stick with what we know, even if it means overlooking better ways of doing things.

The creative lesson I took from this Noticing is how important (or at least interesting) it can be to challenge our habitual patterns and instead consider alternative approaches — both in life and in writing. You might explore different ways of writing (or characters different from your norm), or push past your usual tropes, or you might just try something new in general.

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