In Defense of Routine: Why Novelty is Overrated

You can’t get by life by being novel. Life is routine. When I was younger, I was under the impression (like most young kids these days!) that, to enrich your life, you have to keep doing unique things. Now? Now I am tired of novelty. Yes, I do enjoy travel, food, and walking tightropes between skyscrapers, but it is just to complement my routine, my systems of life. You cannot get through life meaningfully by not doing the routine stuff.