The Key to Passion: You Can Decide to Be Different

Last week, I did something I never do at Starbucks: I ordered a different drink than my plain black coffee or my iced vanilla coffee. I’d seen a recipe on TikTok for a customized Iced Shaken Espresso and decided to give it a try. And you know what?? It’s now my FAVORITE drink. Like seriously, so good (Order an iced shaken espresso, no sweetener, Oat Milk, one pump of white mocha syrup, and cinnamon on top. That's it!)

I’ve been saying a lot in this space that mixing up your life is so underrated when it comes to making big changes, to finding your passion. So often, we get stuck in routines and monotony. We get up and do the same things, eat the same things, see the same people, watch the same shows, drive the same routes. Our lives become endless days on a Merry-Go-Round. Predictability becomes our guiding light…and then we wonder why so many of us feel a little dead inside.

But I’m here to tell you that today, right now, you can choose differently. It doesn’t have to be as big as jumping on a plane and uprooting your life for Fiji. It can be little. In fact, it’s crazy how little changes add up in big, inspiring ways. 

Take the different route to work.
Get that new coffee you’ve never tried.
Wear the shirt you never thought you would.
Try the new lipstick color.
Switch up your exercise class.
Try a new tea in the evenings.
Put on that show that never quite seemed like you.
Put out the fancy plates for dinner.
Paint your toenails a different color.
Buy a new pen.
Go out for dinner on a night you normally wouldn’t.

It’s in the little changes that you can rediscover your vibrancy. This world is so big. Ridiculously big. Stop living small. Stop boxing yourself in. Start adventuring more in the tiniest ways and soon, you’ll understand the power not just in mixing it up…but in taking control of your life, today, right now. You can decide to be different, to do something different. And when you understand that principle, I really do believe life opens up tenfold.