Getting off That Treadmill

Have you ever had one of those days when you ve asked yourself: Why am I doing this ? Do you hate Mondays and hang out for Fridays? Or do you say to yourself: it s not forever, and the money is good . If work has lost it s meaning for you, and your care factor is hovering close to zero, then you can join the thousands of other people who are endlessly running on the treadmill.

Being on the treadmill is an insidious condition people are endurance athletes when it comes to running on this particular machine. It s not hard to build up stamina, in fact there is a simple 3-step formula that will guarantee your ongoing success:

Step 1: go to work each day
Step 2: complete all activities and tasks
Step 3: show all the acceptable outward signs of participation and enthusiasm

then repeat ad infinitum

Inwardly you might be having a conversation like: Are you serious? This is so boring, or No, not again!

The problem with the treadmill is that it never slows down or turns off unless the person operating it presses the Stop button (or fails to complete Steps 1 to 3 successfully). It s the same with our lives nothing changes unless we actively choose to do something different.

The ability to jump off the treadmill takes work, and courage. Often we think it s easier to keep doing what we are doing than to think about how to make a change. But each of us has the power to make a different reality after all, we made the one that we re in now didn t we?.

Recognise that you re on the treadmill.<br