11 Ways to break the routine!

Warning- This is not a gyan or advice arumugam or karuthu kandasamy post.

We are stuck into our routines- travel to office-home, work, spend time with family, go to restaurants\malls\temples\11 o'clock shows. I’m listing few things to break the routine, which I think can add little pep into the life. Remember, somethings are really hazardous, so stay away from few things, if you are an orthodox (acharamana) person.

1. While travelling to office or back to home try an alternative route, this depends on time\money, so plan it. Once I took an alternate route without realizing that there is not enough fuel to reach my destination.
2. If you can, try travelling in public transport once in a while. Once in a week will be fine.
3. Call a friend\relative from your contact list with whom you haven't contacted for a long time. Just say a hi and speak a minute or two. You can also send them a good little email.
4. Make your own story and tell it to kids with actions. Side effect- They’ll always be behind you and pester you to tell stories.
5. While watching TV try to watch DD National or DD Bharathi or DD Podhigai once in a while. You’ll know how much our brains are programmed in watching reality shows.
6. Listen to All India Radio. There is more information than National Geography.
7. Write about something using pen-paper, at least one page a week. PS- If you are right-handed try writing using your left hand.
8. Try to avoid your regular newspaper and buy something else for a day. If you are the regular reader of The Hindu, try to read Indian Express one day.
9. Pick a random magazine from the book stand. Tinkle has more useful information than TOI.
10. Start to read a short story or a novel(fiction) from half way and imagine how the story would have started. You can do the same exercise by finishing the story by yourselves after read the first part of the story.
11. Watch a movie which you don't understand the language without subtitles. 

On readers request more unique (kodurammana!) and innovative ways of breaking the routine can be shared in part 2.

PS- After writing this post, I just googled to find is there a list available in the net. Yes, there are more, but I see this as the Indian'sed version.

***Above image by the blogger. He actually spilled some cola on it to get the effect.