Do It Everything for The First Time (Again and Again)
Almost everybody knows about dejavu. It’s when you feel that you already experience something even though you do it for the first time. The opposite of dejavu is jamais vu. It’s when you feel you do something for the first time, even though you already do it over and over again. I always think that’s a good practice. While we cannot force dejavu, but we can practice our personal jamais vu everyday.
Jamais vu maintains your enthusiasm. When something become a routine, the enthusiasm level just dropped slowly until it reached zero. When you feel jamais vu, you keep your enthusiasm high to do the routines.
How? Find a new angle, a new perspective in one routine. Discover another side of a person that you haven’t found out. You can take the same road, but the scenery changes.
And today, Moslem people around me celebrating Ramadan, I hope that those people feeling jamais vu and fasting like they are fasting for the first time with the same excitement as a child when they do it for the first time.
Happy fasting!
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:22 am
hmm….nice tips. tough at certain time as you said we be in a total-boring . I’ll try it, but I’m stuck I’ll search for the enlightment from you
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
as a first time? is very interesting but hard to do.. thx the tips anyway..