When I was a kid, every once in a while I would lay on the floor and stare at the ceiling and imagine that it was the floor.  I'd think about how it would feel to walk around it, how the furniture would change, how it would change my daily activities. In my own way, I was thinking outside the box. Or, more precisely, I would re-imagine the box itself.

As I grew up, I'd periodically re-arrange all my belongings, from furniture, to the cabinet contents.  While I like stability, I am not content with permanence (other than, say, having a job that's classified as permanent with benefits, not that there are really any "permanent" positions anymore).

I still like to do that, in other ways.  I have a really hard time leaving well enough alone, in part because I don't believe good enough really is good enough.  If I have downtime at work, I'll clean out files, or find documents that need tweaking.  I guess I'm an addict to "continuous improvement." But what helps me with that, is looking at things in different ways.


When was the last time you re-imagined the boxes of your life?  Your career, your daily life?  At worst, you'll do a clutter clear. Can you imagine the best?