Mundane or exotic ?
Summer is finally here and we are all planning our trips to cottages, beaches, foreign travel and bbq s with our friends and family. Away from the mundane routine.
Ah, but there is grass to mown in our backyard and front lawn, flower and vegetable beds to be watered and weeding to be done. Not to forget protecting your cabbage, tomato and cucumber plants from rodents. Then there are grills to be clean for bbq, meats and veggies to be marinated and exotic salads to put together.
So the mundane takes over. Well, the exotic tantalizes you, seduces you, gives you pleasure for a short while and then brings you down with a thud to mother earth. Mundane, on the other hand, keeps us busy, makes us tired, is boring and keeps us balanced and realistic. It gives us discipline to carry on. Occasional exotic is fine but mundane is permanent.
What if we try and make a fusion from time to time? Pitching a tent in your backyard and cooking on a camp stove? Screening a movie there with a big screen and having popcorn or hot chocolate? In every city there are free shows, parks and pools. We can take advantage of these and turn our mundane exotic.
Having a slice of bread is mundane, tuning it into a bread pizza can be exotic. Involving children in cleaning flower beds not only adds a zing to mundane but also teaches them life skills and gives them happy memories. Isn’t that exotic? You can think of numerous other ways to-make your mundane interesting.
What is your formula of turning mundane into exotic? Do tell me, I’d like to hear from you.
Be happy and safe
So be it !!!
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