Get Lost. Your Routine Will Harm Your Creativity

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal

Pic by Christopher Windus

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” — Paulo Coelho

The time I felt closest to death was when I got lost in the middle of the Patagonia. I didn’t do it on purpose though something inside of me pushed me in the wrong direction.

I was on vacation, in my 30’s, in the middle of the Patagonia. I was trekking at a fast pace, hoping to be the first one of the group to get to a hidden waterfall. After a while, I realized I simply wasn’t way ahead of the rest; I was lost. It was getting too late –and dark- for me to turn around.

Why didn’t I stop before? Was it the rush of the first day of vacation? Or simply something inside of me wishing to experience getting lost?

Either way, my only priority was to stay alive. I had to find a place to spend the night. I wasn’t really prepared to sleep out in the open: I neither had food nor warm clothes to protect me from the pouring rain and below…