Déjà vu partie deux

Week of: 5th of March 2017

I am currently a first year student at the Open Window Institute in Centurion. The first year students were encouraged to make a blog expressing our adventurous experiences for a project. This project entails us doing something activities and attending events to encourage new ways of thinking and behaving.

This week I had the experience of completely changing my routine for a few days. I am a very regime like person and enjoy been living my life in patterns. I didn't feel scared of changing my routine though, I've always had thoughts of doing it but easily dismiss it. 

I started my change of routine by deciding to sleep on my couch rather than my bed. I woke up the next morning with the urge to break my spinal column in half to ease my back pain.

School was normal but my day changed when I decided to go to Centurion Mall to collect my fixed iPhone. As soon as I had to pay for my phone I realised that I had left my bank card at home and had to rush back to get it. 

"It's okay... this is nothing out of the normal." I then realised that I didn't have a device that would allow me to order an Uber back home. Oh no!

I asked the Apple consultants if I could quickly connect to their wifi. I ordered my Uber and stupidly enough left the store. 

I walked towards the parking lot and realised that I had no wifi connection. 15 minutes later the Uber driver had still not shown up and had probably cancelled the trip. 

I was stuck. I had no "safe" way of getting home and couldn't even contact anyone without getting in someone else's business. 

"Dear God, please please please find a way for me to get home. I have class in an hour and HAVE to be there on time."

Minutes later, I women  showed walked towards a car a couple steps in front of me. I knew her. She worked at a stationery shop right near my house. She didn't recognise me but I knew that this was not an accident.

She kindly drove me home and laughed her lungs out at my situation. She encouraged me to be a bit more organised with my life and wished me a good day.

"What a crazy day? I hope this is over," I whispered to myself while walking up the stairs to my flat.

After checking if I had everything I needed five times I ordered my Uber.

"Deja vu!" I've had this same creepy Uber driver before.

I got in the car and avoid all eye contact with the driver. He asked why I looked so frustrated. I told him my story and he (similarly  to the stationery shop woman) died of laughter at my situation. His laughter broke the tension and encouraged me to speak to him.

I learnt that I judged him too quickly and even though he looked intimating, he had a friendly personality.

Changing my routine brought on a bit of mayhem and disorganisation but I learnt that changing your life puts you in a problem solving constantly It's good to give your brain little problems to solve in the quickest and most efficeint way.  I enjoyed the little rush of adrenaline I endured.