Are you in a rut, are you doing the same things day in day out. Do you feel productive and alive in your daily life or are you going through the motions. Many of us are stuck in a rut and do not even know that we are in the rut. The daily routine becomes so common that we forget the person we once were as the years pass. I was one of these people I would get up early each day and make my pot of coffee. I would turn on the news and watch the news as I drank my cup of coffee, then I would get to work. Since I work out of the house and I am self employed all I had to do was head over to the computer and get started working. I would start typing or doing some research drink another cup of coffee get all my data together and then head to my first appointment. I would go out inspect several houses come back home eat some lunch and sit back down at the computer. Mid afternoon I would drink another cup of coffee and complete my reports, check my email for new work, make my phone calls and call it a day.  Earlier in my life I was running to soccer or lacrosse practices for my son and daughter and then the week ends they had  games. I enjoyed the opportunity to go out and watch my children play sports  because I enjoyed paying football, basketball and baseball. I even ran cross country my senior year in high school. The years went by and I was doing the same thing each and every day. I enjoyed appraising real estate and I would get out and golf every now and then but something was missing.  I would work hard each week and look forward to meeting friends on the weekends at the games or a happy hour . The past two years I have been doing allot of reading and they say once you put an action into motion things start to change in your life.  The first change you make gives you a different outlook and then you make the next change.  The mind keeps working and the more books you read the more changes start coming about in you life. Then you find yourself doing some soul searching and realized that I was in a rut and and ready for some new challenges. Once you make a decision to change your mind starts working on how, why and when. I sat down started setting new goals and been working on my true why. The fun part is once you decide to get out of the rut and find your passion or your why for change the universe starts opening up doors and new opportunities. People start to show up in your life that are willing to help your along on your journey on becoming that person you always wanted to be deep down inside.  The whys and the hows come into focus and life is much easier when you take that first step towards change.