I love the word curious. It makes me think of crazy cats. Mad professors. And people that aren’t afraid to find out what happens if you drink a blue fizzy drink too quick.
Tapping into your curiosity can open you up to trying new things and a raft of experiences you may never get if you tread the same old paths over and over again. Here are 8 of my best tips to tap into your curiosity. Use them to find out what’s around the corner of your life or simply get ‘unstuck’ or out of a routine or way of thinking and living that is no longer delivering juicy results to you.
1. Eat new and different foods. A different tingle on the tastebuds can elicit new feelings and experiences not just with your taste but with your smell too. It can make you interested in exploring other cultures, countries and cuisines as well. You can be a citizen of the world from your home or local restaurant!
2. Ask questions. Not nosey, busy body type questions but questions that help you learn more. Dig deeper. Feel stronger. More alive. And don’t just ask them of someone else. Ask them of you too.
3. Bite off more than you can chew. Step out of your comfort zone and take it one step further and even too far. What’s the worst that could happen?
4. Go in a different direction. If you’ve been treading the same beaten path over and over again why not mix it up a bit. Think of an area of your life that you aren’t getting results in and do exactly the opposite or at least something different than what you’re doing now. Go on! Tell me what happens when you do.
5. Give it a go. You know. That thing you’ve meaning to do, try, experience or savour. Stop just being curious and get on into it.
6. Choose what you normally wouldn’t. Try a new sauce. Take a new route. Wear a different colour. Take in all the new things you see and feel and experience. Where else can you choose what you normally wouldn’t. How could it make a difference to you?
7. Grow something. What can you help nurture, feed, water and blossom? Move with something as it changes and becomes whole, revelling in not knowing what’s around the corner or what it may look like.
8. Ask them out. Yep. Do it. Push aside any fear of rejection and charge in with the question. You do know you only live once right? That lovely one you have your eye on could be the love of your life.
Get curious Beautiful You! Open your eyes and heart to new things. Things that you aren’t certain about. Things that you aren’t sure how they’ll turn out. Things where you don’t exactly know how you’ll feel. You will grow and learn and become a more Beautiful You as a result.
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Julie, I LOVE this post! So well-written and you provide fantastic tips! Being inquisitive is so important. It definitely opens us up to exciting opportunities and different perspectives. And, ultimately, it’s fun.
Thanks Margarita! I think being inquisitive in nature is somewhat underrated so thought it a good opportunity to share my tips and thoughts with people as to how they can tap into it and benefit as well.