Humans love routine. Without it, we quickly become filled with self doubt and a lack of purpose generally leads to depression.

On the flip side of this, routine is the killer of creativity and self growth. Once in a secure job, many people switch to auto pilot and before long, they’ve spent ten years of their life coasting. And guess who’s first to go when redundancies come around?

Being out of work and feeling like you’ve lost control is something that should be embraced, it’s in these times that we do our best work and it is the strongest catalyst for change.

If you’re not feeling out of control regularly, you need to ask yourself, have you become too attached to your routine?