Shuffle the Cards, Shuffle Yourself

How often do you find yourself doing the same thing in the same way?

- Day after day, you drive the same route to work.

- Time and again, you order the same dish at your favorite restaurant.

- Over and over, you fall into your daily routine: driving the commute, arriving at the office, checking in at the water cooler, answering those emails ...

A Tarot deck consists of seventy-eight cards that, like the events of your day, have a very specific assigned order. The trumps go from zero to twenty-one. The suit cards are numbered from one to ten. The people cards are ranked from Page to King.

Tarot's magic, though, takes place when you shuffle. Randomizing the cards produces unexpected combinations that help us see our situation from surprising new angles.

So what might magic happen if you shuffled yourself?

- Drive a different route to work.

- Eat a meal consisting of only appetizers.

- Vary your work day, trying different approaches to the goals you hope to achieve.

Need more suggestions for shaking things up? Great ideas are just a Tarot deck away:

- Draw The Empress, and you might be prompted to explore new ways of nurturing and rewarding yourself for jobs well-done.

- Draw the Six of Cups, and you might be inspired to devote an hour to expanding your personal network of professional contacts.

- Draw the King of Wands, and you might take a frank look at your readiness to step out from under the strict rules of the corporate environment and give being on your own a try.

Magic happens when we shuffle the cards.

What might happen if you shuffled yourself?