is it starting to make sense yet? the status quo. the way things are now. the condition or state of affairs that currently exists.

people participate in documenting “the status quo” all the time. and they do it by answering some very basic questions. in conversation, they answer, “what’s up?” on facebook, they answer “what’s on your mind?” on twitter, they answer, “what’s happening?” facebook and twitter are tools meant to collect and report back on the status quo. the way things are now. for millions and millions of individuals. who, perhaps without realizing it, are living in the moment. the moment when they stop everything they’re doing and tune out everything around them to report what they are doing. in the now. in that moment. to report how they are living life.

when you think about it, there is a strong connection between the status updates of an individual and the days of a person’s life.  there are millions of status updates. there are millions of people. there are people who clearly put time and thought into their status updates. there are people who clearly put time and thought into every moment of their day. but the next day, the previous status updates are gone. the next day, the previous day is gone. a whole new wave of statuses appear. a whole new day of opportunities appear. you are the one who has to look back and evaluate if the time you put into your status update was worth it (how many comments, likes, retweets did it yield). and you are the one who has to look back and evaluate if you got the most out of every minute of your day. if what you put into your status update, your day, was memorable.

for some, the status quo changes. with every status update. with every day. because they put in the time. they make the decision to live life. differently. better. with each word they type, and each day that they breathe. and people are living their lives. hopefully different than the day before. and different than tomorrow. that’s interesting stuff.

so after much consideration of this connection with the days of your life and status updates, this blog seemed like the way for me to talk about all the ways i’m learning to embrace “the more routine, the less life” approach. how i’m learning to break outside the status quo. because the status quo cannot simply be decided against; action must be taken if it is to change. if your life is to change. if your life will be everything you want it to be. everything but ordinary.

but a lot of people are doing this on their blogs, right? so i thought… my life, my stories, might be more interesting when told through the status updates of myself and the status updates of so many others. people that i see taking the time to live each moment of every day to its fullest. and let’s face it, people who invest the time to write a status update that is representative of living life, not complaining about it.

simply put, this is my life. told through the in-the-moment memos of myself and many others. the status updates that make up the status quo.

enjoy the ride… i know i will.