Goal for the Day: Adapt

We’re called upon to be adaptable every day. We have to bend to work with other people. We have to amend our desires to be realistic. We must change our plans to fit with reality. But, we can also adapt in more interesting ways. Not only are we able to adapt ourselves, we are able to adapt ideas.


There’s not a moment—hopefully—that passes where something doesn’t catch your attention. Very often the things that attract us aren’t attainable in their pure and original forms, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t take the concept and turn it into something that is achievable.

Flipping through magazines, watching TV, or searching online, you’ll come across ideas which you’ll find appealing from décor to fashion to cuisine. While you may not be able to fill your home with original Seventeenth Century paintings, you can take the idea of them and create something which has a similar feeling and importance to you. You may not be able to afford the high-end couture looks in magazines, but you can adapt the look into your own wardrobe. Truffles and caviar may not be on your lunch menu every day, but you can always find a way to incorporate those flavors into even the most banal of meals. Use your imagination and adapt your passions and desires into something that you can enjoy every day.