Breaking Patterns for Better Results

How I upped my game with pattern interrupts

B. Lorraine Smith
Runner's Life
Published in
7 min readFeb 27, 2023

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My bib number for my first 10km race since 2015; I brought my proper mug and coffee in the taxi with me because some patterns, such as the home coffee ritual, really don’t want to be interrupted. (Photo by me)

We all have patterns in our lives — things that happen over and over. Some serve us well, others not so much. As I’ve pointed out before, as in running, so too in life. The (ahem) pattern holds with the technique known as a pattern interrupting, too.

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B. Lorraine Smith
Runner's Life

Former sustainability consultant replacing ESG with reality-based insights about corporate purpose and impact. https://www.blorrainesmith.com/