Why it matters: Small novel choices are how we mark time as meaningful instead of letting weeks disappear into 'just another Friday.' Novelty can be as unassuming as making a small, simple choice that leads to big, interesting outcomes. Sometimes the change of a route, the change of a restaurant, or the change of an order can be a small, novel choice that can be the nudge you need to live a life out of the norm.
The gentleman from the table next to mine leaned over and said “you are going to love this.”
The lights were dimmed, the theme song from the Godfather started to play, and the room was humming in anticipation.
“WTF is happening?”, we wondered.
It was a Friday night, and I was at a Mexican restaurant with one of my closest friends, both of us exhausted from the week and simply looking for a little comfort food to celebrate having made it to the end of the week.
I do not know how to describe what happened over the next 15 minutes.
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First, a Congo line started. Seems mildly charming but not alarming. Then, The Mask made an appearance. Yes. THE Mask. And he was club dancing? Shimmying, shaking, and jirating to the music. There were women standing up to join him, some waving him over to get a little more……. personal.
And then he ended up dancing on the bar. WHAT IS HAPPENING?
