So much of our lives is ordinary: routines, our homes, our family and friends, the landscapes around us, our work. Our circumstances all become familiar and just accepted as being how they are. In fact, we hardly notice them unless something out of the ordinary happens.

But we could really appreciate them – or decide to change them if we look at everything with fresh eyes, a different perspective, and it becomes a voyage of discovery that is better than any holiday.

Take a moment to imagine you are coming into your home for the first time as a new visitor. What impression do you have immediately? How does it feel as an environment? What attracts your attention? Would you change anything?

Or imagine you have been locked away inside with no access to or view of the outside world, and go into your garden or street. What delights you? What do you see, as if for the first time? (Going out with a small child can help with this, if you let them lead the ‘adventure’.)

Or imagine what you would miss, if you didn’t have these friends, this family. What would that deprive you of that brings you joy?

Or be you at 85 years old, reminiscing about your life. What lovely memories would you have? What would you regret or change if you could?

This is such a fun way to rediscover your own world, to bring back to life all your own taken-for-granteds. See things differently in your own ordinary life by looking at it with fresh eyes and discovering its wonders.