Routines are great until we wake up one day years and realize we never truly accomplished what we wanted to do in life because we repeated the same day over and over. This is why we need to pause life for a moment and take the time to figure out what we have a passion for and start moving in that direction.
Society temps us into having a "normal" life, which often times is not a life that brings us the happiness we crave. Taking the time to evaluate where your life is, where you are headed, and if that is truly what you want to achieve is a critical task. Being able to handle going against the grain of society is sometimes where we find our greatest happiness.