Work & careers
step off the treadmill
leave a repetitive routine
To step off the treadmill means to leave a busy and repetitive routine for a while.
Hear it in real life
Why are you taking six months off?
I need to step off the treadmill and rethink my priorities.
He sold his business because he wanted to step off the treadmill.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I want to step out of the treadmill for a while.
Say: I want to step off the treadmill for a while.
The established metaphor uses “step off the treadmill” to mean leaving a repetitive routine.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
step off the treadmill; want to step off the treadmill
Your turn: say it out loud
He sold his business because he wanted to step off the treadmill.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
step off the treadmill
leave a repetitive routine
“He sold his business because he wanted to step off the treadmill.”
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