The problem I have in answering your question is that I don't really know what you want to convey. Less ordinary could be anything from extremely plain and dull to phenomenally exciting and interesting.
He was a CPA, had worked as one for 30 years. Happily married with kids and grandchildren. But at times he would dream of a life less ordinary (a life with pizzaz, a life with spark).
It is the human condition that most of us live lives that grind us into the mire of blandness. Oh, for a life less ordinary (a life with meaning, a l