Creatures of Habit

[lucky-E-leven]

How locked into some routines are you? If certain things about your day are out of place, how does it affect your mood and attitude?

 

[impressive]

How locked into some routines are you? If certain things about your day are out of place, how does it affect your mood and attitude?

Depends on who's upsetting my apple cart.

If it's a certain someone, I'll toss routine to the wind with a great big ol' grin and dive into the spontaneity pool.

If it's a bothersome chore or some other unwanted interruption -- I bite.

 

[rgraham666]

Trying hard to get into a routine, a good one that is.

All that's really left is getting into the habit of writing everyday.

And I need a routine. I don't handle surprises well at all.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Depends on who's upsetting my apple cart.

If it's a certain someone, I'll toss routine to the wind with a great big ol' grin and dive into the spontaneity pool.

If it's a bothersome chore or some other unwanted interruption -- I bite.

For me it doesn't even have to be someone causing the disruption. I wasn't able to go through my normal waking up routine this morning, which is admittedly long when you compare it to a certain blonde who bounces out of bed on the first alarm ping as though her ass is on fire. Anyway, it's taking me a while to get into my day and not feel that something's missing. This can happen in almost any situation that has developed a pretty stable pattern.

~lucky

 

[R. Richard]

How locked into some routines are you? If certain things about your day are out of place, how does it affect your mood and attitude?

If the routine is a good and necessary one, I try to get myself locked into doing it on a regular and specific schedule and will strongly resist anything that interrupts that schedule.

If the routine is a bad one, I will try to figure out why I am doing it and stop it. Even if I can not figure out why I am doing it, I will still try to stop it, usually by substituting a good and necessary routine.

 

[lil_elvis]

Not a good day for this question, I've been out of sorts since I got up.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Depends on who's upsetting my apple cart.

If it's a certain someone, I'll toss routine to the wind with a great big ol' grin and dive into the spontaneity pool.

If it's a bothersome chore or some other unwanted interruption -- I bite.

If it's a certain someone...cool!
She'll toss routine to the wind
with a great big ol' grin
and dive right in
to the spontaneity pool.

If it's a bothersome chore,
she'll show them her might.
Watch out - she'll bite!
They have no right!
They'll bother her nevermore.



(sorry, couldn't resist the rhymes!)

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Trying hard to get into a routine, a good one that is.

All that's really left is getting into the habit of writing everyday.

And I need a routine. I don't handle surprises well at all.

With your current routine, though, when something interferes how does it leave you feeling? Or what is your reaction?

Say the bunny has a nightmare and wakes you up with its screaming just as you've fallen asleep after a bout of lengthy insomnia. (Hey, it could happen.) Or if you live in apartments and the neighbors decide to have a domestic blow-out at 2 am. Maybe you go to the store to purchase the same items you always get but you find that they've sold out of a couple of your staples.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Not a good day for this question, I've been out of sorts since I got up.

Anything out of the ordinary happen lately?

 

[impressive]

If it's a certain someone...cool!
She'll toss routine to the wind
with a great big ol' grin
and dive right in
to the spontaneity pool.

If it's a bothersome chore,
she'll show them her might.
Watch out - she'll bite!
They have no right!
They'll bother her nevermore.



(sorry, couldn't resist the rhymes!)

Yes, Lucky -- I feel the unsettling twinge when my patterns are disrupted. It's actually something I work to overcome. I don't WANT to be locked into routine. It feels rigid and confining (kinda like my life).

 

[lil_elvis]

Anything out of the ordinary happen lately?

Nope. Everything is extraordinarily ordinary and depressingly routine.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

Yes, Lucky -- I feel the unsettling twinge when my patterns are disrupted. It's actually something I work to overcome. I don't WANT to be locked into routine. It feels rigid and confining (kinda like my life).

That's an interesting perspective and makes perfect sense to me. That said, it feels like a lot of work to me, to be without routines. I find comfort in most of my routines. I don't think I have that many, though. Maybe that's the key. One thing I do count on, however, is predictability with sleeping/waking. They can be altered easily enough without a reaction from me, so long as I know they're coming. If I know ahead of time I have to get up at some ungodly hour then it's fine. If, however, I'm woken by a housemate having a tantrum because we're out of milk...

~lucky

 

[English Lady]

Mmmmm habit doesn't play a big part in my life, in my daughtters it does a bit, she likes to know what she's doing in advance, she has a bedtime routine, for here, my mums and back at nannies too, and she won't break from it, although it does change from time to time So yes, I guess we have some routines, meal times for example, but otherwise our lives are pretty fluid and adaptable

 

[lucky-E-leven]

If the routine is a good and necessary one, I try to get myself locked into doing it on a regular and specific schedule and will strongly resist anything that interrupts that schedule.

If the routine is a bad one, I will try to figure out why I am doing it and stop it. Even if I can not figure out why I am doing it, I will still try to stop it, usually by substituting a good and necessary routine.

Just out of nosiness, what constitutes a good/bad routine? I don't find myself falling into bad routines for the most part. The only one I can think of, really, is that I'll stay up all night and want to sleep all day.

~lucky

 

[rgraham666]

With your current routine, though, when something interferes how does it leave you feeling? Or what is your reaction?

Say the bunny has a nightmare and wakes you up with its screaming just as you've fallen asleep after a bout of lengthy insomnia. (Hey, it could happen.) Or if you live in apartments and the neighbors decide to have a domestic blow-out at 2 am. Maybe you go to the store to purchase the same items you always get but you find that they've sold out of a couple of your staples.

That depends on how bad my illness is at the time.

If my illness isn't too bad, I can take it in stride.

If there are too many surprises over a period of time, my illness is triggered and it starts a downward spiral.

That's another reason I try to maintain a routine. It helps my mental health.

My bunny has never made a noise, that I've heard. He has however woken my up several times by jumping on my head. Luckily, he hasn't made a habit of it.

And he's so cute I'll forgive him just about anything.

 

[ChilledVodkaIV]

Chappo

Well I don't believe in working
All my fingers to the bone
But when it's something that concerns you
Then I always go for broke

They're just habits of a lifetime
Guaranteed to show
Guaranteed to be there
Letting everybody know
It's the habit of a lifetime, the habit of a lifetime
It`s the habit of a lifetime loving you
It`s the habit of a lifetime loving you

 

[Goldie Munro]

I was thinking of this very thing the other day when I overslept for work! I have a set routine when I am at work and I hate it to be upset!

This particular morning, as I watched the countryside go by the train window, I realised that I was seeing the same sheep, cows, geese and llamas (yes!!) in the same fields doing the same things as they always do. It made me feel grateful that I could upset my routine! Life goes on!!

 

[Dar~]

I have a few routines that I can't survive without. (like at bedtime when I brush and take my pills) but other than that I Am fairly fly by the seat of my pants. though I always have a nap in the afternoon and don't know how I will survive without it when the three year old quits napping. I know you were speakign about V, but I am also a short haired blonde who pings out of bed at the first beep of the alarm. most people hate me.lol

 

[ElizabethWest]

I'm a hobbit, creature of habit.

In my job I have to be flexible, but at home don't mess with my routine or I will not be able to function properly.

 

[minsue]

I go to the same coffee shop every day. I have a drink I get on the way to work. I have a drink that I get if I'm not on my way to work. The people there know this and know which one I'm there for based on the time of day or day of the week.

So, yeah, I'm a bit habitual. I do tend to switch fast food restaurants for lunch or dinner when the staff says, "See you tomorrow." Every time that happens, it makes me cringe and I can't got back for weeks.

As for getting the routine interrupted for whatever reason, it depends on which routine & on my current mood etc. I know what you mean about it throwing off your entire day.

 

[Guest]

For me it doesn't even have to be someone causing the disruption. I wasn't able to go through my normal waking up routine this morning, which is admittedly long when you compare it to a certain blonde who bounces out of bed on the first alarm ping as though her ass is on fire. Anyway, it's taking me a while to get into my day and not feel that something's missing. This can happen in almost any situation that has developed a pretty stable pattern.

~lucky

the only time i lay around in bed in the morning is when you're with me. otherwise...immediately shower, get coffee, sign on to puter and see whats been up...must play my supped up solataire game and lose many times before i get dressed and call my lover... you know the one... *lick*
little things will toss me off for the day.
the puter being down would give me fits beyond compare.
no coffee and ill be a raging bitch
no phone to call my lover... i cant even contemplate.
no, i have no problems whatsoevah with schedule changes

 

[Amy Sweet]

what is a routine?

seriously- my life would probably go a lot smoother if I would develope a few of those...

 

[Liar]

Hmm... I don't think there is one particular routine I couldn't live without. A normal morning is a long and careful process of gradually waking up to a snoozer rhythm, then a slow breakfast and an hour of loitering before I'm ready to take on the world. Other days I can rush out of bed on the first beep of the alarm clock and be out the door dressed and ready in five minutes, and the day will be pretty good anyway.

 

[impressive]

I'll only wear my wimple if you insist.

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[The_Fool]

I'll only wear my wimple if you insist.

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Not required. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, clothes are optional for you...