You are not alone! If a routine is comfortable, it's worth keeping -- although it's fine to question it, of course. Also, factory work isn't as monotonous as you might think, but it can be enjoyable: filled with routines that you switch between all day.
I guess what I did at the library was kind of like factory work. I did something different every hour, but I did the same things day after day after day. Thanks for your comment, Sara.
I don't know if I should share this with the world, but I find your habits quite normal. Let's face it. We are in a comfort zone in our home....at least we try to be. It gets more familiar every day, as so our routines. I am also OCD. It's gotten much better since I made a deal with myself I would no longer accept doing OCD things, like how I put the dishes away and stack different color bowls separately so they don't match in the cabinet. It makes it more creative looking when I open the cabinet. That's all I got on that. It's my way of trying to balance the world in a better way. I know you get this theory. I even get the blanket thing. I want to be sure my blanket on top has the label on the bottom of the bed. that way if I just get in under the blanket, I'm not going to be smelling my feet in case I put it in upside down. Not that my feet smell....but it's just a thing. I hope this makes you feel better. It's good to break from habits, but I can't tell l you how. It's easier to remember things if I just keep doing them the same. And, it's very boring. That's part of it....I don't have to think about regular things, I just do them and sometimes forget if I did them or not. I need to break habits though or I get stuck in my own mental muck. I have a substack and I like to paint. I gave up painting last year to do substack, now I have great guilt about not doing painting, too. I'm afraid if I try to do both, I will let one of them down and only be half as good as I think I am. It's a very difficult world we live in, isn't it? Any music is good. It's basically my life to listen to music to remain relatively sane these days. Be yourself. Stay safe.
Thanks for your comments, Kate. Always a pleasure. Most of the time I’m fine with my little habits and quirks. I mean, really, who cares? I’m going to do what works for me. There will be moments of self-examination that may cause me to question this or that, but I’ll get through it, and keep on going. Gotta let my freak flag fly.
You are not alone! If a routine is comfortable, it's worth keeping -- although it's fine to question it, of course. Also, factory work isn't as monotonous as you might think, but it can be enjoyable: filled with routines that you switch between all day.
I guess what I did at the library was kind of like factory work. I did something different every hour, but I did the same things day after day after day. Thanks for your comment, Sara.
I don't know if I should share this with the world, but I find your habits quite normal. Let's face it. We are in a comfort zone in our home....at least we try to be. It gets more familiar every day, as so our routines. I am also OCD. It's gotten much better since I made a deal with myself I would no longer accept doing OCD things, like how I put the dishes away and stack different color bowls separately so they don't match in the cabinet. It makes it more creative looking when I open the cabinet. That's all I got on that. It's my way of trying to balance the world in a better way. I know you get this theory. I even get the blanket thing. I want to be sure my blanket on top has the label on the bottom of the bed. that way if I just get in under the blanket, I'm not going to be smelling my feet in case I put it in upside down. Not that my feet smell....but it's just a thing. I hope this makes you feel better. It's good to break from habits, but I can't tell l you how. It's easier to remember things if I just keep doing them the same. And, it's very boring. That's part of it....I don't have to think about regular things, I just do them and sometimes forget if I did them or not. I need to break habits though or I get stuck in my own mental muck. I have a substack and I like to paint. I gave up painting last year to do substack, now I have great guilt about not doing painting, too. I'm afraid if I try to do both, I will let one of them down and only be half as good as I think I am. It's a very difficult world we live in, isn't it? Any music is good. It's basically my life to listen to music to remain relatively sane these days. Be yourself. Stay safe.
Thanks for your comments, Kate. Always a pleasure. Most of the time I’m fine with my little habits and quirks. I mean, really, who cares? I’m going to do what works for me. There will be moments of self-examination that may cause me to question this or that, but I’ll get through it, and keep on going. Gotta let my freak flag fly.
I know you're okay. I say things like that because I'm trying to tell myself I'm okay, too. Sometimes, tongue in cheek okay.