Ritual..
I wonder how many people like their little rituals? I have a feeling they're something to hold onto, in this otherwise changing and crazy world. Not that they're not changable as well, but in a controlled sort of way.
Me, for example. Nights I usually (nothings fixed in stone) go upstairs to bed in my socks, underwear and t-shirt, I take these off and leave them in a heap next to the bedroom door (there being no room for a chair or something to throw them on), and go to bed. Mornings I slide forward to the end of the bed, sit on the corner and put them back on. (The bed is bounded by the wall on two sides, and its quicker to slide to the end than get out the other side, which is further from the door). Then I go down through the sitting room, putting the computer on as I pass it, down through the kitchen, to the bathroom. (Which is in the basement.. yes, it's a house with one room on each floor, and lots of those ,) Then back to the kitchen, to put on water for tea. Until recently, I used to then drink tea and eat breakfast down there, before going to work, I've now taken to drinking tea sitting at the computer, and not eating anything, mostly. (Anyone guess why? ;) I leave around 7:30, which involves putting on my jeans (I rarely wear them sitting around at home), putting a thermos of tea and something for lunch (if I can find anything) into my rucksack, putting on coat and hat and walking 20 minutes to work. More ritual when I get there, put down rucksack next to chair, hang up coat and hat, turn on computer, start the same 5 programs in the same order. (Explorer, PuTTY, Lotus Notes, Opera, Exceed) ...
Every single day of the working week, its comforting. Times may vary by 10 minutes either way, I may eat something, or not, but in general its pretty much the same. I can't imagine doing things differently every morning. But, because of this stability, I can imagine other things changing.. I'm not opposed to change, I just like to be able to control it, I guess. Some people say they could just drop everything and move, I couldn't, I'd worry, explaining it away with practical things, like financial stability, finding somewhere to live etc. Probably the real reason is that it would go too fast and throw me completely off track.
(I probably have all this from my Mum, who is even more ritual-bound than I am, and very stable as a result :)
Hmm, I think I have this set so that only friends can read it, wonder if anyone will at all? Whatever.. And someday I will figure out how to change what it looks like (Why is there no preview for that??)
Oh, and the "You're looking at the simple page. For more options, click here." link does not do a thing here.. *shrug*
Anyway, time for breakfast...
Me, for example. Nights I usually (nothings fixed in stone) go upstairs to bed in my socks, underwear and t-shirt, I take these off and leave them in a heap next to the bedroom door (there being no room for a chair or something to throw them on), and go to bed. Mornings I slide forward to the end of the bed, sit on the corner and put them back on. (The bed is bounded by the wall on two sides, and its quicker to slide to the end than get out the other side, which is further from the door). Then I go down through the sitting room, putting the computer on as I pass it, down through the kitchen, to the bathroom. (Which is in the basement.. yes, it's a house with one room on each floor, and lots of those ,) Then back to the kitchen, to put on water for tea. Until recently, I used to then drink tea and eat breakfast down there, before going to work, I've now taken to drinking tea sitting at the computer, and not eating anything, mostly. (Anyone guess why? ;) I leave around 7:30, which involves putting on my jeans (I rarely wear them sitting around at home), putting a thermos of tea and something for lunch (if I can find anything) into my rucksack, putting on coat and hat and walking 20 minutes to work. More ritual when I get there, put down rucksack next to chair, hang up coat and hat, turn on computer, start the same 5 programs in the same order. (Explorer, PuTTY, Lotus Notes, Opera, Exceed) ...
Every single day of the working week, its comforting. Times may vary by 10 minutes either way, I may eat something, or not, but in general its pretty much the same. I can't imagine doing things differently every morning. But, because of this stability, I can imagine other things changing.. I'm not opposed to change, I just like to be able to control it, I guess. Some people say they could just drop everything and move, I couldn't, I'd worry, explaining it away with practical things, like financial stability, finding somewhere to live etc. Probably the real reason is that it would go too fast and throw me completely off track.
(I probably have all this from my Mum, who is even more ritual-bound than I am, and very stable as a result :)
Hmm, I think I have this set so that only friends can read it, wonder if anyone will at all? Whatever.. And someday I will figure out how to change what it looks like (Why is there no preview for that??)
Oh, and the "You're looking at the simple page. For more options, click here." link does not do a thing here.. *shrug*
Anyway, time for breakfast...