have you ever really noticed how routinized your life is? why do we have routines? does it make us feel safe? comfortable? what are some of yours? do you like it?
I blogged about this not long ago when I felt that I was getting boring. =:0
I think that routines can be comforting but there's a fine line between making the "little" things easier and continuing the "comfortable discomfort" of doing the same things and expecting a different result. Does that make sense?
I've always joked that spontaneity is fine as long as I can plan for it. I like to pretend that I'm totally organized and mindful but when I look at the big decisions I've made in my life, they've all been made quite spontaneously.
Maybe my heart is more in charge than my head is and thinks it is. ;)
I don't think I am a routine person, but I love rituals. What's the difference for me?
I guess a routine is a schedule of events that occur with regularity. A ritual, on the other hand, is a small thing that I celebrate. It's never necessarily at the same time.
Like for example, I always forget to floss (I know, I know, gross. I do brush my teeth, it's just that I never remember to floss). So if I wanted to start flossing regularly I'd have to make that part of my routine.
Now and then, I like to put on my sunglasses and iPod and go grocery shopping, then have the groceries delivered, then walk down through the Funky District with a grande match latte with a lid and a straw. I don't do this on any given day, nor do I follow the same path, but I love this little ritual. I get out into the much more open and diverse community of trendy District, I get to people watch, I get a matcha latte which are ridiculously overpriced but way better than I can ever make at home, and I get to tune out and listen to my music and I'm hidden by my big aviators, sort of. Then when I get home, about an hour later, all my groceries magically show up at my door and then I feel very accomplished but without any hard work, and then I feel set up for my week.
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I blogged about this not long ago when I felt that I was getting boring. =:0
I think that routines can be comforting but there's a fine line between making the "little" things easier and continuing the "comfortable discomfort" of doing the same things and expecting a different result. Does that make sense?
I've always joked that spontaneity is fine as long as I can plan for it. I like to pretend that I'm totally organized and mindful but when I look at the big decisions I've made in my life, they've all been made quite spontaneously.
Maybe my heart is more in charge than my head is and thinks it is. ;)
I don't think I am a routine person, but I love rituals. What's the difference for me?
I guess a routine is a schedule of events that occur with regularity. A ritual, on the other hand, is a small thing that I celebrate. It's never necessarily at the same time.
Like for example, I always forget to floss (I know, I know, gross. I do brush my teeth, it's just that I never remember to floss). So if I wanted to start flossing regularly I'd have to make that part of my routine.
Now and then, I like to put on my sunglasses and iPod and go grocery shopping, then have the groceries delivered, then walk down through the Funky District with a grande match latte with a lid and a straw. I don't do this on any given day, nor do I follow the same path, but I love this little ritual. I get out into the much more open and diverse community of trendy District, I get to people watch, I get a matcha latte which are ridiculously overpriced but way better than I can ever make at home, and I get to tune out and listen to my music and I'm hidden by my big aviators, sort of. Then when I get home, about an hour later, all my groceries magically show up at my door and then I feel very accomplished but without any hard work, and then I feel set up for my week.
It's such a weird, fun little thing I like.
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