Are you a creature of habit?

findingmyway

I just realized that I am a creature of habit and routine. I almost cannot function unless somethings in my life are consistently the same from one day to the next. I have been known to eat the same thing for breakfast an lunch every day of the week. I function so much better when:

I rise at the same time every day...
Arrive at work at the same time every day...
Shut my computer down at the same time every day...
Take the same route home every day (I walk, so I can always take an alternate route)...
Arrive at home at the same time every day...
And go through the same evening routine every day.

After contemplating this phenomenon (or perfect wierdness) about myself, I started to wonder why I can't adapt to change very well. Here's my theory:

I was raised a JW and after more than 20 years of Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday worship; evening witnessing on Wednesdays; and door-to-door witnessing every Saturday and Sunday one is used to following a prescribed program of doing specific things at specific times. Also, I think I've adopted obsessive compulsive behavior traits because of this conditioning.

It's a hard habit to break, but I'm consciously working on it.

Any other theories?

Lilycurly

Might be....and maybe it's the reason I'm like that too. But perhaps some people are just born that way...

I really need a routine and to know what will happen. Makes me feel secure when I know I'm going grocery shopping on Monday, take a coffe with my mother on Friday, go to the movies on Saturday, watch mostly the same shows everyday. I need that, and I feel safe with that.... I don't really like surprises that mess with my schedule.lol Some people might find me kind of boring, actually!

Satanus

I think you guys are naturally like that. Some people naturally can't stand routine. They are unhappy when locked into routines and generally find ways to destroy them.

S

Golf

findingmyway, I make it a point to take different routes. One elderly lady once said, "When I can't find my way, I'm not lost, I just discover new things."

There's no question I do many things routinely, I could park my car in my driveway or in the carport. I have a large driveway area so I can park in many spots. If I could park on my roof, I would.

I sleep with the same wife, and if your married, there is no one set position in deep breathing.

One of the things you learn when doing steel-work, and that is, there's not one way of doing things. Enough said.

Golf

FairMind

I believe we are all creatures of habit, I know i am. There are good habits and bad habits and if we can replaced the bad ones with good ones it helps our chances of having a happy successful life.

If we know that we are prone to compulsive behavior then we will avoid doing things that as a habit would be bad for us. Compulsion can also be used in a positive way, exercise for example is IMO an extremely good habit to have.

Soledad

Yes.

I eat the same breakfast almost everyday

I watch the same TV shows over and over and over

I go to the gym at the same time and do the same exercises for the exact same time intervals

I wake up everyday at exactly 4:59am. I don't necessairily get up at that time, but my eyes pop open at that exact time

My preferences in work have been the same for the past 10 years

Carmel

I frequent the same damn ExJW forum almost every day!

caveman