Do you establish routines in your life? For example, do you usually sleep in the same place in your bed? Eat meals at the same time? Regularly return to the same vacation spot?
Sure. Routines are comfortable.
I do sleep in the same spot on my bed. But I’ve got a twin size bed… so there’s not really much room for options. Meals at the same time? I eat when I’m hungry. I don’t have dinner at 6:00 just because it’s 6:00 if I’m not hungry for something. Vacation spot? When I take an actual vacation, I just go wherever is cheap and I can spend some time relaxing. I don’t care where that is.
Maybe those examples are bad. I’m sure I do fall into other routines, though. I don’t think I get obsessive about it, but, like I said, it’s comfortable to have something familiar to look forward to.
What about you? Are you a creature of habit? What sort of routines do you have? What routines to break out of? Let me know in the comments!
*The Question of the Week can be found in The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock, Ph.D.
The Confusing Middle 
Being a mom with school age kids, I feel like I live with variations of a routine, if that makes sense?
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I get that. Nowhere near the same level as a parent, but working in a school, I think at times I’m a slave to routine, but have to be extremely flexible at the same time.
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Exactly!
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I think I do have routines, but I would have to look below the surface to recognize them. On the surface it looks like I have no routines at all. The life of the semi-retired, single self employed can do that.
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I am very much a creature of habit lol good or bad, it’s hard to break the habits we set for ourselves
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I have loads of routines, from where I sleep in bed to how I eat my food and get dressed! Though I don’t have set meal times as I only eat when I remember or when I’m hungry though! Xx
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For the most part, I have the same routines throughout the week, especially in the morning when I get ready for work. On the weekends, I tend to be a little more relaxed.
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