Some habits are hard to break. Old habits die hard. There are a lot of sayings about habits.
It takes twenty one days to form a habit, that’s what I’ve been told. I think I had mentioned that when I talked about writing my blog, I started writing in the late evening and now, it’s a habit, I can’t seem to write earlier and if I do, I feel weird.
No matter who you are or what you do, we all have habits, good or bad. Someone with OCD might think that some things they do are just habit. And if we deviate, we feel weird, sometimes. There are some people who are thrown completely out of whack if they don’t follow routine or habit.
What is the first thing you do every day when you get home from work? get up in the morning? How many of you check your email?
I have one friend who gets up, checks email, reads my blog, (thank you), gets out of bed and then goes about her daily routine. DCM buys a new deck of cards before each poker game he hosts (two if there are going to be a lot of people).
At first, I was going to talk about traditions, but then I realized I was thinking more about habits, two very different things and elicits different feelings for each. For example, I have a habit of removing certain items while I am in line waiting to go through security, even before I get to the officer checking my ID versus the tradition of stopping at Fellini’s for a slice, salad and soda on my way home from the Atlanta airport. I have to admit, even though it’s a tradition, the last time, I stopped at Moe’s instead, I did feel a little weird!
I believe I told you about participating in the zombie run and asking the nun to tell me her had habits…ha ha, I know..so not the same, I just couldn’t resist! Go ahead and groan, I’m ok with it!
There are good habits and there are bad habits. Admitting them is the first step!
What are some of yours?
Peaches Prattlings 