Recently, I feel immensely about 'repetitions' - Repetitions in general make us, human beings, comfortable. We actually love repetitions. First thing first in the morning, we get woken up by an alarm clock - please, have the same music/ringtone everyday. We wash our face the same way as probably the past 23 years. Let me guess - Men tend to scratch and wipe down their face hard and roughly with their towels, while women want the smoothest texture on their face and dap the towel lightly on their faces. Once stepped out of our apartments, we'd take the same path through the same stores and smell to get to our bus stations or parking lot. Please don't freaking change the bus route! We despise changes. We despise the unpredictable.
We go to work every single morning, and don't forget that same cup of coffee that you gotta hold onto while walking around the office aisle. What makes us comfortable is that we know there is always an office chair that we can sit on while handling all our daily task. We feel comfortable with the food we eat, even though we probably have had the same food, or even the same dish for our lunch /dinner for more than a thousand times. In addition, we love seeing the same people we see each day at the office, and of course, back home with family/partner/kids. Should there be a stranger, we feel slightly uncomfortable to expose ourselves.
Sure, new things are nice sometimes, but only a few occassions when we feel like we want to try something new. We have to always consciously tell ourselves that 'Ok, it is something new I am dealing with here.' Interestingly, we don't have to consciously deal with repetitions because we are simply comfy and cozy.
Last but not least, we feel comfortable with how we think.
Repetitions are dangerously comfortable. Somehow, I feel that I yearn for a kind of life that breaks out of this pattern. A kind of life that is more 'exciting' maybe? But then, am I honest enough to admit that I don't love repetitions?
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wah i haven't logged on in ages!!! mmm... man i wish i had some routine in my life!!! i never know what will happen at work, when i'll have to stay until 6am etc... ack~~~ i think my camera is the only routine thing... lol~~~ Y___Y but i definitely think the majority of the people (not in the law, IB) will have some sort of routine~ grass is always greener on the other side~