One of These Days

Routine. Routine. Routine.

Prompt: Adventure vs. Routine
"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal."
Paulo Coelho
What do you think adventure is? And is routine all that bad?

Oh boy. Routine isn't bad, though I can understand someone who lives a more chaotic life would love living spontaneously, but I love routine and planning (I'm okay with on the fly sometimes, but it really depends on how "peopley" I feel). I really need to be tested, but I feel like I have ADD and routine gets me through things and if I'm not in routine, it can be easy for me to just forget it's something I wanted to do/say/buy/etc.

Adventure, in this context, is "freedom". Doing things when you feel like it, instead of scheduling or planning, or having a routine. I love people who just...wing it, wing life. I wish I could be like that. Instead, I feel like my life falls apart if any of my routines get messed with.

A lot of it, I feel has come "post-Covid" (2020-2024), which also had the extreme short-handedness at work during this time also. It was a time, for sure. The mixture of heightened anxiety and realizing I might possibly have ADD, was/is fantastic.

But, while I more or less "need" routine, I also enjoy routine. It just helps make things run smoothly and helps me feel accomplish, which sometimes makes me feel like I'm a whole adult. Which, considering how I feel other times, is a wonderful feeling.