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Do you know when most accidents or wrong doings and mistakes happen? When
routine enters the door. Think about it. A young driver is more likely to have
his/hers first scratch after feeling more confident behind the wheel. Up to
that time, he/she is too cautious to cause anything, apart from annoyance, if
perhaps the driving is painfully slow. Or if every time when about to park,
he/she first takes out the notes from the driving-lessons days while cars are queuing
behind. The same happens when one goes to a new job. Up to the point that the
job becomes a routine, one is too cautious and alert to make a mistake.
Nonetheless, we are creatures of habit. Without routine there’s no stability
and furthermore, no safety. Safety and stability, two words in everyone’s lips.
Ask a sociologist, a psychologist, or even a politician (the last you may find
out that even he/she doesn’t know the definitions of the words, or any other
for that matter, was trained to use them in every other sentence). However, one
(me) may argue that in routine’s barn there’s no adventure. Maybe accidents
happen specifically so to brake a routine's chain.
Oh dear, let me explain why I’ve being mumbling for the past two
paragraphs. I have plenty of time now, since I don’t work, so I practise my
cooking skills. I love cooking and my husband loves eating my food. Perfectly balanced
little family. One can assume we have achieved stability, therefore safety. After
safety, comes routine and after routine comes a… burnt dinner. There, I said
it. I’ve burned our dinner because I was so sure of myself that I didn’t bother
to check the hob at least once every 20 minutes, let alone to stand over it
during the whole cooking, as I did in my early days.
Ps. If you read the whole post down to the end, you are a patient human
being. I told the same to my husband and before the middle of my speech, he
left me for his afternoon nap. Yet, before going to the bedroom, he stated that,
although everything happens for a reason, sometimes accidents do happen for no
reason. “I’ll take you on a date tonight, just so to break the chain…”
All your suggestions are excellent for breaking a block, but blogging itself can do it. Just write about anything that comes to mind--free writing I think it's called? That's what I did today. I have a portrait on the easel that needs big work and didn't feel like facing it or changing direction, yet I have this bog habit that demands daily entries. I had already skipped yesterday, so I felt obligated to do something. I wrote about our family holiday dinner yesterday and found I could have written a lot more on a broader, world wide level if I wanted to be a writer and not a painter. Anyway, my blog got me started writing, then tackling the laundry, then putting together lunch for later, then ironing stuff that had been sitting there collecting dust forever. By this afternoon,I'll have exhausted myself with trivial pursuits and will be back in my studio facing the music.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to you on your new endeavor. It's my pleasure to encourage you on by following.
Now, that's an excellent and wise suggestion Linda! Importance hides behind simplicity (I should have know by now).
ReplyDeleteI've already read your wonderful free writing post about your family gathering and you know that I loved it!
Thank you for the encouragement and for following, it's very important for me!
Hugs.