Day 7: Have a Peace of Pizza! Ok, back to this! It’s been some time so I’m taking the opportunity to navel gaze a bit about my relationship with food. It may not (it totally should not) surprise you to know that I love eating alone and I tend to avoid social eating situations. If… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 7
I’ve not been keeping up with my posts for the past few weeks. There’s a simple reason – I was busy being heartbroken. It took all those weeks to decide on whether to end a relationship I’d been in since 2013, and man, it was really tough getting there. There’s the well-known five stages of… Read More Five (Messy, Jumbled) Stages of Grief
Day 6: It Ain’t Over Till the Fat Kitty Sings Alright alright alright, new day and I am pumped! Reason: Last night I hit on something super fun to do today with my greedy, grasping Popperkins – an exercise routine! (It must be noted that this is something his mom has conspicuously failed to instill… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 6
Day 5: Take Me Home, Garden Path Man, today was a shitty day. I got sucked into my Youtube routine after yesterday’s happy knitting (which, by the way, was plenty fun and I now have either half a humansized scarf or a full catsized scarf). I think it’s because of the podcast playing – I… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 5
Day 4: She Makes Art for No Money [Returning after a week of no posts – life got in the way] Today’s screw-the-routine was targetted at my down times. Specifically, I was thinking of a sentiment expressed by a Dutch designer whose talk I attended. “I’m a creator,” he exclaimed. “I’m not just a consumer. Even when… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 4
Day 3: The Early Bird Catches a Gym Class I was feeling quite smug and self-congratulatory about the crazy-intense gym session I attended with my colleague on Day 2 of my Break-the-Routine experiment, and so I decided to join the ranks of those impossibly fit and disciplined folks who go to the gym before work.… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 3
(A pause on the 10 Days of Screwing the Routine posts to quickly get this bit in about a recent relapse I had, while it’s still fresh in my head.) Man, I’ve had a pretty rough patch this week. On Monday, the Sneaky Bastard of Sadness hid behind a corner, jumped out and whopped me… Read More A Recipe for Depression (& Survival)
Day 2: Gymmin’ with the Gals Day 2’s New Thing was also kind of a seized opportunity. So the backstory is that, surprise surprise, this girl has a mint condition, practically unused gym membership. Also, I hate joining those scheduled gym classes. My modus operandi is to drag myself to the gym, hop on the… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 2
In summary, here are the New Things I did over 10 days (I know I said 2 weeks, but since I’m doing this only for weekdays, that makes it 10 days. Yes! I already adjusted the goalposts before I started. This is going to go well.) Had lunch with colleagues Signed up for first gym… Read More 10 Days of Screwing-the-Routine: Day 1
A couple of months ago I started experimenting with screwing up my usual habits. I had picked up some really bad habits in 2017 and fallen into a really unhealthy way of living, which was triggering my blues like crazy. Then again, I doubt anyone with this kind of lifestyle could not be down in… Read More On Routines, Grooves and Groovy Routines
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