A post a day keeps the doctor away
Posted: July 1st, 2009 | Author: Jacky | Filed under: Life | Tags: National Blog Posting Month, Rachel Maddow, routine | No Comments »I’ve been getting National Blog Posting Month e-mails for quite awhile. I read them. I judge the monthly theme. I wonder how someone could publish a post every single day. I delete the e-mail and forget about the whole thing until the next month.
So I’m not sure why I decided to sign up for the challenge for July. I haven’t even managed a post a week (or one a month) since January. I may be setting myself up to fail — but I guess I won’t know until I try. The theme is routine, though it’s more suggested than required. And that fact that I identify with routines so much probably played a big role in why I signed up for NaBloPoMo.
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I’m the kind of person who has routines nested into my routines, so I have a lot of them. But my favorite one in the morning is watching the previous night’s Rachel Maddow Show while I eat breakfast. I used to listen to music, but after my friend Adrienne told me about the show, it didn’t take long before I became obsessed too. Like “get bent out of shape if the episode isn’t posted in a timely manner or there’s a guest host” kind of obsessed. Rachel Maddow makes me like the news again. She is smart and funny and accessible, and presents everything in a way that doesn’t overwhelm you. The only downside to weekends is that I don’t have new episodes to watch.
My least favorite morning routine is using the vacuum to suck up all the hair that I shed. I am seriously amazed there’s anything left on my head. I shed in the shower. I shed when I comb my hair. I shed as I dry my hair and then brush it. I find it disturbing how much hair I lose. At least I’m not alone. My roommate sheds hair something crazy too. But as much as I don’t like constantly sweeping up my hair, I’d go mad if it just accumulated on my bedroom floor.
Which leaves me wondering…are we happier having routines, even if we don’t like them, because they are comfortable? Or the right thing to do? How often do we really evaluate the routines in our lives and consider whether they’re working for us or just working us?
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