Patterns

 I don't know if I was like this as a child but as an adult, almost everything I do is based on a pattern of some kind. When I organize things in the house, like CDS, DVDS, records, books, etc., they are all in alphabetical order.  That is not that unique, but it drives me crazy when things get out of order.  I take my time when I listen to a new record or read a new book to put it where it needs to be in the sequence of things.  This also helps me when I do inventory.  It is a lot easier to find things when they are listed alphabetically.

I also use numbers in my everyday existence. Every single day.  And while this system may seem completely foreign to some people, it is completely natural to me.  Here is an example of what I mean.  Let us say that today is the 4th of the month.  When I make my coffee, I will select the 4th coffee up in the shelf to drink out of.  When I'm getting dressed for work, I will select the 4th pair of pants in line and the 4th shirt to go with it.  Now, this does not always work out due to fashion rules so sometimes I bend that one LOL When I drive home from work there are 15 different ways I come.  I have three choices of roads in my first section and five choices of roads in my second section.  Being the 4th, with only three choices in the first section the list begins over.  It makes complete sense to me.  And it keeps things different and there's a definite way I make the choices of things to do. 

When I get home, I have a list of things to I want to accomplish each day.  This day, I will start with the 4th thing on the list.  If I listen to a CD or record, yes it will be the 4th.  I even choose my blog topics based on this pattern.  I don't know if there is a term for this kind of pattern loving, but it does something to ground me.  I am in control without being in control.  But whatever it is, it works for me.  That is all I know.  Now, I need to go look at my "to-do" list and see what I am going to do next.  It all depends on what day it is LOL