Routine, Control and Pace

If everything seems under control,
you’re not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

With what’s been happening in my life right now and how I normally handle things, this quote certainly nudged me to consciousness and made me think about the pace I should have in terms of living this life.

I’m totally OC about certain things. I like lists, order, rules [ah, well — sometimes.. ], and routines. Yes. I am somewhat organised. I always find myself establishing a routine.

For example, let me tell you about the routine I’ve somehow established for a typical day:

Wake up
Morning toiletries [not too graphic, eh?]
Turn on the PC
Make tea while I wait for the PC to boot
Yosi break [cigarettes. heh.]
Open Outlook and 3 Mozilla browsers [Yay for broadband!]
1st Browser: Open tabs for Gmail, The Parody, Tops 2 Bottoms, Light the Torch, and Dating Dames
2nd Browser: Open tabs for 55 Fiction, b5media, and all 4 b5 blogs stats
3rd Browser: Open tabs for variable sites, i.e. b5 forum, Wikipedia, LTT related sites, etc.
Work for approximately 5-6 hours online with occasional food and drinks thrown in between.
Have dinner [I’ll miss my sister’s roast dinners…]
Late night cigarette sessions out the front [I’ll miss this, too…]
Quiet time
Sleep

No. I’m not kidding. :p

Well, okay.. there’s that occasional interruption or variation but generally that’s how my days have been like, though, winds of change will blow me toward a different direction soon.

Anyway, I’d like to have that feeling of control over things. If or when there’s something that I don’t know, I’d try my best to learn it. Self-sufficient? Dunno. Just one of my eccentricities, I guess.

If I am to gauge the current pace, I’d say I’m definitely not slacking. I really can’t quantify the stuff that has gone haywire. Things aren’t under control — most definitely. It’s all good though. I’m not really in a hurry now, am I? I’m just treading the path c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y and continue believing that good things come to those who wait. I’ll weather the storm.