Do you have a routine?

You know, a usual way of doing daily tasks in a specific order, such as morning hygiene or exercise. 

I know I do, morning, noon and night. So many rituals backed by the fear or guilt of not doing them.

I wonder, however, are they really as healthy as they are cracked up to be?

For instance, in my running days, I always had pre race rituals, eg, bathroom breaks, warm ups, cups of coffee, but, once, the car broke down on the way to a race and we got there with minutes to spare, with no time for my pre race routine and, glory be and inexplicably, I ran the best race of my life!!!

Come to think of it, drafting this weekly Friday With Fred blog, for over 20 years, is part of my routine. 

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