As you may or may not know, I am one of those people that absolutely hate surprises. Of almost any kind. I like predictability, I like knowing that 'a' will happen, leading to 'b', which leads to 'c'. I thrive on that kind of environment. So, I thought, just for fun, I'd list a few of those predictable things that I love:
1) Every Monday/Weds/Friday I will wake up dreading my 10am American
cultures class. Every time, without fail.
2) Even though I plan out my Tues/Thursdays to wake up early, get a shower,
do homework, and have plenty of time to get ready for my 12:30-4:45 day, I will
end up sleeping until at least 9, going online, talking on IM, or otherwise
lazing about until it reaches 11:30 and I then decide to rush around like a
madwoman taking a shower and eating brunch.
3) Every Monday/Weds/Friday I walk to my dreaded American Cultures class
with one of my best friends and my roommate, who could also be considered an
amazing friend. They listen to me complain about how much I do NOT want to go to
class, and insist I must. And so I do.
4) I will inevitably be bored out of my mind during my philosophy and
literature course, even if the topics are of the utmost interest to me, simply
because of the way my professor talks. It just annoys me, how he speaks quickly
and softly, so I end up tuning him out until he asks a question to me--- which
happens fairly often, since I'm one of 5 total students in the class. I then
wake up enough to answer, and drift back into my boredom-induced coma.
5) At the end of the day, I will read all of my homework for the night, write papers, etc, by 10pm. Because at 10pm I go online to talk with those I love to talk to, those that de-stress me and care about me beyond an academic environment. And it helps, it really does. It helps me focus, it makes me get my work done that might otherwise be pushed into a 2am quick-read, just so I can chat. And I like it.
6) Lunch at 12:45, Dinner at 5:45/6pm.
7) I will, inevitably, encounter drama with someone. A boyfriend problem,
stress over the horrid amount of schoolwork, etc etc. It all will be encountered
during the course of any normal day. And this drama fails to be a drama for me,
because I see it as more of a predictable series of events. Girl likes boy. Boy
does something. Girl freaks out. 1-2-3. Always. At least, always in the life of
my dorm-mates. Drama becomes less dramatic if you can find the pattern
involved.
And I think that's why I like predictability. I'm not a dramatic person, although I can fake it sometimes. But that's only when I'm being silly. Generally, the less drama, the better. And as I've said, drama becomes less dramatic if you can find the pattern, the predictability in the actions. And I think people's lives are so dramatic, that it helps to have a routine. A pattern. Something solid that you know will happen. Unless of course something interferes, like Easter break from school. But even so, eventually, I will revert back to my pattern. And it will help me be less stressed. College is stressful, so find the pattern of predictability, the few things you know you can count on, the things that you like doing, and it'll help. At least, it has with me.
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