My free spirit isn't so free.

fuzzybuddy

fuzzybuddy

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In my mind, I am a wild, free spirit. I leave caution to the wind. I live life in a fun filled wacky way. Well, like I said that's mostly in my mind. As I get older, I find that I'm a creature of habit. I HAVE to have the same things in the same way. If I eat only two sausages for breakfast, instead of my usual three, it bothers me. I even have the exact position to fall asleep in bed. Sort puts a big dent in that free spirited thing. How much of a free spirit is in you as you get older?
 

I'm also free. I never had to have things the same all or even most of the time.

Fuzzy, I can understand how a body needs a comfortable spot in bed just to alleviate pains as we get older, but little things don't bother me.

If it's bothering you to adhere to such strict routines, do something a little differently on some days. Take a walk on the wild side! (within reason, of course)
 

I think we are creatures of habit, mostly. Fuzzy--it's probably not that unusual. Though I'm not bothered by change I do keep to a routine. I'm not as likely to dash off on an adventure these days but I love the memories of when I did. :D
 
I am definitely a creature of habit. I have no desire to see the world. I use the Discover channel for that. I'm happy in my own little world with a lot of me time. I have a schedule which I follow for my daily activities. My daughter complains that I'm not spontaneous and she is correct. Fuzzybuddy, I get it about the sausages. I've had 2 eggs and 2 cups of coffee in the morning for breakfast for the past 50 years. One time I switched out the eggs for oatmeal and my day was ruined.
 
Pretty much a creature of habit, except for food. I like to try different foods when out at restaurants, like a variety
for breakfasts - muffins, scones, croissants, and sometimes cereal. Would have problems with eating in the dining room
here all the time as they repeat the menu every 6 weeks.
 
I've lived alone for most of my life and have not had to follow a schedule since I retired several years ago.

I sleep when I'm tired and I eat what I feel like eating or what is readily available.

My lack of a normal routine seems to bother some people but I can't for the life of me understand why they even give it a thought.

I can still conform to a normal routine if I feel that the situation calls for it.
 
I guess it depends on how you're defining free-spirit as to how you live your individual lives and what you do with it. As much as it's a cliche already-no man is an island-- our individual lives are also tied in to the who we're a part of, by family, community and further. A lot of what I would like to do as a "free spirit" is something I have often decided to a certain extent, I can't.
 
I have peanut butter on toast for breakfast 6 days a week because I'm NOT a morning person and I don't want to decide what to eat. But after that, I'm quite spontaneous. I ride motorcycle, which is greatly influenced by the weather.
 
chic said:
I'm a Taurus for heaven's sake. Doing things the same way = stability and security to me. :eek:
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I too am a Taurus (I don’t hold much to signs, but it’s a match)
And a recovering victim of OCD
Forever stuck in a holding pattern of rigid regimen
My spirit is shackled, yet struggles for freedom from time to time

In my mid-thirties I discovered the crippling stymie of counting steps in routine places, like from the car to the back door.
Ten steps if I parked just right, or leapt, or took mincing steps.
Same with going to the office, but there were also cracks in the concrete to negotiate there.

One day I had a chat with myself.

We bargained that it’d be OK to turn the volume on the stereo to an even number if I’d just quit with the step thing, and stop counting the cheerios in my spoon.

It was a struggle, but, freed myself of those goofy procedures

Heh, at 150 words
 
Gary O' said:
I too am a Taurus (I don’t hold much to signs, but it’s a match)
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Gary O' said:
And a recovering victim of OCD
Forever stuck in a holding pattern of rigid regimen
My spirit is shackled, yet struggles for freedom from time to time

In my mid-thirties I discovered the crippling stymie of counting steps in routine places, like from the car to the back door.
Ten steps if I parked just right, or leapt, or took mincing steps.
Same with going to the office, but there were also cracks in the concrete to negotiate there.

One day I had a chat with myself.

We bargained that it’d be OK to turn the volume on the stereo to an even number if I’d just quit with the step thing, and stop counting the cheerios in my spoon.

It was a struggle, but, freed myself of those goofy procedures

Heh, at 150 words
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I, too, had OCD.

I fixed it with medicine. Kudos to you for just mentally fixing it.
 
Those people that live in the Alaskan territories and mountain people we see on television shows are the real free spirit people. I could never live that way.
 
I think there's a difference between being a free spirit and having a routine. I don't believe one needs to exclude the other.

I consider myself a free spirit, and yet I have a routine I follow for my daily stuff. Part of that routine is because I still work, and because I have various commitments during the week (e.g. I take my granddaughter to school three days a week, I attend a Naranon meeting every Thursday night, I dance every Friday night etc.,) and so those commitments and my daily work schedule dictate to a degree my routine. There are the smaller routines within the larger, weekly one too. I keep my supplements next to my computer, which is where I sit every morning with my coffee to start my day, and I take my vitamins with that coffee otherwise I'd tend to forget. I feed my dogs at the same time every day..they're tiny and require that regularity of schedule to prevent hypoglycemia. I shower every morning because I like to start my day feeling fresh and clean.

Outside of, or around that, I consider myself very free spirited. I am independent, go with my own flow, pursue what interests me, enjoy my own company. I take mini trips whenever I feel like it...I was doing that before I met Ron, and am happy that he's of the same mind so now we can do that together. Oh a whim I might go to the movies, run out to the store, go dance, visit a friend. I wear clothes that appeal to me, and sometimes/often they're not "age appropriate" whatever that means lol!!

Some people consider being free spirited is to be a non-conformist. Some think it means to not be constrained, or restrained, by societal conventions. Some think it means to be bohemian, a maverick, or a lone wolf.

Some think it just means not having sausages for breakfast every morning. ;) :giggle:
 
The idea of having any kind a routine would send me running. But now that I'm older, I find that I'm filled with routines. I'm happy with my routines. Let's face it, after 72 years of doing something; you probably found the best way to do stuff. My 18 year old self would not understand.:)
 
fuzzybuddy, I like to think of "free" as a synonym for rebellious or simply uncooperative. And I'm proud to say, at age 55 I'm every bit as free as I was at age 15. Probably even more so. And should I make it to age 65... 75... I expect to be every bit as free-spirited as say.... a Category 6 Hurricane. :D Watch out world, here I come, and I do not fizzle out when I make landfall. I will only get worse. :cower:
 

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