What is it that you just gotta do?

[fuzzybuddy]

I have these 4 pot holders that are decades old- the color is kind of washed out. They have little loops to hang them up. The loops fall to either the right or left. When I stack the pot holders, the loops all have to face right or left. I mean they GOT to!!! I live in fear of the pot holder police finding rights and lefts together. That just can't happen. We, all, have little obsessive compulsive traits, what is it that you just GOTTA do?

 

[oldaunt]

The only thing I "just gotta do" is to feed my critters properly and twice a day. All else falls under "meh".....

 

[HoneyNut]

We, all, have little obsessive compulsive traits, what is it that you just GOTTA do?

My breakfast dishes have to be stacked in a particular order before I take them to the kitchen. It would be shocking to have the spoon and fork switch places or the cereal and fruit dishes reverse! Oh my!

 

[chic]

Floss my teeth. I do this even when I'm sick or something and most normal people wouldn't.

 

[jujube]

I have to have my food come out "even". If I have two pancakes and two pieces of bacon, I'll cut the pancakes into 4ths and each slice of bacon into 4ths, so that I have a piece of bacon for each piece of pancake.

Same thing for veggies. I want a bite of veggies with each bite of meat. Not necessarily together, but in sequence, so I don't run out of any one thing before I'm finished.

Silly, but that's the way it is.....

 

[hearlady]

I've got to make my bed. Every day.

 

[DebraMae]

I have to shower every night. If I don't I will not sleep.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

Be in bed by 2 a.m. and be up by 9 a.m. No matter what. Call my mother at 10:30 each day, except Sunday.

 

[Cornhusker]

2 way light switches have to be "up" if they are on. Having one down will drive me nuts.
I tend to count steps when I walk. It's 112 steps from my office door to my car door in the parking lot.
The bills in my wallet all have to face the same way.
I'm a freak.

 

[caroln]

Even if I checked it earlier, I have to check that the front door is locked every night before going to bed. Who knows, maybe it became magically unlocked since I had checked it before.

 

[Pinky]

Like cornhusker, I place my bills facing the same way in my wallet. They also are placed in order of denomination .. 5's, 10's, 20's. It's my emergency money.

 

[perplexed]

Even if I checked it earlier, I have to check that the front door is locked every night before going to bed. Who knows, maybe it became magically unlocked since I had checked it before.

You and me both, I never use to do that, like I now have OCD which I never had before.

 

[JBR]

I exchange comical cartoons with my daughter. She's living an eight-hour drive from my place. We do this exchange every three or four days. So it seems she's "just gotta do" it too.

 

[Lilac]

Double checking to make sure everything is locked properly, IMHO, isn't OCD. It's like the saying measure twice & cut once. Peace of mind if your not at home & wondering, did I do _________ ?

For things that I have to have & not run out of, I like to have one to use next & one as a back up. After finding things out of stock that I needed & unable to find it, this has worked out pretty good for me.

 

[Chet]

I have to have the same bed time snack of graham crackers and milk, brush my teeth and blow my nose every evening before bed, or the universe will be out of balance.