Lunch for one
We're creatures of habitual behaviour and suckers for familiarity.
I caught myself having lunch in front of my computer the other day and staring at the computer screen at the same time. At lunch time in London - that type of behaviour is standard - everybody does it! So did I for about 10 years.
Last week however, I was the only person in the office looking at the computer and eating my homemade soup. Everyone else was having lunch at a restaurant in town or in the kitchen at work, where around 20 microwaves fill an entire wall. There's twice that space with refrigerators and freezers and two cookers too.
So why was I alone in the office then?
Familiarity is the answer. Last week was as surreal as it gets. Everything was new to me and I guess I was craving some good old familiarity. No matter how crap that familiarity is - we're creatures of habit. Even if someone is treating you really shitty, if you're used to it from your childhood, you'll put up with it. Becoming aware of ones traps of habit and familiarity is the cure.
Btw, I haven't had lunch in the office since.
I caught myself having lunch in front of my computer the other day and staring at the computer screen at the same time. At lunch time in London - that type of behaviour is standard - everybody does it! So did I for about 10 years.
Last week however, I was the only person in the office looking at the computer and eating my homemade soup. Everyone else was having lunch at a restaurant in town or in the kitchen at work, where around 20 microwaves fill an entire wall. There's twice that space with refrigerators and freezers and two cookers too.
So why was I alone in the office then?
Familiarity is the answer. Last week was as surreal as it gets. Everything was new to me and I guess I was craving some good old familiarity. No matter how crap that familiarity is - we're creatures of habit. Even if someone is treating you really shitty, if you're used to it from your childhood, you'll put up with it. Becoming aware of ones traps of habit and familiarity is the cure.
Btw, I haven't had lunch in the office since.
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