Routine Heroes Gifts

The Lives of the SaintsThis Week: Frieda Witherspoon

'Twenty years ago I began jogging five miles a day - could you tell me where I am?'

"My favorite way to start the day...coffee, danish, and a data dump."

"It's kind of sweet when they're all settled in like this."

"Oh look—he fell asleep when you told me about your day."

"Here's your hourly job performance review."

'Think' 'But not too much'

Daily Routine

"I'm feeling adventurous today, Penny – let's tack on a block."

"I'd like to see you every Tuesday, forever."

'When the poor dear retired, he found that he missed his little cubicle.'

"No matter the weather or what's on my plate, I'm here at five. That's discipline."

Wife asking husband what resolutions he is going to make for the new century

'And this is where daddy goes through the motions.'

'And now for the (Yawn!) morning report....'

"You've become very predictable, Jack - home every night!"

'My husband does everything religiously except going to church.'

Clock in, Clock out.

"I love you, Ethan, bit I floss alone."

RETIREMENT VOWS

"He misses his commute ."

"Yjere didn't seem any point in making any supper..."

For Greg, it was just another predictable day at Kraft,

"I don't want a New Year, I want a comfortable, familiar, used year."

'Our dog's been dead two years but he can't break the habit!'

Mountaineers milk.

Plain ol' me.

Are we a bunch of losers? Who are you talking about? Me, Randy, Sadie, even you Uncle Mort – all of us cafe regulars. We've been hanging out at this place for years. I've been working here two decades. Do we have nowhere else to go? More powerful even than inertia: Any momentum killed by an uncompromising nap regimen. Zzzz.

"Recycling has become the high point of my week."

"Oh well... same sh*t , different day..."

Mega Corp. Employee Entrance. I like to get to work early, before my brain knows what I'm up to.

My new trash pickup day is midweek, on Wednesday. Hump-day dump-day!

"Well, come to think of it, we are creatures of habit: Always migrating to the same place and stopping at the same spots on the way..."

"Sundays we like to walk around being insufferable about our routine."

It's 10pm. Same time it was last night at this time.