To ask if anyone else loves the routine and doesn’t see it as repetitive drudgery?

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Daily life…do you enjoy the routine or to you hate it? I always see lots of posts where people are fed up.

anyone else in the “I enjoy the routine” camp?

I quite enjoy the routine.
6:30am- wake and get ready
7:00am- wake the dc
7:00-8:00am- make breakfasts/lunches/get sorted
8:00am- leave and drop dc
8:30am- get to work
4:30- leave work/collect dc (3:30 on a Friday)
5:00- home/chat/prep dinner
5:30/6:00 - have dinner(depending on day)

monday eve- relax (nothing on)
Tuesday eve- yoga for me @ 7pm
Wedsnesday- dd has a club at 6.
Thursday- walk (weather permitting)
Friday- ds has a club at 6
Sat/sun- I do morning workouts, the dc do training and/or matches.

DH Does his workouts at home, I cook and he cleans. Laundry is done on a Friday/saturday. Weather depending.

I like the routine. It keeps me going. Anyone else? Or am I crazy.

Jealous!!

Routines just make me feel trapped. Even as a kid I never liked it. When it comes to the house, I'm one of those that will let things pile up then have a massive blitz. I have tried routines in the past but just get sooo bored. I'm heading for 60 now so unlikely to change at this point in my life. I'm actually looking forward to retirement when I can ditch having to work! Then I'll be completely free.

I like a routine and am certainly better in one than out - as I currently am.
It is a total pain in the neck to have to think what I am going to do every day, so I often end up doing nothing or putting things off because "I have plenty of time".
I know it is not a good state to be in, but I don't appear to be able to motivate myself.
Weirdly, I am far more efficient when there is a lot to do.

That’s one more day than it gets done on in my house.

My mental health is so much better when in a routine, its strange really but i feel way more myself this way

The routine idea of life does not apply if a person works shifts that start at different times of day or night. Then there us no routine. I have worked shifts. I looked forward to sleep & days off & holidays.

The only part of my day that is routine is when the alarm clock goes off so I can get to work on time.

I don't have set days to do the washing. If the linen basket is looking full, I put a wash on, although I do wash my bedding routinely.

I get food shopping delivered when I'm running low on wine and the freezer is a bit empty.

I walk the dogs when it isn't wet, so sometimes they can go days without a walk ... but they don't care as they are elderly and often I have to drag them out anyway.

I have dinner when I'm hungry. Last night I ate at 5.30pm but sometimes it can be 8pm.

However, I live alone so I don't have anyone to please but myself. When I was with my husband I would be more routine based.

The routine makes things simple , you know what you should be doing and when

however if there are aspects you don’t like - hate work? Hate the rush to make dinner before clubs? Then you hate the routine - ie you can like to have a routine but not like the specific one you have

Wow, I dont get how this is possible. We have two school uniforms, work shirts, towels, bedlinen, whites, delicates, and general clothes to get through. No way I could do it in one or two days!

Oh and sports clothes that need washing immediately or they stink! And period pants!

Each to their own. That kind of routine really wouldn’t be enjoyable for me, but loads of people do thrive on routine I think.

Obviously I have to have some degree of routine in my life because I’ve got a full time job that I have to do, so I’m getting up at the same time most weekdays and things like that. But eating at the same time every day, doing laundry on the same day, always going for a walk on a Thursday etc definitely isn’t for me. I’d go mad.

When I was a child I used to hate doing organised clubs / activities because I found it really irritating to have to do a specific thing on, say, a Tuesday just because it happened to be a Tuesday rather than because I particularly fancied doing it. Like any kid, I wanted to feel secure, so I liked some certainties and I disliked chaos, but anything that felt arbitrarily rigid really annoyed me.

I like small pleasures but small and unexpected pleasures are probably my favourite. I love it if my DP randomly suggests going out for food for no reason etc.

I absolutely love routine, provided it's not my whole week that is governed by it.

For example, I love my morning routine, but I love work being unpredictable at times.
I love my weekdays following a pattern but I also love doing something different at the weekend.

For me routine isn't boring it's just a way to give my brain a rest by avoiding making hundreds of micro-decisions. And then I can use my brainspace for more impactful stuff (not just work of course, but also being creative, being a good friend, learning new things etc...)

Love order and routine. If anything unexpected happens it throws me into mini turmoil until it’s over but then I still can’t relax for the rest of the day. Don’t think that’s normal? Find it difficult to be interrupted. My sister is the same.

No I loathe my days being set out with things I have to do. Now both DC have flown the nest and I have had many years of routines, aside from work I have little demand on my time which I much prefer. The best days for me are days with nothing planned.

I love the school run both ways. Love my early coffee and work before I get the kids up. Love little weekend activities and then duvet movie days. Love the little activities I plan for them around Christmas. Love making them dinner, having their friends over. Love cleaning and tidying my house. Love the weekly shopping routines we have.

I love my little life. Took me a long time to get here and it's going to lead me nicely into my golden years. I had kids late and have lots of partying memories to look back on and be glad I'm not still doing.

I love saving money and focusing solely on their future and being there for them.

I've had my fun. I find fun in the little things now.

I suspect it's not the routine that's an issue but feeling unfairly burdened if you have a useless partner, being knackered if you do it all alone or never getting a break, that's really the issue.

I'm live in carer for elderly parent with vascular dementia. Routine is absolutely necessary or chaos ensues.

I recently had a respite break. It was liberating being able to do what I wanted, when I wanted. The first day, I went to bed at 7 pm and didn't get up until 10.00 the next day. Bliss. Not sure I'd do it all the time, but I enjoyed having the freedom of choice.