Every morning I do a song and dance with my hallway. I step out of my home into the hallway. I then step right back in. I run to the bathroom and note that indeed I had turned off the flat iron. I then run back out and lock the door. Then, my brain nags and nags me. I then unlock the door and run back in to the bathroom. Yes, the flat iron is still off. It didn’t magically turn itself on. Nor did I somehow not turn it off when I went to look at it previously. Seriously, this is problematic.
I do not want to do this dance. It’s no fun and I can’t think of a good soundtrack to accompany it. Although, I truly haven’t tried to find a song by which to do this little dance. I bet if I sat for 10 minutes and focused, I could come up with a song and choreography. But the dance itself has taken up too much of my time already.
With that said I’m peeved at myself for doing this. But everyone does it. We doubt ourselves even when things are set routines. We wonder if this time it is different; whether this is the one time we did forget. Then we scare ourselves. And, then we guilt ourselves. What if the whole block burns down as a result? We would never forgive ourselves. It is quite a mental-gymnastics process. We should really tap into our sense of self and remind ourselves of our routines. They exist for a reason. And, we are creatures of habits. With that said, I’ll still go and check to make sure.
Categories: Humor, mental health, Psychology, society
psychologistmimi 
Try unplugging it and snap a picture.
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I think i will 😉
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i Am Back i Never Left Now
SeRiouSly it may Sound Strange
but wHere i am from as a Child
When Riding my Bicycle Around
my BLock i crossed my self with
‘The’ Sign of the Cross Yes obsessively
compulsively for i feared if i did not i would
surely go to Hell.. bottom line it didn’t work
on the bottom of
the Pyramid
of That
And now
i no longer
Cross myself
with the Sign of
The Cross i Am
Back i Never Left Now
That’s What i LEarned
in Hell to STaY iN NoW..:)
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We all have some superstitions or behaviors we feel we have to do
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Yes.. in some cases probably Placebo
Effective too
With underlying
Subconscious
Workings..:)
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Here’s A solution: every day (or every time you plug the iron in), take a photo of the unplugged iron with your phone. It will be date-stamped. Never take the photo unless you have the plug next to the iron.
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Photo will help for sure!
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I also double check and worry about things….. It’s a pain but once is generally enough.
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Let’s see if i can get myself down to just once 🙂
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I guess that dance, it’s part of losing short memory.
But worry only, when you find you didn’t turned off!! 😦
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Haha. Yes!
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Been there. Done that. Yep. Since I gave up ironing long ago, my bugaboo is the kitchen stove. My coffee maker, thankfully, shuts itself off.
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So nice to have things that automatically shut off. Love them!
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