Here we go again, folks. It’s 6:30 a.m., and I’m watching Bloomberg morning news with my coffee in hand, pretending I care about global markets as I squint at the screen. But, as usual, something strikes me, not the stock exchange or the crypto craze, but rather…the sequencing of it all.

You know how they always say there’s a rhythm to everything? I used to shrug that off—until this morning when I realized, hey, life is a lot like these daily routines. Take my dogs, for instance. Every morning, I let them out at 5:30 a.m. sharp. Then, and only then, do they get fed. It’s a simple, foolproof sequence. Break that rhythm, and suddenly the house is in chaos, the dogs are discombobulated, and nothing goes right for the rest of the day. It’s as if they can’t compute the universe unless breakfast follows the backyard break. Silly? Sure. But it’s a rule of operations.

It got me thinking: we all try to shortcut life’s sequences sometimes. Skip a step here, double back there. Maybe it’s impatience or just a stubborn attempt to beat time. But sometimes—just sometimes—it’s best to stick to the order of things. We may think we can jump ahead, but maybe the secret sauce lies in the steady steps we try to skip over.

Maybe that’s what Bloomberg is really teaching me. Not just the intricacies of stock markets, but that life itself—whether it’s market flows or feeding dachshunds—follows a rhythm. And when we follow that rhythm? Well, we might just find a little peace in the predictability.

So today, I’m embracing the sequence, one discombobulated moment at a time.