August 11, 2010
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ocd
Do you ever wish you could pick the things you’re anal or obsessive about? I spend so much time making sure that certain things are exactly a certain way, and no time at all on other things that are probably more important.
For example, I feel as if the sky will certainly fall if I have to watch someone incorrectly assemble a sandwich (people, how do you not realize that you need to correctly size everything to fit the bread, put things together in an order that minimizes sogginess, and line everything up so that each bite has the same amount of each ingredient?) but I really can’t be bothered to vacuum (a moot point now that I have cleaning lady, but before I had one, I could go for months without vacuuming without even noticing or caring).
Other things that I care about include: cutting granola bars into identical bite-sized pieces, setting my alarm (when I set an alarm) to palindromic times (like 8:38, as opposed to 8:30 or 8:40), putting a pitcher under the kitchen faucet (which leaks less than a gallon a day) and using the water to water my dog and some plants, and rounding restaurant bills up to round numbers.
Things that I probably should care about, but can’t, include: finding ways to invest my money, anything involving household chores, finding a second route to get to work, backing up my hard drive, and many other practical but unmemorable things.
Why is it that most of the things that occupy large amounts of my time and attention are completely irrelevant to everyone else?
Comments (3)
I have a need to sort things by color, alphabetically, by size, etc. I wish I couldn’t leave a dirty dish in the sink!
lol. i’m like that too and only learning to prioritize the “bigger” things in life. however, for finances, since that’s my career path - i’ve always been one to be on top of that.
i wouldn’t worry about it too much. besides, you’ve got a whole 32nd year to enjoy.
belated happy birthday troid =D
I was with you up until the palindromic alarm times… really? On my clock that just makes it more difficult to calculate the snooze time (alarm time + 9n minutes) when I’m half-awake in the morning. I’m OCD about turning off lights and picking scraps of stuff off the floor. Oh and I think I have mild sensory integration disorder- I’m really really picky about stuff like my glasses being perfectly clear, hangnails, and itchy clothing tags. I could be driven completely around the bend if I were forced to have a smear on my glasses and not be able to wipe it off for a whole day.