Creatures of Habit

Have you ever noticed what creatures of habit we all are? I’m not sure some of us even notice. On long uneventful days, I will sit at my desk, and as I work, I keep my google minimized in my task bar.

In the morning, my google reader is over-flowing with the posts published over-night. If I sit down and work at it, it can take me until almost 10am to get through the steady trickle of posts that continue to appear.

But it seems, as lunch time approaches, things begin to slow down. Seldom will you see anything until its almost quitting time. But something magical happens between 5:06pm and 6:00pm. It’s as if the bloggy heavens open up and pour out its love. I can return after the dinner hour to an over-whelming number of posts awaiting their turn, quietly in the depths of the google reader.

Just as quickly as the heavens opened up, things will come to a sudden halt. It seems until late evening. Not only does the posting come to a halt, but the commenting does as well! Its quite entertaining to see.

My speculation is this:
Many of us, begin our day with blogging. Continue on to live our lives and then return again at the end of the day..or at my house…after the kidlet’s have gone to slumber.

I don’t think many of us realize that is what we do. But if you watch closely, you will begin to see a pattern. There are blogs that post at generally the same time, some even on particular days. I too, do the same thing. I know I do, because if I draft anything it gets scheduled for the 7 o’clock hour, regardless. Very seldom do I post and publish. I typically draft and schedule.

I don't think there is anything wrong, either way. I just find it fascinating to watch. How different we all are, some of us living worlds apart..but we (being human) have a tendency to act so very similar.