text: how often do you diverge from your normal routine and try something new?   not often enough...habit enables me to remember tasks by rote. (get up, let dogs out, hit light switch, turn coffee pot on(which was set up night before), turn on radio, give dogs a treat when they come back in, get out medicine, wash up, fix breakfast, set out lunch for work, on and on and on and that's just a partial list for morning...) being a creature of habit also tends to turn me into a boring, rut-induced person....i need to find a happy medium.