I’d love to hear about your quirky habits.
One of mine is that when I’m out in nature I tend to collect cool looking rocks, sticks, cones etc. My window sills have become a geology exhibit (and I have zero clue about what I’m collecting, I just go by “ooh shiny”) and more often than not I’ll have small rocks in my pockets, bags, backpacks etc etc
I sing a lot around the house, but not just regular songs. I sing about what I’m doing or sing about my cats/wife, using the rhythm and notes from famous songs but with my own improvised lines, rather than the official lyrics
I used to sing random shit to the tune of La Cucaracha all the damn time, which drove my wife mad to the point that I ended up putting it in my wedding vows that I promised to stop doing it.
Now I sing random shit to the tune of Spanish Flea.
Saaaame. I’ve made up so many lyrics for my cats and balut my spouse’s butt, lol.
I have a load of them, including yours (collecting random bits of nature). I will also eat the same foods for breakfast and lunch, sometimes for years on end. Probably the strangest one is that my adult son and I often speak to each other in LOLCats. LIke, “can I have” turns into “I can has” every time and so on.
My girlfriend and I are autistic and we get absolutely stuck on some meals for long periods of time. We also just cycle through various catch phrases and noises we’ll repeat until they get replaced by new ones
I will also eat the same foods for breakfast and lunch, sometimes for years on end.
You wouldn’t happen to be neurodivergent, would you? Food hyperfixation is super common in folks with ADHD and/or autism; eg. I’ve been eating salads for a couple of months straight 😅 There’s variation between them but usually the base is boiled whole grain barley, different greens (but almost always including spinach), bell pepper, cucumber, scallion, maybe some sprouts, some vinaigrette, and then this absolutely lovely mirin-marinated tofu you can get from stores here
Yep, I’m autistic with a side helping of ADHD. I know that not varying my diet is bad for my health, so my dinners are extremely varied and usually plant-based, but I need my comforting sameness at breakfast and lunch.
I have to work really hard to plan variety into my diet as well. It’s just so easy to eat the same meal forever.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) my wife will never eat the same type of meal two days in row so that really puts a damper on my boringness.
I do a force swipe type gesture when walking through automatic doors, like I’m some kind of Jedi. Every. Time.
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I love to backpack and got surprised by how useful having stuff with me was. Now I wear a daypack every day and keep random odd things in it. I have a rain coat, a thin pullover, my medication, a first aid kit, a cpr shield, a water bottle, my workout plan and workout book to record them in, and even a tiny multitool (gerber dime). I sometimes refer to it as my “murse” as a joke (man purse), but I just find having that stuff with me to be incredibly useful.
Do men not usually do this? Where were you leaving your medication before? Did you never bring a water bottle with you?
I’m a woman and one of my biggest stressors is my bag, it hurts my back to carry and I still forget tons of stuff that I need. I don’t have a car so I don’t have anywhere convenient to leave things when I’m out or at work.
I usually only carried my water bottle. I’d plan most medication to be taken at the end or beginning of the day. My wife recently converted to a Michael Kors backpack purse after years of having an over the shoulder bag and loves it. She says her back is much better with a balanced load instead of just one side.
I have a small shoulder bag but feel the same. In UK weather having a thin rolled up coat is indispensible, a water bottle, wet wipes, headphones, mobile battery, lozenges, basic medication, bottle opener etc. Comes in handy. Men have pockets sure but there’s only so much you can stuff in there.
The only problem is when it gets cold enough that I might need a pullover but might not. A bigger bag might be useful.
OP are you trying to tell us you’re a magpie?
I… I don’t know. How would I tell if I’m a magpie? Maybe I’ve been one all the time and never realized? Based on past experience I’m definitely flightless though, so there’s that
Ever since that one post that some might remember, I cheer myself up by going “nyyyyowwwn” like a race car when I pass corners (walking) if I’m having a bad day.
I’m not sure if this is eccentric but I have a junk journal and I try collecting little bits of day to day life like receipts, tags, paper, fruit stickers, fortune cookie fortunes, and more. Most of them carry little memories and I just like having them in one notebook
My office is where I do VR, but I need a place to nap, recline. So I put up eye bolts and use a hammock 🤷♂️
The basset hound loves the hammock and has to come up whenever I set it up.
Image description: a basset hound resting on his back in a hammock.I drive barefoot. I always take off my shoes when I drive.
