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Does anyone else tidy the shelves when they go to the supermarket...especially items on the wrong shelf...?!Hi all - I am "overly tidy" and I just "want things to be right" - my house is so neat, underwear drawers and wardrobe like a military barracks!! and I do sometimes have problems on Camino, being surrounded by what to me seems like chaos- so for any others like me ... here this video and song below ....
Please note - for any with serious OCD this is not making fun of that, it is more of a celebration of how we are all unique. The makers of this video wrote "We understand that OCD is a serious mental disorder that significantly affects the lives of millions of people (including Rhett's wife). This song is not intended to make fun of people with OCD, but rather to demonstrate and poke fun at the tendency of so many people to point out things that are off-center, off-balance, etc. and say "It's driving my OCD crazy!"
And I concur - Enjoy!
Here is a hint - if you too would move that R on the notice board at the beginning then this video really is for you!!
Ha, too funny! I don't have OCD (nooo, not me!), but I related to absolutely everything in that video!Hi all - I am "overly tidy" and I just "want things to be right" - my house is so neat, underwear drawers and wardrobe like a military barracks!! and I do sometimes have problems on Camino, being surrounded by what to me seems like chaos- so for any others like me ... here this video and song below ....
Please note - for any with serious OCD this is not making fun of that, it is more of a celebration of how we are all unique. The makers of this video wrote "We understand that OCD is a serious mental disorder that significantly affects the lives of millions of people (including Rhett's wife). This song is not intended to make fun of people with OCD, but rather to demonstrate and poke fun at the tendency of so many people to point out things that are off-center, off-balance, etc. and say "It's driving my OCD crazy!"
And I concur - Enjoy!
Here is a hint - if you too would move that R on the notice board at the beginning then this video really is for you!!
Noo! Only in my own home!Does anyone else tidy the shelves when they go to the supermarket...especially items on the wrong shelf...?!
The albergue's community sleeping areas can be haphazard and chaoticly strewn about all over the floor with other peoples' things, but my personal bunk space has to be absolutely puurfect. My mind goes bonkers if my stuff is not completely orderly! It keeps me sane!I am a lover of chaos. I think that's why I fit in so well on the Camino. It answers to no overseer or logical reason, but somehow it keeps rolling on and becoming ever more chaotic and beautiful, despite constant efforts to pave, monetize, and otherwise "improve" it.
It is not a tame animal.
OMG. You had me at the very beginning when he straightens the letter on the door. I haven’t had a good howling laugh like that in awhile. I can identify with way too many things here...now I’m scared!!! How will I function on the Camino LOL!!Hi all - I am "overly tidy" and I just "want things to be right" - my house is so neat, underwear drawers and wardrobe like a military barracks!! and I do sometimes have problems on Camino, being surrounded by what to me seems like chaos- so for any others like me ... here this video and song below ....
Please note - for any with serious OCD this is not making fun of that, it is more of a celebration of how we are all unique. The makers of this video wrote "We understand that OCD is a serious mental disorder that significantly affects the lives of millions of people (including Rhett's wife). This song is not intended to make fun of people with OCD, but rather to demonstrate and poke fun at the tendency of so many people to point out things that are off-center, off-balance, etc. and say "It's driving my OCD crazy!"
And I concur - Enjoy!
Here is a hint - if you too would move that R on the notice board at the beginning then this video really is for you!!
No way! I guess I am a complete slob after all.I am the person who reties all of the crooked shoe laces in REI so that the laces will lay flat across the shoe.
Do you hire out? I’ve got a garage and a sock drawer in dire need of organizing.Hi all - I am "overly tidy" and I just "want things to be right" - my house is so neat, underwear drawers and wardrobe like a military barracks!! and I do sometimes have problems on Camino, being surrounded by what to me seems like chaos- so for any others like me ... here this video and song below ....
Please note - for any with serious OCD this is not making fun of that, it is more of a celebration of how we are all unique. The makers of this video wrote "We understand that OCD is a serious mental disorder that significantly affects the lives of millions of people (including Rhett's wife). This song is not intended to make fun of people with OCD, but rather to demonstrate and poke fun at the tendency of so many people to point out things that are off-center, off-balance, etc. and say "It's driving my OCD crazy!"
And I concur - Enjoy!
Here is a hint - if you too would move that R on the notice board at the beginning then this video really is for you!!
It’s reassuring to know I’m not the only one. I’m not a total slob, but things, such as laundry, papers and my garage get out of control. Maybe there is a 12 Step program?I watched the video and laughed and of course thought "how can he live like that"? I am a complete disaster. My wife who is not OCD is really organized and neat. She has on more than one occasion referred to me as an animal. When I eat food drops on my shirt. I leave things everywhere, wear t-shirts inside out. Last year we I went out to meet her for dinner with friends and I was wearing two different sneakers. Never noticed it. You get the picture? When I walk into an albergue as long as no one or nothing smells bad I don't notice any mess whatsoever. I do keep myself very clean and I always wear clean clothes. I can't say they don't have spots that have not come out from a previous mustard stain. Remember I am normal and healthy and you guys are the crazy ones!!!!!
If you keep telling yourself, like I do that we are the psychologically healthy ones than who needs a 12 step????It’s reassuring to know I’m not the only one. I’m not a total slob, but things, such as laundry, papers and my garage get out of control. Maybe there is a 12 Step program?
I call it functional OCD and I totally agree with your comment lolIf you keep telling yourself, like I do that we are the psychologically healthy ones than who needs a 12 step????
And what about those lazy buggers who don't even tie their laces?!...anarchy!I am the person who reties all of the crooked shoe laces in REI so that the laces will lay flat across the shoe.
I don't really know why people do this, besides the probability that the untidiness does not disturb them. But one element which might be related for some people would be the design of their pack. I have a pack which zippers open from the front, as well as opening from the top. So I can get items out from most places in the pack without removing everything else. And of course, the things that I need least access to, like my sleeping bag, must be put into the bottom of the pack before everything else in the morning, or they will be in the way all day in the traditional top opening only pack. And there are other items, which I might need on the trail (first aide for my feet, rain gear), things which I will need (food for lunch) and things which I may need in the morning before packing. All these things have a place for appropriate daytime accessibility in every pack, but the challenge is to get them into that place in the morning. Perhaps some walkers, particularly the inexperienced or those with poorly designed packs, find it easier to have everything accessible in the albergue and just pack in the morning.I am pretty much live and let live as far as fellow pilgrim's tidiness while in albergues, assuming their personal hygiene is not so bad their odour announces their presence before they enter a room, but the one and only peeve I have is also one I cannot understand. Why do some pilgrims completely empty the contents of their backpack all over the floor next to their bunk? Things strewn everywhere, in the pathway between rows of bunks, right under the ladder where one has to climb up. Pilgrims have to dodge and weave to avoid stepping on it. They do it, and leave it and go to sleep. It is such odd behaviour?
Hmmm, perhaps. I'm thinking that your first explanation, a predisposition to untidiness (perhaps narcissism and egocentric tendencies as well) is the answer.I don't really know why people do this, besides the probability that the untidiness does not disturb them. But one element which might be related for some people would be the design of their pack. I have a pack which zippers open from the front, as well as opening from the top. So I can get items out from most places in the pack without removing everything else. And of course, the things that I need least access to, like my sleeping bag, must be put into the bottom of the pack before everything else in the morning, or they will be in the way all day in the traditional top opening only pack. And there are other items, which I might need on the trail (first aide for my feet, rain gear), things which I will need (food for lunch) and things which I may need in the morning before packing. All these things have a place for appropriate daytime accessibility in every pack, but the challenge is to get them into that place in the morning. Perhaps some walkers, particularly the inexperienced or those with poorly designed packs, find it easier to have everything accessible in the albergue and just pack in the morning.
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