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My Hansie’s Holidays

Can Hansie have a holiday? It is impossible for me to make him understand the meaning of holiday. But I know his holiday moments as I know his routines very well. Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t follow a routine? We all have a routine, whether we like it or not. There is no way to have a routine-less life. It can only move from one routine to another. Fortunately, we can add dynamism here and there to make life interesting. A routine is a collection of actions that we do regularly. Most (all) of our routines are driven by the external factors. We need to eat and we need to sleep. By Design, it has to follow a pattern, a minimal routine. Based on our roles in our current phase of life, we are given (we have designed, if that helps!) a routine to be followed. We can measure it hourly, daily, or whatever that fits. That is, we have a micro to macro level routine. Are routines bad? Absolutely not. Researchers (research everything!) found that routine can result in a multitude of p