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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 psychological, physiological, …, cal benefits. Imagine that you have to wake up every morning and plan your day and do things that are not done in the previous days! Routines introduce predictability in our lives. Predictability reduces anxiety and it is comforting.

External factors that drive our routine start from the nature itself. All the seasons, everyday sunrise and sunset are too far to connect with our routine, but they do have a part to play. The country we live, the place we work, the culture we follow, our own family and so many things define our routines. A new routine sets in automatically when we have internal or external changes. There are people who regularly watch and question their routine to find a way to perform it better. Those tiny betterment are what really makes one successful.

Holidays are an attempt to have a break in our routines. We routinely need a break to follow our routines without boring and tiring.



Hansie sleeps more than 14 hours a day. That is not unusual for any dog. Few of the items in Hansie’s routine: Apart from frequent wake ups, wake up in the morning, casual walk, silently watch people at home getting ready for work, bark at anything unusual, casual walk, apart from frequent naps, go to sleep.

Hansie is too busy on all holidays. We usually have lots of kids playing in our home on holidays. Hansie enjoys it a lot. He runs and waits at the door when he hears the kids at the gate, waiting for them to come and be welcomed by him. It is his holiday too.

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