Lately, I have been seeing a pattern in my daily routine. Won't list it (read embarrassment). Not that earlier I wasn't a follow-the-timetable person, I have always been a routine junkie. Parents appreciate me for once. Friends yell at me for that. One day you find me doing something different than the usual, I may snap at you for asking about it. Not because I hate or dislike that activity(I do nothing which I don't like) but secretly I hate my plans getting ruined. Friends and acquaintances who know me have learned that and some even commented about my discipline towards this subject. Yes, I come across as that strict teacher who will even scold a 1-year-old for petty matters. That was old me. I think I have grown out of that. But the memories and some of the behavior remain. I blame my genes!
Well, my point of thought is stuck on Pattern. Routine being one and I as a sample is a perfect example. But there are many things in day to day life that we avoid or rather don't care to even notice. When you have an idle mind, you do. Your heart pumps blood in equal or irregular intervals. Laundry man counts the clothes he receives, washes/iron them and put them in proper groups nicely folded and clean. That's a pattern my laundry uncle follows and he joyfully discusses it with me because he loves it for the daily bread he earns from this profession. Then, there is Exam pattern. Even though we do not know the questions which are going to be asked, we at least know the pattern, the sequencing, the types in which the questions will be asked and the pattern in which we have to answer. Now there is an altogether concept called not following them, and we abide by it *snort*
Ever seen that chick always wearing only earth colors to her office daily? Or the other mademoiselle who wears only long ethnic skirts with simple t-shirts with beaded accessories to college every day? Or that hunk who prefers wearing a stole even on the hottest day with his neck covered. Yes, those are also a dress pattern for us but for some and all, they maybe trending or trying hard to look good or being comfortable or just plain fashion statements. Again, I am very opinionated about some matters, and this could be one. I have also heard of pattern recognition in the theory of Machine learning, so yes it is not limited to our imagination and papers, but also in-depth matters of science.
As we are speaking about Pattern recognition, there is this book/novel by name 'Pattern Recognition' whose central theme revolves around a female working in a corporate environment who tries to find out patterns in each corporate symbol used in the industry. When I read it first, Cayce was a paranoiac to me. But later I empathized. It is indeed true that every human has a desire to find meaning in everything, even meaningless data surrounding him/her/it (Funny story about the evolution of term IT (for me)) and that was her way to deal with the catastrophes she was going through. Cayce gave me an insight of how deep an individual can think when restless. Even we do that… unknowingly.
And all these above mind processing data of mine started with a simple paani-puri(gol-gappa) snack that I had yesterday evening *eyerolls* I couldn't stop thinking how that small boy handled so many customers with a simple pattern of counting from 1 to 6 to cater them. Well, Paani-puri was yummmm! :D
Lesson: Don't ever over think. See what I got you because of that. Agony!
*secretly dances*
