FOWC: Customary

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge = Customary

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CUSTOMARY

It was rather tedious

to get past all the results

that had to do with

CUSTOMARY

units of measure

to find suitable treasure

to include in this

more or less

CUSTOMARY

blog post

i.e., my responses to these One Word Challenges

have taken on a somewhat

CUSTOMARY

format.

Wouldn’t you say?

It simplifies my composition efforts.

Repetition breeds familiarity.

CUSTOMARY

Nearly everything in our lives is governed to some extent by

CUSTOMARY

actions, reactions, counteractions,

policies, laws, regulations

habits, traditions, rituals

I’m convinced, in general humans appreciate the

CUSTOMARY

approaches to life and living.

Routine soothes us.

Gives us a reassuring sense of stability and predictability.

Mostly, we are not truly fans of surprises, interruptions, and disruptions;

even though it is in those disturbances that creativity and innovation arise.

We want to be spontaneous, renegades, mavericks, even rebels and outlaws.

But most of the time we cherish comfort and convenience.

We have to intend to move outside the

CUSTOMARY

like taking a deep breath to dive into the alien world of underwater exploration

we must prepare ourselves, brace ourselves, set our jaws, and launch ourselves

into the alien worlds of the extraordinary, the unplanned, the non-compliant

And we will always eventually gravitate back to the

CUSTOMARY

Listen to Johnny Rivers add extra meaning to CUSTOMARY

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