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ROTATION

You know I believe in order.

I guess I haven't covered one way that order can be preserved in a hectic environment.

The answer? Rotation.

Take breakfast foods for example. I eat a range of cereals in the week for nutritional balance and also variety. Boredom is not favored here.

But, left to my own devices, I am unreliable. I will go for the Corn Chex every time; or maybe the Shredded Wheat (bite size).

Either.

I could get blocked. Stuck.

Not with my system.

I have the thing set in order. Left to right, always, always, always.

Corn Chex, Shredded Wheat, Rice Chex, Cheerios, Wheat Chex. Then go back again. No exceptions.

Why this order? Nutritional balance. Look at the grains. No adjacent analogs.

Admittedly, I wince a bit on the Cheerios day. I don't know why. When I hit the bowl, I like them; but not before. See? The rotation system rules. It is a winner. My impulses, positive or negative, are unreliable.

Early protein is easy. One day yogurt and fruit, the next boiled eggs.

Fruit with breakfast (apple sauce on the egg day; raspberries, strawberries, banana, peaches on the yogurt days).

Yes. I eat a lot of breakfast. My biggest meal. I didn't even mention peanuts; my fat supplement. No rotation there. Half a cup every day.

I use rotation in other meals. Sandwich filler for lunch (turkey, no fat bologna, ham, no fat cheese, tuna salad, egg salad or fried egg. Fruit with lunch (melon mix, pears).

Dinner? I have 25-30 menus. All on rotation of course. Just like in jail. If it is the tenth Tuesday we are having Chili.

You could do this too if you want to.

I can see you getting eager to try it.

Where else?

I rotate clothes too. Biking shorts. Boxers (no briefs). Outer shorts. Pajama pants. All of it. This stuff is not left to right. It is bottom serve.

I even have a system for the outer shorts which don't go to the laundry every day like the others. I have three shelves and load the shorts down to the next shelve when they have their day.

T-shirts? Polos? Same thing. Left to right. I take what I get. I have to admit to a little loading. When I get clean shirts and put them on the right side, I don't put black, then black. I do mix the blend. No two days are the same.

What about color coordination? No problem. These are all Gap clothes. They all match. No fucking way does anything fight with anything else. This is the Gap way. Although I hear they are changing it.

Truth? There are a few Lands End things in there but they pass. They are a bit brighter and size larger than the Gap but we all keep it mum and they get away with it.

Don't ask; don't tell.

Rotation.

A way of life.

Left to right at all times. Bottom to top.

The other thing is, no thinking. You don't have to stand there and gaze at your shit and choose anything.

Another thing. Equal wear. My Gap crew sox all wear out at the same time. It is amazing. The other stuff never wears out.

Oh. I didn't mention sox. They are all white. But they get the bottom to top treatment too. Wear. Like I said.

The only thing not in the rotation is my shoes and the band on my pony tail. Usually they match the rest of the rotationally random ensemble.

Are you with me here? Do you need a map?

I could come and arrange your closet to work the same way if you want.

Anyway, that it the system. I just got tired of people saying 'you look good' or 'I like your shirt' and then I have to say it is all the system; what came off today. But I don't. No one wants to hear it.

Now they all know. It is out there.