Rituals

Written 2024 · Published 2026-10-17 · Last edited —

I love Rituals

• smoking (the preliminary act of rolling, not actually smoking)
• Chinese tea ceremony (but kinda different, not that great, )
• measuring blood glucose and ketones
• taking out film from a camera
• starting a car, conform to the exam norms
• scratching a lottery ticket

Rolling cigarettes and measuring blood are my favorite because of two reasons

• they are not conventional ceremonial acts. If you search up rituals on the internet, you will find tea rituals but not cigarettes. That unconventional aspect is interesting
• they are not too complex but not simple. They need more than 3 steps (in contrast to other more simpler repetitive tasks) but they don't have the traditional aspect of a tea ceremony

A ritual, of the which I'm in the search of , is defined by

• repetition (repetition legitimatizes said musician and youtuber Adam Neely )
• in a colinear way as repetition, it shall be done frequently
• balance of simplicity and complexity(more than 3 steps, less than 8ish)