Creatures of Habit

"The getting out had in itself become the chief business. But he had realized that he could not keep this up much longer, and today he was afraid. He was aware that his routine was about o break up and he sensed that a huge trouble long presaged but till now formless was due. Before evening, he'd know.

Nevertheless, he followed his daily course and crossed the lobby."

--Seize the Day, Saul Bellow.

Wilhelm is the typical man: bored and in a sense unsatisfied with his life, but too scared to change it. His life has become a ritual. Everything happens as expected, at specific times, one event right after the other. It's like living in a constant deja vu. We've all done it; felt like we've done something totally bizarre before that we are sure we've never done. But life is habitual, and humans are creatures of habit. 

~kd.