Your self-annoying habits

maudgonner

What habits do you have that not only annoy those around you, but annoy yourself?

I'm a divil for opening new bottles/cartons/boxes of stuff before I've finished the old ones. My bathroom is littered with nearly-finished bottles of shampoo & conditioner. The lure of a new copybook was impossibly hard to resist back when I was in school, and I've never quite gotten over that.

What do you do that makes you want to give yourself a stern talking to?

HeidiHeidi

maudgonner wrote: »

What habits do you have that not only annoy those around you, but annoy yourself?

I'm a divil for opening new bottles/cartons/boxes of stuff before I've finished the old ones. My bathroom is littered with nearly-finished bottles of shampoo & conditioner. The lure of a new copybook was impossibly hard to resist back when I was in school, and I've never quite gotten over that.

What do you do that makes you want to give yourself a stern talking to?

My inability to throw anything away, ever.

My bathroom is also littered with half-used bottles of stuff, that I know I will NEVER ever use (they're probably semi-solid congealed gunk by now), but will I put them in the bin? No chance.

Same with clothes that I know I'll never fit into again, and even if I did they'd be so deeply unfashionable I'd never wear them again. But they're still in my wardrobe.

And as for the tins/jars of stuff that I thought were a brilliant idea at the time and I'd surely come up with some imaginative dish to use them....

kfallon

I stock up on way too much stuff!

Jawgap

I'm acutely aware of my 'ums' and 'aws' when I'm giving presentations, and starting sentences with 'So.....' - but people seem to think I'm a decent enough speaker so it just seems to be me who notices it!!!

Other than that......allowing to get myself distracted too easily is something that drives.........

.......look an airplane!!!

stimpson

I love a nice relaxing smoke of crack cocaine. But it's very moreish.

red ears

I love throwing stuff out. Often i dump letters, receipts, clothes etc that i later need or could use. I get a lot of satisfaction dumping stuff strangely.

Riddle101

Biting my finger nails.

fizzypish

I bite my nails. Those stop biting nails stuff are no barrier to my compulsion.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Sticking my tongue out when I'm trying to concentrate
Cleaning my ears, it's a compulsion

Positively Negative

Cleaning my ears with a hairclip. Better than sex but probably discusting to watch

BetsyEllen

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

My inability to throw anything away, ever.

My bathroom is also littered with half-used bottles of stuff, that I know I will NEVER ever use (they're probably semi-solid congealed gunk by now), but will I put them in the bin? No chance.

Same with clothes that I know I'll never fit into again, and even if I did they'd be so deeply unfashionable I'd never wear them again. But they're still in my wardrobe.

And as for the tins/jars of stuff that I thought were a brilliant idea at the time and I'd surely come up with some imaginative dish to use them....

You need to do this challenge OP!
Start tomorrow, 28 days
http://www.theminimalists.com/game/

Captain Chaos

Positively Negative wrote: »

Cleaning my ears with a hairclip. Better than sex but probably discusting to watch

I do that with a paper clip but I open one end out. Best feeling ever...

Cee-Jay-Cee

Throwing out letters without opening/reading them. I have thrown out private pension policy documents because I'd look at the cover letter and see its from the bank and think 'ah more rubbish from the bank' and dump it only to get a phone call a few months later asking about it and remembering dumping it. The amount of important paperwork I've thrown out is ridiculous but I or no one has ever died as a result of it so its not all bad.

Boom_Bap

When I sit down at the kitchen table at home I always say "Now". Even if it's just me. It doesn't happen at any other table.

I've no idea why, when I say it I instantly realise it and get annoyed with myself.

HeidiHeidi

BetsyEllen wrote: »

You need to do this challenge OP!
Start tomorrow, 28 days
http://www.theminimalists.com/game/

Just reading that has given me palpitations :eek:

BetsyEllen

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Just reading that has given me palpitations :eek:

Hahaha - I know, I'm a hoarder like you and this was suggested by a 'friend' - I think I need to rethink our friendship now

Bambi985

I have no will power with food. Serious sweet tooth and can smell chocolate from a mile away. i eat chocolate every day even if i have to beg, borrow or steal to get it.

we get free lunches at work which are usually a horrific mix of fast food and stodge. most days I'll bring in a healthy lunch and most days it will sit in its tupperware in the fridge as i stuff my face with pizza, pasta, whatever is in the office that day.

Lorelli!

Sometimes I'm half watching something on tv. I'll see a bit that interests me and I'll start to get into it. Then I'm trying to catch up and ask whoever is with me to explain the parts I missed and we both end up missing more while they're explaining it so we have to rewind it back.

BettePorter

I never buy enough wine! There could be a sale in tesco ..... 3 decent bottles for 20 say...... and ill say ach no sure I wouldnt need them. The next night I'm looking for a petrol station at 9:55 to spend 10+ quid on a bottle of piss.

FizzleSticks

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Lau2976

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Just reading that has given me palpitations :eek:

I'd highly recommend decluttering if you feel weighed down by your stuff. I'm still in the process of getting rid of stuff but I would say I've sold, donated or trashed at least 80% of my stuff since last year. It feels great. At first its hard but eventually it'll feel really good.

My self annoying habit is ripping my nails. IDK why I do it or how it started but when I get nervous I rip my nails down as far as they'll go. Also starting a notebook, writing in it for a while, forgetting and starting a new one. So many half used notebooks

Samuel T. Cogley

Boards.ie, definitely Boards.ie.

HeidiHeidi

Lau2976 wrote: »

I'd highly recommend decluttering if you feel weighed down by your stuff. I'm still in the process of getting rid of stuff but I would say I've sold, donated or trashed at least 80% of my stuff since last year. It feels great. At first its hard but eventually it'll feel really good.

My self annoying habit is ripping my nails. IDK why I do it or how it started but when I get nervous I rip my nails down as far as they'll go. Also starting a notebook, writing in it for a while, forgetting and starting a new one. So many half used notebooks

But but but..... as someone else also posted above, there is NOTHING in this world as satisfying as a crisp, fresh, virgin notebook

ohnonotgmail

Procrastination. Terrible, terrible, procrastination.

Mr.Plough

Going for 'one' on a Friday after work, with lots of healthy productive things planned for the Saturday.

One turns into one after another and Saturday is spent wallowing in Netflix, **** food and self loathing.

Samuel T. Cogley

I was getting around to saying procrastination too.

CFlat

I'm like a goldfish when it comes to having say a few chores to do. I'll do one and then I'll start thinking about another one and then off I'll go with one half finished job.

Now where did I put that oil sump spanner.....

LirW

Bambi985 wrote: »

I have no will power with food. Serious sweet tooth and can smell chocolate from a mile away. i eat chocolate every day even if i have to beg, borrow or steal to get it.

we get free lunches at work which are usually a horrific mix of fast food and stodge. most days I'll bring in a healthy lunch and most days it will sit in its tupperware in the fridge as i stuff my face with pizza, pasta, whatever is in the office that day.

This but I can add: I have a drawer full of sweets next to my bed. I tend to overstuff it and honestly, it'll last me years because another habit is opening stuff and eat it over a decade. Still a pretty stupid idea putting it next to bed in the first place. :rolleyes:

big syke

Bite skin around my nails till it is sore and/or bleeds, have started to make "HAW" sounds when I do anything that requires an iota of physical excursion (not in like a giving out way but more so due the the apparent immense strain a thing like like sitting down, getting up, poring water into a mug causes - picked up this delight of a habit from my dad), tap fingers constantly, remove and put on slippers/socks/runners/shoes or whatever 50 times an hour while sitting down and relaxing (which annoys my wife no end), constantly kick the duvet up in the air at night (another fan favourite), check on my son around 15 times in a night (with added torch to his face to make sure he is ok and not too hot/cold etc).

I am quite a catch aren't I

suicide_circus

I can't see things that are directly in front of my eyes. As in, if I put a fork down on an otherwise empty table and go to pick it up again 2 minutes later, I'll be like "where's the fork?" and my missus picks it up, hands it to me and I'm sure privately worries about looking after me when I get old

Widdershins

I can't think of anything bad-habit-wise that I still do. I used to be thoughtless about food waste. Not overbuying or letting food go off, just not using the last inch of milk in the bottle, the last fifth of a jar of sauce, and not scraping a tin of beans out.

HeidiHeidi

big syke wrote: »

....have started to make "HAW" sounds when I do anything that requires an iota of physical excursion (not in like a giving out way but more so due the the apparent immense strain a thing like like sitting down, getting up, poring water into a mug causes ......

This! ALL the time!

And the worse thing is, I live on my own so I have no idea who I think my audience is

ScumLord

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Sticking my tongue out when I'm trying to concentrate Cleaning my ears, it's a compulsion

Your ears must be filthy to require that much concentration.


I think I have one of those one track minds, I can literally only think of one thing at a time. The Amount of dinners I've let burn when I'm not 4 ft away from the cooker because I got distracted and completely forgot I was in the middle of something.

Pherekydes

World's worst procrastinator! Never do today what you can put off for at least two weeks. :mad:

Positively Negative

Positively Negative wrote: »

Cleaning my ears with a hairclip. Better than sex but probably discusting to watch

The lid of bic biros are my personal favourite for this. I keep two in my desk at work and both get used in alternately.

Deedsie wrote: »

I always use the metric system. Imperial is stupid and I struggle not to correct people who use imperial. I can be rude/annoying about it at times.

That would be something that would annoy me (correcting me if I use imperial). I use a mix of both. All metric at work but I couldn't tell you my height or weight in anything but stone and feet/inches. My car does mpg and I pump my tyres in PSI.

looksee

Humming (tunelessly) to myself. I get a song on the brain and have been known to keep humming it for a couple of days.

I've never knowingly thrown out or given away a book, even if I've read it more than once. The attics of my grandmothers house is full of things I might read again. I use a Kindle now, so it's not an ongoing issue, just one yet to be resolved.

I constantly tidy the contents of my fridge if someone has moved anything.

I have some beautiful notebooks with cotton and linen paper that were gifted to me. I want to use them, but I don't want to mark those pristine pages either.

I buy new shampoo or other toiletries and open and use them before I finish the last lot, just to test run them. It means a lot of clutter around the shower.

Mr. FoggPatches

Walking into a room to get something, forgetting why I went in there so going back to first room to remember.
It annoys me and makes everyone else laugh.

Boom_Bap

Boom_Bap wrote: »

When I sit down at the kitchen table at home I always say "Now". Even if it's just me. It doesn't happen at any other table.

I've no idea why, when I say it I instantly realise it and get annoyed with myself.

Ha! Not me, but my cousin can't stand up from a table without saying "Riiight!".

steddyeddy

Being too sexy!!!!

Mr. FoggPatches

Candie wrote: »

Ha! Not me, but my cousin can't stand up from a table without saying "Riiight!".

Hi cuz. Pretty sure I do that.

Mr. FoggPatches

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

Hi cuz. Pretty sure I do that.

You still owe me that 20!

Glenster

If I want to yawn I'll yawn as loud as I possibly can, and stretch as wide as I like. Try and stop me.

Mr. FoggPatches

Candie wrote: »

You still owe me that 20!

Uhm, I thought I gave that back the night you were stone drunk and wouldn't remember anything.

Mr. FoggPatches

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

Uhm, I thought I gave that back the night you were stone drunk and wouldn't remember anything.

I'm afraid the game is up.

I don't drink.

Mr. FoggPatches

Candie wrote: »

I'm afraid the game is up.

I don't drink.

You're only lying to yourself. We all know the truth :P

Robineen

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm a divil for opening new bottles/cartons/boxes of stuff before I've finished the old ones. My bathroom is littered with nearly-finished bottles of shampoo & conditioner.

My husband does this and as I hate waste, it drives me daft. But it driving me daft amuses him so that only encourages him more. It's a vicious cycle.

Nicholas Scary Silverfish wrote: »

That would be something that would annoy me (correcting me if I use imperial). I use a mix of both. All metric at work but I couldn't tell you my height or weight in anything but stone and feet/inches.

Same. If someone told me they were 1.65 metres in height and weighed 65 kg, that would mean absolutely nothing to me. I can't visualise it. Height has to be feet and inches and weight in stones and pounds for me, or maybe weight in pounds on its own would be OK too.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Total daydreamer. I have to really focus on listening to a conversation or I'll be away off thinking about shíte.

And I tend to either not talk at all or talk way way way too much, never can hit the sweet spot.

Summer wind

If I'm talking and someone interrupts me in the middle of a sentence I always have to go back to the beginning of the sentence and start again. It drives everyone around me nuts.

whoopsadoodles

Jigging my legs.

Drives me insane.

HeidiHeidi

Starting to tell a story, and then five sentences into it I realise I have absolutely no idea why I started it.

May be age related