# Small rituals in our everyday lives **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rituals-in-our-everyday-lives/946004 "2021-07-08T17:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rituals-in-our-everyday-lives/946004/1 "2021-07-08T17:37:53Z")
Not sure if it is a nervous habit or a ritual. I believe it started offf as a nervous habit. I keep a knife at my computer desk. I use it to drill and carve holes in the front edge of my desk. Each hole represents something I am working on or reading about. The size of the whole represents how much time I spend on each item. I might work on a whole for years because they grow very slowly. Making a whole for something suggests that this item has at least significant priority. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rituals-in-our-everyday-lives/946004/2 "2021-07-08T19:31:15Z")
My wife would kill me if I drilled holes in our furniture. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-rituals-in-our-everyday-lives/946004/3 "2021-07-08T19:44:21Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > The size of the whole represents how much time I spend on each item. - The size of the whole will get reduced by the size of the holes.