Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1884 — Regularity of Habit. [ARTICLE]

Regularity of Habit.

One of the most difficult "of all the minor habits to acquire is that of regularity. It ranks with that of order. “A place for everything and everything in its place” is not more important than “a time for all things and everything on time.” The natural inclination of most persons is to defer until the last possible moment, or to put off till another time where this can possibly be done. Yet habits of regularity contribute largely to the ease and comfort of life. A person can multiply his efficiency by it. We know persons who have a multitude of duties, and who perform a vast deal of work daily, who set apart certain hours for given duties, and are there at the moment and attend rigidly to what is in hand. This done and other engagements are met, each in order, and a vast deal accomplished, not by strained exertion but by regularity. The mind can be so trained to this that at certain hours in the day it will turn to a particular line of duty, and at other hours to other and different labors. The very diversity is restful, when attended to in regular order. But let these be run together, and the duties mixed, and what before was easy is now annoying and oppressive. And the exact dilerence between is just at this point. There are those 'who

confuse and rush and attempt to do several things at once and accomplish little, while another will quietly proceed from one duty to another, and easily accomplish a vast amount of work. The difference is not in the capacity of the two, but in the regular methods of one, as compared with the irregular and confused habits of the other. — Philadelphia Call.