One of my unusual habits

People are sure to have or develop many unusual habits in their life time, and I am no exception. I am sure you’ve heard of people coming down with habitual diarrhea or cannot sleep before a major exam. As for me, I always clean my room before an exam!

I remembered the first mid-term in my freshman year, I took out my broom and mop and did a thorough cleaning one week before the exam. I started with my desk. Then I stripped down my bed and put the bed sheets and the pillow case in the washer. But what actually frightened my three roommates was that I even dismantled my electric fan, and cleaned the dust of the inner part, blade by blade!

When they asked me what I was doing and why, I wasn’t able to explain my action, which differs from ordinary people. Maybe it has something to do with my motivating character?? Anyway, when everyone’s busy with mid-term preparation, I was busy cleaning and dusting like it was the New Year! Thank God, one of my roommates was nice enough to pitch in and help me before I got exhausted from the cleaning. The funny thing is that until the end, we were both still wondering why we wasted all those time cleaning!

Now that I think about it, perhaps I just want to have a clean and enjoyable learning environment for me to study. Or maybe it’s just a way for me to calm down and put that nervous feeling out of my mind! In any case, my room has to be 100% clean before I can settle down and study. After hearing my unusual habit, aren’t you glad that you are not my roommate??