Some routine activities which often become rote include:
- the tasks involved with going to the bathroom
- washing your hands
- brushing your teeth
- getting dressed
- turning on the television
- answering the phone
- adjusting a thermostat up or down
- adding or subtracting simple numbers
- saying the ABCs
- saying your name
- spelling your name
- writing your name in cursive
- Responding with "Good Morning" when someone says "Good Morning" to you, or when you first see someone
- Responding with "Fine" when someone asks "How are you?"
- Responding with "Here" when someone does a roll call.
- Saying "Please"
- Saying "Thank-you"
- Turning on a faucet to get water.
- Choosing a drinking glass to fill with drinking water (versus picking a bowl, or cooking pan)
- Sitting down to eat.
- Choosing the right utensil to eat (example: fork versus knife or spoon)
- powering up a computer (turning it on or off)
- putting a key into a lock
- finding your way home in a well-known neighborhood
- using an often used path
- riding a bicycle
- starting a car
- putting on a seat belt (IF you typically do)
- pulling out money from purse/wallet to pay a cashier
- sex (well, some couples!)
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