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To Keep Your Snowball Rolling, Just Turn Right

We recently had a new shower installed at home. It’s pretty similar to the old one, but the controls are now on the wall, not by the bath faucets. This means that, when I get into the bath, I have to turn right to switch the shower on, not left.

But for some reason, I just cannot remember to do this. I’m so in the habit of turn­ing left that, every morning, I turn left. I immediately realize (yet again) the controls aren’t there, then turn right.

I’m not sure why I keep forgetting. Maybe my brain’s not woken up yet; maybe my poor eyesight means I don’t see the controls, I don’t know.

But I do know I’ll crack it one day, because there are only so many times I ...