How to Find the Humor in Your OCD by @wendygarfinkle

I’m slightly OCD. Yes, I know it and they say knowing something is half the battle. (I stole that “knowing is half the battle” line from the old G.I. Joe cartoons I used to watch with my brothers back in the ‘80s…)

My OCD Started With Counting 
Something I started doing many moons ago (before I knew what OCD is) was counting characters. Letters, numbers, whatever. If they’re there, I count ‘em.

Billboards: I count all the words and then all the lines. If the message is short enough, I count all the letters too. And then I add them all up.
License plates: I memorize them…at least until the next license plate comes along.
Typos: I’ve been perusing others’ writings for grammatical errors since I was a kid…may be one reason I’m such a good editor – I have more than 30 years’ experience