There is no toilet paper holder in my bathroom. The roll just sits on top of the toilet. I assume that people who come over and use our facilities find it odd that it is where it is, but it doesn’t bother me at all. It’s been like that since we occupied the residence.
When we bought our house, the holder was kind of hanging by its last leg. KB pulled it off and we set the roll on the counter. We were planning on replacing it and it was a oft mentioned item for about six months. Then it became an accepted part of the bathroom as bigger and more fun projects came around. And now it’s just there. Sitting and waiting for its time to be used. And then it is put back. The four holes where the holder had been are still there. It’s not something that we think about and it doesn’t bother us at all.
Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to describe the motion of matter and how it is affected by applied forces. Inertia comes from the Latin word, iners, meaning idle, or lazy. – Wikipedia
Inertia. We all need it. We all use it. We all hate it. Inertia keeps us sitting in front of the tv watching that show that we have already seen because nothing original has been penned for television in at least 50 years. It is also what makes it possible for us to propel ourselves forward and maintain balance, essentially making it possible to ride a bike. Inertia can keep us sitting or keep us moving.
That roll of TP sits comfortably on top of the toilet. There is no reason for us to move it or install some arbitrary device to give it a place to rest. At one point there was a thought about doing said thing, but inertia kept it where it is and it will stay there. Much in the same way that my car keeps taking me to and from work. Or that all my bikes stay stowed comfortably in the overcrowded shed. Unridden and therefore undirty and unwornout.
It could be conceived as laziness, but the fact is that once we become comfortable with a particular idea or location, we will do what is within our power to stay that way.
The first pedal stroke is always the hardest, especially when that pedal stroke is needed to break out of a cycle of not riding. There is always a reason, always an excuse. The bike is comfortable where it rests and I am comfortable in my car. There is no one yelling at me to get a car. No cops pulling me over because I look suspicious. Just a four-wheeled coffin propelled by dead dinosaurs that takes me where I want to go with almost no effort of my own.
That same force can also keep us riding. By forming the habit to not use the car, we essentially are creating an inert force that will keep us riding. But reaching that point can be difficult.
As such, here I sit typing words that keep me safely inside my house where the roll of TP sits comfortably within reach on the top of the toilet.