I understand the question a bit differently, but here is my way with routine but not sameness. I enjoy stretching my brain around new things, I always have. I did well in an environment where routine was king, we started at the same time each day, we broke for lunch at the same time every day, we finished at the same time each day, etc. I also excelled at learning and if there was sameness, such as repeating the same lesson, or a segment of curriculum moving to slowly, I would end up floundering around mentally because I would consume every bit of information that was available on a topic, then I needed to move forward to the next topic, or build on the current one. Put simply I had to be in my chair at 8:00 am every day, but I needed different and new information each day.