QotD: My Nervous Habit

Do you have a nervous habit?
Submitted by Herding Cats.

Nervous habits...let's break that down shall we?
from Webster...

Nervous means:

Function: adjective
1 archaic : SINEWY, STRONG
2 : marked by strength of thought, feeling, or style : SPIRITED <a vibrant tight-packed nervous style of writing>
3 : of, relating to, or composed of neurons
4 a : of or relating to the nerves; also : originating in or affected by the nerves <nervous energy> b : easily excited or irritated : JUMPY c : TIMID, APPREHENSIVE <a nervous smile> <nervous of strangers>
5 a : tending to produce nervousness or agitation : UNEASY <a nervous situation> b : appearing or acting unsteady, erratic, or irregular -- used of inanimate things

Habit means:

Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin habitus condition, character, from habEre to have, hold -- more at GIVE
1 archaic : CLOTHING
2 a : a costume characteristic of a calling, rank, or function <a nun's habit> b : a costume worn for horseback riding
3 : manner of conducting oneself : BEARING
4 : bodily appearance or makeup <a man of fleshy habit>
5 : the prevailing disposition or character of a person's thoughts and feelings : mental makeup
6 : a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior <her habit of taking a morning walk>
7 a : a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b : an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary <got up early from force of habit> c : ADDICTION <a drug habit>
8 : characteristic mode of growth or occurrence <a grass similar to Indian corn in habit>
9 of a crystal : characteristic assemblage of forms at crystallization leading to a usual appearance : SHAPE

So, in essence, I could take this to mean something more than what it appears. Today I choose to tell you what my spirited behavior pattern is...and that is writing. When I get into a fit of writing, I cannot be stopped. Whether it be poetry, music, journals, prose, or blogging...My brain goes into a tangent that my fingers are hard pressed to follow.