The first year that you do an event or activity, even if it something that you want to do every year, you can describe that as a ritual or an annual event. It’s not until you have done it for at least two years or more that you can start to define something as a habitual observance. My personality style does not always engage with the conventional. As a young boy, I remember the value I used to place in doing something different. I would frequently make choices because I wanted to be different than everybody else.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://jacobrcampbell.com/blog/2020/07/pacific-city-beach-trip-rituals-are-good/