Morning Musings: May 11
It seems to me that once I accept that I am going to have to do (forever) some things that are hard for me, like exercise regularly or not eat all the donuts I want in general, then the only […]
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Morning Musings: May 10
If I chose to, I can teach myself to argue rationally back. If I listen to my self talk, then I can see how I promise, excuse and rationalize myself right out of the things I need to do. Although […]
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When I have caved in to “no” lots of times, it’s like I have built a virtual mountain of the word “no” that I now have to climb over. Every time I say no I fling one more “no” onto […]
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It helps if I am honest with myself about why something is difficult for me. If I can acknowledge to myself that the real issue with exercise for example is mostly that I just don’t want to do it (not […]
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It still so astounds me that I am able to live my life doing many of the things that I thought were utterly impossible for me. Silly as it may sound, I am often choked up at the end of […]
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The more I have practiced avoiding, not surprisingly, the better I have gotten at it. When I practice saying no, “no” gets easier (which would be good if I were talking about not eating bagels at my office meeting). When […]
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It’s like that with lots of things; like playing the piano for instance. I didn’t have to be born a natural Mozart to play the piano. I would have to practice. Weight management too. I believe that I was born […]
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It took me about 10 years of discussing exercising and of course buying all the equipment for the various sports I was going to ( in the future – not actually today of course) take up. Eventually I was embarrassed […]
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Strategy: Hope for my best self, but plan for my worst self. Why: If I have over protected myself, what have I lost? But if I have under protected myself, then what have I lost? Or gained, as the case […]
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Strategy: Always locate the Starbucks. It is programmed into my GPS as we speak. Why: My ritual afternoon coffee (cappuccino in Italy) has saved me from many the inappropriate afternoon snack, especially on vacation. It has a predictable sister rule […]
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