Morning Musings: February 18, 2011
It’s not enough to just want it, no matter how heartfelt that desire. I have to know how to do it. I have a friend in alcohol recovery who once said that he spent many of his non-sober years trying […]
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Morning Musings: February 17, 2011
The only person inside my head is me, so only I can really know what my tipping point is in any given situation. And it is a bit of a moving target at that. On a day where I am […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 16, 2011
“Screw it” is the end of a whole chain of thoughts and actions. I just about never say “screw it” from a position of strength, on a day when I have been totally on track and when my environment has […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 15, 2011
The foot bone is connected to the ankle bone. Chances are I keep screwing myself up in the same ways over and over again – studies show that most people do. I may only have to change a few critical […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 14, 2011
If every success is mine, then so must be every derailment. There is really only one common denominator in every incident…me. I would help myself out considerably if I would just have the courage to look at exactly how I […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 13, 2011
Amazing how the most appalling desperation can fade from memory at the sight of a zeppoli. Seemingly out of the blue (but not really), I absolutely don’t care about my health or my weight – at least for that moment […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 12, 2011
Every surrender feels real. I start out every January/Monday/Birthday, etc with these incredibly sincere intentions, and sooner or later end up totally demoralized and fatter. What happens to all that soul searing sincerity? I must do something to de-motivate myself, […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 11, 2011
Making someone else the “heavy” only works temporarily. Reporting to some other “authority” ultimately fails for me because as soon as I am not doing what they and I both agree I am supposed to be doing (no matter how […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 10, 2011
“Diet programs” end up being temporary, because I apparently never really make their guidelines my own. By letting someone else make my menu and rules for me, I just put off the inevitable learning I need about my own life. […]
read moreMorning Musings: February 9, 2011
I can actually “pay it forward” by creating a sort of critical mass of positive actions. I can take the reigns to my own empowerment and motivation in advance, especially when, from my history, I can actually see the headlights […]
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