Morning Musings: October 12
The first clue is that I am even having a conversation to justify my choice. If I hear myself explaining it at all, I am in trouble. I don’t have those conversations ever when I am doing “the right thing” […]
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Morning Musings: October 11
Excuses mean that my reasons are soooo good for not towing the line that I get to be permanently off the hook for ever having to take responsibility for my actions. Sometimes the excuses I use are almost laughable, but […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 10
‘Tis the Season…some seasons like Halloween and the ensuing holiday season are full of challenges; circumstances however that I have lived through a number of times at this point. This provides great fodder for me to practice my tools – […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 9
Because they may not cave on the first exposure, many people are unaware that each exposure is contributing to a sort of critical mass of longing. I don’t think most people are really aware of how much stimulus they are […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 8
I don’t slide down that slippery slope nearly as often as I used to, and as a result, it is waaaay easier to manage myself and my eating now than it ever was in the past. I think this is […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 7
For this process to be any use to me at all though, it still depends on catching myself before the “I don’t care” place. Once I have reached that spot, there’s no stopping me. So, it still goes without saying, […]
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So, what’s my point in examining this aspect of my thinking? Because, when I am doing something that I really regret (in hindsight of course), I have always justified it somehow. When I take the time to examine just how […]
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I have to laugh when I hear myself trying to lay the blame for my bad habits at the feet of my parents. First of all, all on my own I have eaten ten times worse than anything my mother […]
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I can hear my self-delusion more clearly when I try to explain it to someone else. First of all, if it takes four pages of explanation, you can be pretty sure I am rationalizing something. I never even really discuss […]
read moreMorning Musings: October 2
I once heard it said that no one does anything that they really think is wrong. Instead, they convince themselves that it is “OK under the circumstances”. Apparently that even includes murderers. If you asked them, they would give you […]
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