Taking My Own Advice
I was talking to an acquaintance the other day, and she was discussing the fact that she’d like to lose weight, but she’s a stress eater. There are vending machines very close to her cube, and it ruins her whole day when she has a bad moment and ends up taking in a lot of empty calories almost before she realizes she’s done it. She’s got a very negative internal monologue of long standing, and of course, that only makes her more stressed. The condensed version of what I told her is that if she’s got the strength to beat herself down all day, then she has the strength to build herself up all day; she just has to choose how she’s going to use that strength.
Personally, I’ve been in a stretch when a good day is one where one thing clears the fan before the next one hits. I’m trying to choose to focus on positives, or at least in learning from my mistakes. It’s not easy, but practice helps. Of course, even when I’m not completely successful, I still feel better than I would if was only focusing on the negatives.
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