So this week I am mostly observing my natural habits - what I eat, watch, read and wear, what I think, feel, do and say - and I'm very very slowly modifying little things at first to see how I respond. It's an experiment - It's fun!
Things I've noticed so far:
*I eat chocolate at the first sign of stress or displeasure
*Watching violent TV shows (like Heroes etc...) makes me feel sick to my stomach for about an hour afterword - it's anxiety. I love TV and I love sci-fi etc... but I find I (literally) no longer have the stomach for it! The same goes for TV shows that are nasty - shows about lying/cheating/conning etc... vicious things. I can't watch them anymore. My mother was right when she said "once you put something in your brain you can never get it out again". You'd think I had learned my lesson after 25 years of zombie nightmares!
*Reading gossip blogs like "Perez Hilton" and "TMZ" make me feel yucky and I feel like when I read them I'm adding to the negativity that goes out to these celebrities. Honestly, you couldn't pay me to live their lives so why do I think it's ok to find pleasure in their struggles?
Things to think about...
Hi Kit
ReplyDeleteIt's Vikki sister, Tamara here. I have seen your blog via Vikki's facebook and you are inspiring, it's great to see what you have been doing to help yourself and make your life better.
About 6 months ago I was reading Matthew, I think it was, talking about having treasures on earth and that basically you can't take these with you and that God has much better treasures ahead. Also, Mark the new wonderful man in my life, has been helping me to see how what we read, watch, people we spend time with, will all have an influence on us and unfortunately a lot of what we what/read etc is not good for us. So I started about 6 months ago, not watching a lot of TV, no longer reading trashy novels and trying to declutter my life of both physical and other elements of my life. I am still working on this and find times when I do sit down in front of the TV and watch some trash.
Keep it up and if you don't mind will keep reading about how you are going.
All the best
Tamara
Thanks Tamara!
ReplyDeleteIt's so good to hear from you. I'm in this with you for sure - it's hard to change habits but we just have to keep observing what we are doing and making the choices when we are conscious of them :)I'm so happy to hear that you are well and happy too. Many blessings!