Just not doing it?

I am attempting to teach myself a new lesson in patience and control; when I have made myself a promise to not do something, and I have the urge to do it, I follow my mantra of “just don’t”.

I know it sounds terribly simple, but I’m sure that’s what employees at Nike said when they heard the “Just do it” tag-line. These same employees now reside in your dumpsters, and it’s the folks who came up with it that are now a bazillion kamillion transillion dollars richer (and the related slave trade, the poorer).

When you think about it, it’s really fascinating how we can’t listen to ourselves much of the time. I’m not even talking about an actual addiction related to chemical reaction, but rather pure and simple psychological warfare that your own mind plays on itself.

Mind you, there may be some sort of a chemical action / reaction deal at play, one stemming from something released in your mind or your system? I don’t know; I never did well in Chemistry.

So, this may just be my first ever blog challenge (and perhaps my last). For just this one week, I challenge you to do the same. Trust me, it’s not as easy as it sounds, and you need to pick one thing that you know is not good for you, but not something that is chemically addictive. The item from which you are to remove yourself has to be some sort of psychological fixation or emotional drama related to your life, some sort of habit that you’ve developed and that you know is being destructive (e.g. something you always kick yourself for after).

Mine is simple, really. I am an optimist. But then, at times, I am a *severe* pessimist. I look at a situation and I actually imagine the worst possible case scenario. I become anxious about it, and react not to the reality before me, but rather, to the imagined worst-case-scenario situation. It sucks & I have to stop it, because it’s a no value added situation.

And. Life’s too damn short, anyway.

Will let you know how I do…