I read Steven Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” when I was at university. Not as coursework. Instead of coursework. I did that quite often. It’s a big world with lots of books. I loved it. I’m fond of the self-improvement genre, and he had a lot of good ideas. I wanted to implement them all and be effective in my life, but … Continue reading Happiness is lists – an off-the-cuff joint.
Eating disorders have one goal: they want you dead. They hide that under “be thin, be fit, be healthy, be perfect, be beautiful,” but they don’t actually care about those things. If they did, the goalposts wouldn’t continually move. You can’t win with an eating disorder and living while trying to maintain it is a halflife. When you give up alcohol or drugs, you can … Continue reading Recovering from eating disorders.
Four weeks ago, I started an elimination diet to check for food allergies and intolerances. It’s been suggested for years but I’ve been resistant. My eating disorder is fine with it controlling what I eat, but less down with other people’s impositions. I suppose that’s ironic, a structured eating situation unwilling to accept another structured eating situation? Part of it’s control – I dislike not … Continue reading Gluten, aspartame, and food allergies, oh my.
I have a Gratitude app on my phone. It sends a daily message urging me to make gratitude a priority. Study after study has shown that a gratitude practice improves peoples’ moods and lives. I turned it off a few months back when my mood started tanking. There’s no bad situation that depression won’t try to make worse. An “attitude of gratitude” is not only … Continue reading Gratitude and Thanks – an off-the-cuff joint.
From Famine to Feast 