How do you fight habits?
I'm curious because I have a few habits that need breaking. Not that I'm specifically asking for advice, it's more that I'm just pondering out loud. I suppose it would be a pain if I mentioned habits worth breaking without naming them. Well.. I'm out of shape, so I need to break the habit of eating too much and eating too unhealthy as well as the habit of lazing around. We just got a trampoline, and I love those things. I find myself getting really worn out after five to ten minutes.. maybe a decent work out? This is one of my bigger concerns, cause I really would like to be a touch slimmer.
Also, I don't want to blow things out of proportion in my thoughts. I tend to dwell on things and make them worse then they are. Whether it's my snake not eating and my thinking I'll find him dead in the cage tomorrow when it's only been a week since he ate or me thinking that because I haven't successfully asked out anyone in a very very long time that I'm always going to be single, I'd prefer to not think that way. Basically I'd rather trade in some pessimism for some optimism.
I guess that's really it now that I think about it..
On another note, it's only two weeks away from move-in day in St. Cloud. Pretty soon now I'll be living in an apartment, more or less on my own! Saturday the 1st I'm going up to get my keys, Sunday the 2nd I'm filling my apartment up with my crap. From that point on it's open invitation for people to come on up and visit! Just let me know if you're interested! =D
Zaid is skittish, and wont eat frozen mice. I did some research tonight and found a couple tips that I'll try and employ over the course of the week to see if I can convince him to eat. Perhaps he isn't hungry, but I kind of doubt that. After all he last ate over a week ago and only had a rather small mouse. Supposedly Ball Pythons are very picky eaters and have been known to fast for as long as 6 months and still be fine. Almost every source I looked up tonight said not to panick when they don't eat, but I can't help it! After how easily Cairo died I feel like Zaid's going to croak tomorrow.. and I do not want that, no sir! He's got to last! Speaking of all these "he's," I really should take him to a vet sometime and find out if he really is a he and not a she. Would be nice to know, supposedly there's no real sure-fire way to find these things out on your own.
To end I thought I'd note that for some reason I've been listening to a lot of songs from the Across The Universe soundtrack and I can't stop. They're stuck in my head and I'm singing along and everything. I liked that movie.
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Ahhhh! Im coming over and bouncing on your trampoline!! I use to be so good on those... I had one when I was younger also... Habit breaking is a tough thing, particular eating healthier when there are constantly so many temptations... I think you just have to realize that you want it bad enough.
ReplyDeleteWillpower! You can do it if you want it. And that's not advice, that's a reminder. : )
ReplyDeleteIf you want advice on eating healthier, feel free to ask. I've become quite knowledgeable about foodstuffs.
I liked Across the Universe too. The Beatles are awesome, and the movie version of the songs are really pretty.
Perhaps we should buy a one way ticket to Africa and find our own way back. I am sure if we walked it we would either die or get hella in shape.
ReplyDeleteI love Jarid's idea. The ocean would be the hardest part but... well, I can float, can you? ;D
ReplyDeleteAs for the snake thing, I totally understand! Today I had to do a huge amount of moving my salamanders around, which stressed them out. So, when I tried to feed them 5 minutes afterwards and they wouldn't eat, I knew it was no big deal but I freaked out anyway! (They ate like a half hour later luckily but I was worried the whole time.) I'd say if worst comes to worst you could just feed your snake live mice. I've heard a lot of favorable things about live feeding so hey, maybe that's the way to go.
And for breaking habits... ugh. That's all I can say about that. @.@