Do you need to give up eating ice-cream?
I think I do need a little ice-cream on days when I’m feeling down. Sometimes I need it even on days when I’m perky. I don’t need to abandon it completely to live a better healthy lifestyle.
Same goes for eating junk, skipping workouts, spending a little extra money, chilling with friends. The key, my friend, is balance. You don’t need to avoid them all to be successful or to be healthy. What you need to avoid is developing unhealthy relationships with them, so much so that they start classifying as ‘bad habits’. Sleeping till late is not a habit if you indulge in it once a week. It becomes a habit when you do it every night of the year consistently.
Sure, go ahead and buy that car you fancy if you can afford it. But don’t give out death threats to the guy on the motorcycle who unintentionally gets a scratch on it. A car, however fancy it might be, serves a purpose of taking you from point A to point B. A fancier one might just give you a tad bit more comfort. But your life doesn’t revolve around your car. Neither does it revolve around pizzas or alcohol. You CAN hold up at least one conversation without a drink in your hand. Just give it a try please. Once. And if you really can’t, the problem is you, not the missing alcohol.
Any object, behaviour or even relationship starts working against you as you develop an unhealthy obsession with it. When you think you cannot live without an object, or even a person, acknowledge this toxic behaviour of yours. You’ll lose people closest to you, but that won’t end your life. There’s life on the other end, if you wish to see it. You are liberty to decide whether to live fully or to weep forever for what/who you lost. I’m not asking you to not grieve. Expressing grief is a pre-requisite to recover from any loss, but don’t get too consumed into it that you forget how to live.
Strive for positive interactions with whoever you come across in this life. Savour that ice-cream without crazy fixation. Understand your privilege, pay your gratitude and move on.
Pause and reflect:
What is your obsession?
Comment down any step you can take to overcome it.
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