Morning Musings: October 3

I can hear my self-delusion more clearly when I try to explain it to someone else.  First of all, if it takes four pages of explanation, you can be pretty sure I am rationalizing something.  I never even really discuss […]

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Morning Musings: October 2

I once heard it said that no one does anything that they really think is wrong.  Instead, they convince themselves that it is “OK under the circumstances”.  Apparently that even includes murderers.  If you asked them, they would give you […]

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Morning Musings: October 1

Mind Games can take any form that gets the job done – promises, excuses, rationalizations, self-pity, self-recrimination, blame, perfectionism, etc.  But they all have one thing in common:  they disempower me by letting me off the hook from figuring out […]

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Morning Musings: September 30

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…I am unwilling to part with the leftovers.  If I need to get rid of something after it has been served, I usually need to arrange for that in advance since […]

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Morning Musings: September 29

A calorie is not just a calorie to me when…it is a segue food (much like the concept of a gateway drug).  A great example of this for me is the rice on a Chinese buffet.  Not a terrible food.  […]

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