Morning Musings: October 23

I have noticed that I use certain excuses all the time.  Too tired and too stressed are very versatile excuses and conveniently fit almost anywhere.  Both have better fixes that are not food.  Interestingly enough, exercise (one of the things […]

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Morning Musings: October 22

A truly valuable and edifying exercise is to make a list of what I say to myself and what the truth actually is.  I take a piece of lined paper and make two columns, labeling one list “What I Tell […]

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Morning Musings: October 21

 The beauty of rationalizations is that they are always partially true.  But they are only “part” of the story – the part I want to hear and buy into.  They are never the whole story.  It’s that grain of truth […]

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Morning Musings: October 20

Rationalizations are a technique that appeals to the “thinking person” (I like to tell myself) because they are not a such blatant blow off, but allow me to give myself an intellectually plausible explanation for my behavior.   In some ways, […]

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Morning Musings: October 19

A great way to call my bluff on my promises about future payback is to ask myself to nail down the specifics of the promise.  If I find myself resisting commitment to when and how I plan to reconcile my […]

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