Posted by Tabßitha on October 9, 2002, at 2:23:56
In reply to Re:New Tact therapy/TAbitha (Can't do the fancy), posted by Mashogr8 on October 8, 2002, at 14:28:01
I'm not sure I can explain it very well. I know that when I fight a habit, it usually just fights back. I've always heard the first step to change is acceptance of where you are now, but that hasn't ever really meant much to me. I think maybe the pain of not changing finally exceeded the pain of changing. It helped to try to imagine my life in 10 years without any change. Yikes, that was an awful thought.
On a practical level, I find it's helping just to do tiny things that violate my usual routine, like sitting in a different chair, or doing tasks at a different time of day. Just anything to break up the awful feeling of being stuck in a rut. It also helped to remember that I have changed other bad habits, so why not this one?
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