Posted by Daisym on August 12, 2011, at 12:42:20
In reply to Re: At the risk of sounding like Paul, posted by Solstice on August 12, 2011, at 12:20:38
I think we all struggle with this to some degree. There is a reason, deep, deep down, that we don't seem to have the energy to move towards a positive. Inertia is a human fall back position.
I've found that the best way is to set up some kind of schedule and reward system and then to make the commitment to myself to follow through. As in - I will walk on the tread mill for 1/2 hour every day and I can only watch the Drop Dead Diva TiVo when I'm walking.
I think the other issue for me is that when I try to unravel my reasons for avoiding something I know I usually like and/or is good for me, I feel enormous shame because I'm *smart enough* to know what I need to do...I just don't. AND I also know all the techniques for follow-through...and I don't use them. So nothing I say or my therapist might say is new -- I just get more frustrated with myself. So I don't want to talk about it. It is a vicious cycle.
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