Changing Habits

Veggie Pie at The Strait Coffee in Wilson Creek

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein.  Yup.  I can attest to that.  Changing habits… it’s tougher than I thought.  For example, I stopped drinking coffee a couple of days ago… and for those who know me… I LOVE COFFEE.  Luckily, I have not experienced any headaches or signs of withdrawal except for small bouts of narcolepsy.  But when you’re not paying attention, you can easily slip back into your habitual routine.  This afternoon, my daughter and I went to McDonalds for a treat.  She gets a McFlurry and I get a frappe… a coffee frappe!!!  Whoops.  It didn’t even occur to me that I was drinking coffee until hours after the fact.  Weird.  Habits become a state of being such that you don’t even know any better. “When you know better, do better.” Maya Angelou.  My next shifts are eating better, regular fitness, and focus on my passion.  We’ll see how that goes.  What I’ve learned is to make change, it requires deliberate thought, consciousness, and action.