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November 21, 2007

Breaking old habits

Last night I cut out of work early (or on time, which is early for me) and I didn’t know what to do with myself (and my daughter). Surprisingly spending quality time with my most precious loved one wasn’t the first thing to come to mind. It should have been a no-brainer, but it wasn’t. Instead, I found myself pondering what food service place to go to or what mall would my daughter dislike the least. I was looking for a quick fix.

I played tug of war with myself and thank goodness, goodness prevailed. I really had to think hard about an activity that my daughter and I would enjoy doing together that didn’t entail money or eating. It being cold, rainy and dark early didn’t help matters. We belong to the YMCA that has a fantastic indoor playground, but it’s a little further away, more of an ordeal, and I was hoping not to get home so late. We decided to go to the library and it was perfect. We played computer games, read books, and I got to look up a few books of my own.

It’s not like we’ve never been to the library before, we go a lot actually (mostly on weekends though), but those old habits die hard. My first instincts were to involve food and money for thoughtless easy activity.

So while I may not be exercising my body as much as I should, I am exercising behavior changes. It’s all part of the game.

Posted by hopeful @ November 21, 2007 1:40 PM