The book talks about how being good is hard, and may hardly be worth the effort, particularly when it comes to bad habits. We all have bad habits. I have bad habits, too. I tend to over-organize. I drive myself crazy with my need for organization. I tend to run late – 5-10 minutes late. I try hard at not doing so by setting our clocks to be five minutes fast, and by getting started on things fifteen minutes in advance.
I definitely have some bad habits I’d like to get rid of. I bite my nails when I’m overly stressed or anxious. Wondering how my week has been? Take a look at my hands… if it’s been really bad, you’ll know, even if I don’t say anything or show any other indication of being less than happy.
Splurging on bad foods is a bad habit, obviously. It’s one I’m working on overcoming. What is working for me (so far) is not doing away with the urge to splurge, but splurging in moderation. Snapps Cheddar & Jalapeno Bites are a good example of a splurge. The amount of fat grams in them should be illegal. I used to happily fry up all eight and chow down. Now? Four at a time, and I’ll count them as a meal, so I don’t go over my daily limit of calories and fat grams for the day.
Bad habits suck. But I guess there are some habits that are worse than others, and I’m quite thankful I don’t have habits that are bad enough to impact my family or my health (beyond obesity).
