Childishness
Friday, January 9th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Many women have a level of “childishness” when it comes to food behaviors…I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EAT WHATEVER I WANT WHENVER I WANT…without consideration of consequences of those behaviors. As adults, we have a lot of responsibilities. There are a lot of people who depend on us and it is our job to keep up and to juggle several responsibilities throughout each and every day. We all need a break from that, it’s certainly true. It is important to have some time each day, or at least each week, when we can relax, release, and not have to “think” or “be on”. Consider how you can give yourself this rejuvinating “return to youth” in non-food ways. My favorite way to do this is to go on an outing to explore and just be. Sometimes it will just be a random walk…sometimes it will be visiting friends on a whim…sometimes it is just relinquishing all sense of time and schdule….
These are my ways. What are yours?
I absolutely do have the desire to eat whatever I want, whenever I want it – and I don’t want there to be any consequences. I wonder if that childish wish for no consequences is related to my being so over-responsible in other areas of my life.
Siri, I loved your question about how we “return to youth” in non-food ways. Lately I have found myself wishing to ride a bicycle, but worrying about how ridiculous it would look for a heavy, middle-aged woman to do that! I want to be able to let that worry go and just do it.
Thanks for this very good question, Siri. I’m going to think more about this!