Reclamation
I more or less abandoned this blog a while back. Facebook is such an easy, cheap mistress. Marriage and fatherhood don't often allow one the level of thoughtful contemplation that I'd hoped to share here. Seriously, if you happen to enjoy the ability to complete a coherent thought, marriage and parenting are not for you.
That being said, owing to some very serious and rather looming upheaval regarding our lifestyle, along with the fact that I'm concerned about the number of empty Scotch bottles in the trash bin at the end of each week, I'm attempting to make an effort to modify my habits.
I've been reading a book called "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg. Great read. Very intriguing. The idea is to identify the self destructive habit, identify the reward and exchange the destructive habit for a healthy one while still achieving the same reward. That's an admittedly simplistic summation, but basically correct.
Since my son was born and I found myself no longer free to nocturnally(sp?) socialize as much as I'd like, I found myself working late in the studio and sipping Scotch. Over the past few years, the habit has become too easy and now I've developed myself a bit of a problem. I wouldn't go so far as to declare that I'm an alcoholic, and frankly I'll never give up alcohol entirely, but I need to get back to the guy I used to be. Mr. Moderation. In my single days, I wasn't immune to the occasional bender, but generally speaking I was the guy who always knew to stop just before I'd gone too far.
I want to be that guy again, so I think that making a habit of writing in this blog again will be a useful and healthy tool. Let's see how it goes...
That being said, owing to some very serious and rather looming upheaval regarding our lifestyle, along with the fact that I'm concerned about the number of empty Scotch bottles in the trash bin at the end of each week, I'm attempting to make an effort to modify my habits.
I've been reading a book called "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg. Great read. Very intriguing. The idea is to identify the self destructive habit, identify the reward and exchange the destructive habit for a healthy one while still achieving the same reward. That's an admittedly simplistic summation, but basically correct.
Since my son was born and I found myself no longer free to nocturnally(sp?) socialize as much as I'd like, I found myself working late in the studio and sipping Scotch. Over the past few years, the habit has become too easy and now I've developed myself a bit of a problem. I wouldn't go so far as to declare that I'm an alcoholic, and frankly I'll never give up alcohol entirely, but I need to get back to the guy I used to be. Mr. Moderation. In my single days, I wasn't immune to the occasional bender, but generally speaking I was the guy who always knew to stop just before I'd gone too far.
I want to be that guy again, so I think that making a habit of writing in this blog again will be a useful and healthy tool. Let's see how it goes...