Stuff for me to think about this morning.

10 questions to ask yourself today

1. What is worth suffering for? - If you want the benefits of something in life, you have to also want the costs.  If you want the six-pack abs, you have to want the sweat, the sore muscles, the early mornings at the gym, and the low carb meals.
2. Based on my daily routines ( Read more... )

We judge in areas where we feel insecure, and we pick people who are doing worse than we are. I think when you hear someone snark at someone about something, that’s clear as day that person has some real shame around that issue. When I’m really on that judgment train I have to stop and think, “What am I feeling?” If I’m comfortable in my body, in ( Read more... )

Just before bed last night I hopped into rennerobsession and got caught up on the weekend picture posting. And something about the first comment thread on this post hit my squick buttons last night ( Read more... )

I found a new quotes site over on Tumblr, and I’ve been surfing through, reading the words of wisdom and inspirational quotes.

[This one just gutted me.]
This one just gutted me.


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It’s really hard for me to get on the “fat acceptance” bandwagon. I don’t want to be fat. I want to be healthy, and for me, fat isn’t healthy.

But then I read fat acceptance blog posts, like this one, and read sentences like these:

I am FED TO THE TEETH of the idea that shaming me for my own damn good will accomplish anything other than ( Read more... )

I’ve been reading old Live Journal entries again this week. I started a tagging project a couple weeks ago. I’m working on going back and tagging old entries so it’s a little bit easier for me to find things when I go hunting for them. And this week, my Dilbert-a-day calendar had Pointy Haired Boss say something that made me think about Bossy ( Read more... )

Ever since dad dragged mom out of the house at the end of their visit last summer I’ve felt like something has changed in me ( Read more... )