A Realization!
some people say there's no use in worrying about things over which you have no control...
i disagree.
i discovered on my way back from the gym that the things that you SHOULDN'T worry about, are the things that you indeed HAVE control over. Why? Well, I think it's pretty self-explanatory: because you HAVE CONTROL!
instead of wasting your energy worrying about something, DO SOMETHING about it! If you're worried you're going to fail that test, STUDY! If you're worried that you're overweight, and therefore unattractive, EXERCISE!
If you're worried about global warming, well, worry on. Because you can't reverse it. That's not to say you should waste energy worrying about. In that case, you REALLY don't have control, and it's true, there's no point worrying about it. But if you have full and total control of something, why worry! That's GREAT that you have control!
i was thinking on my way back from the gym about my self-esteem and my attractiveness towards others. These things are, in fact, mutually exclusive! I don't have control over what other people think of me! So sure, I can worry about that a little bit, but no use obsessing over it, because the important thing is that I have control of what I think of me. And if I think I need to be thinner to be more attractive (to both myself and others) then EXERCISE! it's really not that hard!
and no, I don't have to worry about how much i exercise, because some is better than none, and I am the one who can up the resistance, so DO IT!
As always, there's no sense in worrying what other people think of you. That's what they teach you from the beginning. But it's always going to be on someone's mind sometimes...so instead, why don't I worry about what I think of myself, and then try to change that! and perhaps, if someone is like-minded, they will notice :)
you may say: "Hillary, you should be happy the way you are!" well, yeah ok, i'm happy, but i could be happier, and not only happier, but healthier! yeah, it's a fucked up society we live where i think i'm too fat to be attractive! but it is very true that my health is not where it should be! and so, exercise and diet will not only help me feel better about how i look, but feel better about how i FEEL! Duh!
Sure it's a vanity thing, but it's also to protect me from health problems in the future.
i guess i've known these kind of things for a while, but today, i felt for the first time "not-worried" about the way i look, because i was walking back from just having DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
i disagree.
i discovered on my way back from the gym that the things that you SHOULDN'T worry about, are the things that you indeed HAVE control over. Why? Well, I think it's pretty self-explanatory: because you HAVE CONTROL!
instead of wasting your energy worrying about something, DO SOMETHING about it! If you're worried you're going to fail that test, STUDY! If you're worried that you're overweight, and therefore unattractive, EXERCISE!
If you're worried about global warming, well, worry on. Because you can't reverse it. That's not to say you should waste energy worrying about. In that case, you REALLY don't have control, and it's true, there's no point worrying about it. But if you have full and total control of something, why worry! That's GREAT that you have control!
i was thinking on my way back from the gym about my self-esteem and my attractiveness towards others. These things are, in fact, mutually exclusive! I don't have control over what other people think of me! So sure, I can worry about that a little bit, but no use obsessing over it, because the important thing is that I have control of what I think of me. And if I think I need to be thinner to be more attractive (to both myself and others) then EXERCISE! it's really not that hard!
and no, I don't have to worry about how much i exercise, because some is better than none, and I am the one who can up the resistance, so DO IT!
As always, there's no sense in worrying what other people think of you. That's what they teach you from the beginning. But it's always going to be on someone's mind sometimes...so instead, why don't I worry about what I think of myself, and then try to change that! and perhaps, if someone is like-minded, they will notice :)
you may say: "Hillary, you should be happy the way you are!" well, yeah ok, i'm happy, but i could be happier, and not only happier, but healthier! yeah, it's a fucked up society we live where i think i'm too fat to be attractive! but it is very true that my health is not where it should be! and so, exercise and diet will not only help me feel better about how i look, but feel better about how i FEEL! Duh!
Sure it's a vanity thing, but it's also to protect me from health problems in the future.
i guess i've known these kind of things for a while, but today, i felt for the first time "not-worried" about the way i look, because i was walking back from just having DONE SOMETHING ABOUT IT!