LJI9 Week 13 - Rude Awakenings

[alycewilson]

This is my entry for this week of LJ Idol, Season 9. Please check out the entries of my fellow competitors and consider joining the therealljidol community. This week was an open topic.

Comments

[kickthehobbit]

I really like how you managed to take two disparate topics and tie them together. :D

[alycewilson]

Thanks! I tried to write it the way I'd initially planned, but the other thoughts just kept creeping in.

[jem0000000]

I like the determination in this.

[alycewilson]

Thanks. It's the only way I manage to get things done. :)

[jem0000000]

You're welcome.

[millysdaughter]

I was making weight-loss progress, but I keep getting derailed by "real life" getting in the way...

[alycewilson]

Those dreaded zombies. Real-life.

[halfshellvenus]

These two topics collided rather well together, as different takes on the larger overall theme of your conclusion.

but any chance your body gets to betray you, it will.
That's definitely how I feel about weight gain and food cravings. I so envy people who are skinny no matter what they eat and how little they exercise, because working so hard to lose and mostly just maintaining or tightly yo-yoing is really frustrating.

As for the first topic... being cautious and being fearful are different things, and finding the distinction can make a huge difference in how much you enjoy life.

[alycewilson]

Thanks for your thoughts on this. Reading through them, it made me realize that what I think I was really doing here was talking about situations where you feel like you're out of control, and finding your strength anyway.

[roina_arwen]

I too like the way you merged all these disparate ideas together into one cohesive whole - grocery run, criminal elements, food and weight loss, and how one's body can betray you in much the same way leaving a window unlocked can betray you. Nice job!

[alycewilson]

Thanks! They all came together in my head, so I thought why not write it that way?

I have occasionally resembled that bunny in the wee hours.