365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success


Day 102: On the Deeper Meaning Behind



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365 Days With Self-Discipline 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success by Martin Meadows (z-lib.org).epub

Day 102: On the Deeper Meaning Behind

Temptations

Monastic rules that advise renouncing liquor, renouncing sex, and so

on are not pointing out that those things are inherently bad or immoral, but

that we use them as babysitters. We use them as a way to escape; we use

them to try to get comfort and to distract ourselves.

—Pema Chödrön

 

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Deconstructing  a  temptation  piece  by  piece  can  uncover  interesting

facts about why you engage in them at all. Of course, you can say that you

eat chocolate simply because you enjoy its taste. However, what if there’s a

deeper meaning behind it, a need it fulfills beyond the need for something

sweet  to  eat?  If  you  address  this  need  in  a  different,  more  positive  way,

you’ll no longer need to eat chocolate.

I’ll  share  with  you  a  personal  example  of  mine.  I  was  once  going

through a period in which I couldn’t control my eating. I would eat a big

meal  that  would  normally  satisfy  me  for  the  entire  day,  and  then  would

continue  eating  afterward  —  sometimes  a  few  snacks,  sometimes  another

large meal an hour or two later.

I  discovered  that  the  primary  reason  behind  this  behavior  wasn’t

hunger in itself; I ate a lot because I didn’t have anything productive to do,

and  I  didn’t  have  anything  productive  to  do  because  I  felt  slightly

depressed. I was in a downward spiral: I was low-spirited and demotivated,

so I didn’t take any actions that led to boredom. Then, because I wanted to

fill my days with something , I filled them with food. When I came up with

a  new  business  goal  and  started  working  more,  the  problem  soon

disappeared.

Think  about  your  problematic  behaviors  and  temptations  and  seek  a

deeper meaning behind them. Why do you use these particular methods to

comfort  or  distract  yourself?  Why  do  you  need  to  comfort  or  distract

yourself in the first place? What is the trigger or emotional need that leads

to the negative behavior and what kind of emotional payoff do you expect

to get out of engaging in it?




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