I really like how the Managed Mind worked out. 

This is a classic example of how circumstances in my childhood became a default setting in my brain causing me to act a certain way without any consciousness. The idea that I could spend an entire day lying under a tree resting is so very foreign to me. It is something other people get to do, not me.
However, I am a grown-ass woman.
I can do whatever I want.

If I want to lie under a tree all day, resting, I can. Any thoughts I have about that are my responsibility and mine alone.

I have a serious online solitaire problem. Today, I am going for a bike ride with a friend and I found myself playing solitaire rather than writing this blog post.

As I was playing, loving and hating it at the same time, I decided to examine my thoughts.

Why was I playing solitaire rather than writing this post?

Because I only had an hour before I had to meet my friend and that isn’t enough time to write a post. Huh. That is what I was thinking?
While it is true I may not have enough time to write an entire post in an hour, I did have enough time to START writing a post.
This led me to look at why I think I have to write an entire blog post in one sitting.

My thought: because I may forget my train of thought and never finish it.

Both of these thoughts I can manage.

I can at least start a blog post in the time that I have available rather than wasting it playing yet another game of solitaire.

Both of these thoughts are not necessarily true.
I can absolutely finish a blog post in an hour. If I don’t I can leave it and come back and still have the general gist of the post.

This is one of those times when I have to establish a new habit and that takes discipline and practice