Managed MomentsMusings on health, mindfulness, wellness, and bad-assery by Deirdre.
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Managed MomentsMusings on health, mindfulness, wellness, and bad-assery by Deirdre.
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As I was riding up the hill my thoughts turned sour. “I am so out of shape.” “I suck.” “This ride sucks.” “Why did I think this was a good idea?” Five minutes earlier I had been thoroughly enjoying myself. What changed? I was starting to get tired, that’s what changed. This is a common pattern for me. I am doing something, like riding my bike, thoroughly enjoying myself and then one small, minute thing happens or changes and the whole day is shitty…. in my mind. I have been getting good at catching these moments, sometimes right away, sometimes after a few minutes. On this ride they went on for a few minutes before I realized what I was doing. I was having a pretty spectacular pity party, that’s what I was doing.
The key to this mind management moment is that I caught myself in time to turn it around. That has taken a lot of practice and I’m super stoked that it is starting to pay off.
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