{"id":2607,"date":"2018-07-14T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2018-07-14T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T13:52:08","slug":"have-you-broken-a-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/14\/have-you-broken-a-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Broken a Habit?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\/You’re going to die.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I was listening to an audiobook about creating the life you want that was unusually good, when this little gem came out.\n<\/p>\n

Okay, true. I’m going to die. The moments I have in this world are limited. So, why am I listening to this audiobook and playing this mindless matching game? I mean, the audiobook is fine, but if I need to do something while listening, there’s that sweater I’m knitting for Peter sitting within arm’s reach. I could just as easily be knitting that and listening. Which one is Future Me going to be happier about?
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

I got to thinking, as is my wont, and I decided to make a rule for myself.\n<\/p>\n

No listening to audiobooks and not doing something else productive.<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

That was the whole justification I gave myself for spending that monthly fee on the Audible account, wasn’t it, that I was going to be more productive. I can knit, clean house, go for a walk outside or on the treadmill\u2026 anything. But it must be working towards a goal or useful task of some sort. For the most part, I kinda do this. My house’s organization owes itself almost completely to audiobooks. However, it is clear I am slipping on my use of this medium. There’s just no excuse, though, for listening and playing Popit. None.\n<\/p>\n

I started thinking about the hooking in a bad habit with a somewhat decent one and remembered from my teens and early twenties that I used to like to read and snack. I even used to joke if I never snacked and read, I’d be rail thin.\n<\/p>\n

Thing is, I broke that habit. I’ll read and eat a meal if I’m eating alone, but in general, I don’t snack much. I’m not rail thin, either, but that’s neither here nor there.\n<\/p>\n

The point is, I broke that habit. Totally broke it more than fifteen years ago, and you know what? I never really noticed<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

So, I have a question for all of you.\n<\/p>\n

Is there a habit you<\/strong> have broken, but never really thought about? Maybe it deserves a little Go Me right now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’re going to die. I was listening to an audiobook about creating the life you want that was unusually good, when this little gem came out. Okay, true. I’m going to die. The moments I have in this world are limited. So, why am I listening to this audiobook and playing this mindless matching game? … <\/p>\n

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