Holidays And Off Time.
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Why are the holidays so tough? Well, for starters, the holidays are already setting us in a tricky position because we build them up so much. We’ve all heard someone say (or said it ourselves): “I wouldn’t normally eat that, but it is the holidays, so I have to.” Or you’ve been told (or been the one saying ): “You have to eat this because it’s just not (insert holiday here) without it.”
Now, when I put it that manner, you can clearly see the flaw in our logic. In reality, how do we spend the rest of the day? We spend it awkwardly full, tired and wishing we hadn’t eaten so much! Not to mention the mental game we are performing because we just “undid” everything we had worked for. Why would we know what we want, yet still do the opposite? This is a charming thought for me, not only because my clients are dealing with it every day, but because I too have found it to be a problem.
I think we do this since we have surrendered to the moment. The holiday that we have been waiting for or the vacation that we are finally on makes us feel like we have to overdo in order to enjoy ourselves. When in reality, we don’t truly enjoy ourselves because we are physically uncomfortable and more significantly, we feel that we have gone against our natural choice in the first turn and done something that we quickly regret.
What is the answer? While there are many steps that can be taken to alter these habits, the first thing that needs to change is our mindset. The mindset of “doing whatever I can do to sabotage myself and go against the norm will bring me the most enjoyment right now” is obviously not giving us what we want. We may have a short period of enjoyment, but long term and even right away following, our actions do not bring us the results we want, and therefore we are really letting ourselves down.
The mindset that will help us succeed is this: Take the vacation, don’t let it take you. Celebrate the off time with your choices and you will enjoy your results. When you leave it up to chance, you know the possibilities and realize how you will feel afterward. When you get away, realize that the selections you make now will impact you now and in the future. We are the same people on vacation that we are at home. There is no way to forget or pretend what happens on a trip and have it somehow not affect us when we return home. Going with a goals and a realistic plan will help you manage the choices you have while still enjoying them, both during and after you make them.
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