Maybe you used to over-eat when you’re bored.
Maybe you’ve cut way back on drinking since 20 years ago.
Maybe you have to work with your ex but you never spend time outside of work with them.
Maybe you haven’t had McDonald’s since August last year.
Maybe you allow yourself a cookie but never more than 2 per day… anymore.

Whatever your personal vice is, when the temptation is right in your face but you navigate it courageously and successfully.. do you ever notice a repeated mental pattern that seems to consistently (even if you fail here or there) bring you away from over-indulgence?

No need get into the particulars of your vice (unless you want to!) but what runs through your mind? What seems to work for you to keep you on the straight and narrow?

Topics: mind, habbits, self-control, vice, temptation, internal monologue, conversations with self