How Much of Your Life is Habit?
I heard someone ask, “how much of your life is habit?” When I think of a habit I think of things like cigarette smoking or nail biting. This person made me think, “How much of my life is habit?”. How much of my time do I spend doing things without even thinking or, more importantly, being present and aware of what I am doing?
An example is feeding my dogs. I do it on auto pilot sometimes and forget how important it is to them that I do it and how fun it is for me to watch them eat. How much am I missing when I do things out of habit instead of with purpose? If I have a crisis come up, do I handle it out of habit because that worked before, when I should really be seeing each situation for what it is and deciding in the present how to handle it? When I thought about this for myself, I really did not like seeing how much I do out of habit. Now, I plan on changing to being present. Want to join me?
June 11th, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Yes, yes, yes. I want to join you. We need to get together! Come see me.
June 11th, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Yes include me in, I am all for change and movement. The earth never stops and it keeps changing. Habitual ways stops spiritual growth!. Your my kind of person T. West yes yes yes. Good blog Lexa.