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Story: Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency

How was it then?

I was always trying to find the “perfect way” to do something. Perfection was achieved when something was done in the most efficient way. But I would waste so much time contemplating all of the different scenarios that it would often make my overall response to things very, very slow, and therefore, not efficient. This applied to big decisions as well as very small ones.

~ A Food Addict

How is it now?

I realize now that very few things need to be perfect before I start. I can just start something and see how it goes. With most things, I will have a chance to do it again, so I treat my first attempt as an experiment and just try one of the scenarios that I have come up with, even if I have not thought through all of the possible outcomes. It may not be the perfect way, but it is a way, and it will get me started. Once I have done it once, I will have some empirical data to help me decide whether or not I need to tweak my method. The most important thing is just to get started, not to get it perfect from the start.

~ A Recovering Food Addict
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Inner Voice: The Mighty Pause

Angry? Sad? Disappointed? Agitated? Uncomfortable?

Pause.

And then get curious.

Why are you having those feelings, and what part did you play in getting yourself to the point of having those feelings?

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Inner Voice: Commitment

Living with integrity means that if you say you are going to do something, there can only be two possible outcomes that you will consider.

(1) You do it.

or

(2) You admit that you can’t do it and say so.

There isn’t a third option where you pretend you didn’t say it, or a fourth option where you do part of it (maybe just the fun part) and pat yourself on the back for a job well done, or a fifth option where you justify your inaction because it was a stupid task or the person you told you were going to do it isn’t that nice of a person anyway.

Do it, or admit you were wrong to have committed to doing it in the first place.

Living with integrity is hard, but it helps you stay on the path of recovery instead of heading back towards your addiction.

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