Thinking about loosening up (long)

>Christine, I am really am so sorry about your Dad. What an
>inspiration for me to start living. If only I didn't have to
>spend 12 hours per day going to, coming from, or being at a
>law firm. That would help a lot too. :-( Wouldn't it be so
>cool to work part time?

I am one of those crazy people that truly believes that if I won the lottery adn was set finanically for life, I'd still go to work - but PART TIME! It'd be very nice to have shorter hours and maybe some more time off, just to lay around and catch up at home, but not necessarily to go anywhere.

Today I have the unique opportunity to go in late b/c I have Court hearing at 10:30 and won't meet up with my client until 10AM. Becuase it is in a court close to my home, I just stayed here this morning and have been doing nothing but drinking coffee and enjoying a quiet house ;)
 
Nancy,

About six years ago I changed a priority. I decided that my relationship with DH was more valuable to the time I put in at work. It was one of the best decisions of my life. I used to work 12 hour days 6 to 7 days a week because I felt like I had to. I stopped doing that and realized I didn't have to because my career has not suffered one bit and I am a much happier person. I work no more than 9 hours per day and don't work at all on the weekend unless it's absolutely necessary. My management knows that about me and has accepted it. My performance ratings have not suffered and I have been getting better increases now than when I was working all that overtime. We take at least two vacations a year to places we have never been. While on these vacations, I eat what I want and don't to any deliberate exercise.

I believe loosening up in this way will do the most in extending my life but we I believe we all know what we need to do.
 
Nancy -

I must say that I am loosening up and not because I planned it - I don't keep a food journal day to day (after keeping one for YEARS), mainly because I eat the same stuff every day. I also took off my pedometer last week (after wearing it day in and day out for a year) and have not put it back on! I know that I'm active enough without having to gauge it hour by hour, as I'm prone to do when I have it on.

These two changes are VERY significant for me, because I'm very anal! I feel very liberated with these two little changes. I KNOW I'm disciplined and won't gain weight, so it's cool.

Just Do It! :)
 
Nancy,

I think you should deny yourself nothing in life that you really want. I used to be a real food watcher with everything I ate and I was miserable. Now I enjoy everything in moderation and if that means I am not as thin as I used to be then thats okay. It also means that I don't have to dream about that delicious squash soup with cream anymore because I made it and ate it. :)

Life is short. Live it.


KIM
 
Candi-
LOL! No, I don't think the ice cream gluttony is related to being a foodie, and that's NOT what I mean when I talk about liking food. Actually, having to eat that much ice cream probably indicates that I'm looking to fill some void, or that something isn't satisying me (yeah, like having to stay at work all day when I'd rather be home working out).

But, wow, what's it like to not love eating out? I wish I could be more like that because my DH can take it or leave it. And with the money I spend eating out we could renovate our kitchen and redecorate the house, and I could afford a personal trainer and those laser hair treatments I've been wanting. But, as great as all those things are, I'd much rather eat out.
 
Oh Nancy, it got worse... It was at our wedding. He was 64.

We found out at the memorial service he had told someone at a wedding 15 years earlier "if I die dancing, I'll die a happy man" so we really can't complain. He would have hated dying any other way, although he also likely hated being on the floor like that. He was likely gone by the time he landed, though, so it was all good for him relatively speaking.

It has certainly changed my perspective on living and dying! We're about ready to go on our honeymoon this spring, more than 3 years later.

(Sorry to be a downer with this story!)
 
Wow, that's great Candi! Unfortunately for me, my value at work is based upon how many hours I bill, which requires that I be there a lot. Although I do think I could work a lot smarter than I do and make more of the time I'm there, and I'm working on that.
 
I don't know what it is about me, Nancy. I have never been much of a restaurant person. Once in awhile, yes. I'll just count my blessing on that one :)

Now, passing a Haagen Daas station at the mall. That's a different story, LOL!
 
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