In principle, I guess, one can get addicted to anything. Im not just talking about drugs, alcohol, caffeine, nicotine or food. People can develop addictions to other people, their work, shopping, television or the Internet. The latter seem especially prone to cause addictive behavior. In this past year, the media outlets of every kind have been selling us the news like junk food, thereby creating yet another addiction. News junkies suffer from withdrawal symptoms after the election, I read the other day in the paper. I wonder why?
Certain addictions are hard to avoid in our culture where more is always considered better. We take it for granted to think of progress exclusively in terms of growth. So we find ourselves in a never-ending chase of things that supposedly make our lives more comfortable and more exciting. We live in larger homes, drive bigger and faster cars and surround ourselves with more possessions than any generation before us and yet, there remains this nagging feeling that we dont have enough to be content.
Inevitably, our relentless pursuit of happiness comes at a steep price. Its called stress. True, most people suffer from stress and anxiety at one time or another. Thats life, some would say. Yet, what we are seeing today seems somewhat different. More and more people exhaust themselves, just by trying to keep up. They are reaching the end of their rope. Doctors and psychologists have already come up with new terminology to describe the stress symptoms they find in their patients with increasing frequency, using terms such as time stress, chronic overscheduling or time poverty.
To be sure, having goals and ambitions does not automatically make anyone sick. There is such a thing as good stress where people can thrive on a certain amount of pressure and even derive pleasure from it. But being constantly pressed for time without relief is not healthy, no matter how we may rationalize it. In fact, the idea that a normal life has to be filled with constant activity is a concept that should not remain unquestioned. Why should it be the norm that we always work harder, earn more money, buy more stuff, increase our standard of living? Why is having the newest and the latest to be considered a must? Why cant we imagine living without gadgets that did not even exist a little while ago? Why dont we ever feel that we have accomplished enough and that we can enjoy what we already have?
The Holiday Season is supposedly a time when we stop the rat race and focus on family, friends and all the good things that really matter in life. Of course, most of us end up doing the exact same thing as last year and the year before. We get caught up in the Holiday rush, no matter how much we wish it was different this time.
There are better ways to deal with our perpetual time crunch there must be! Merely wishing life was different is not enough. All lifestyle changes, great and small, require will power and determination. Here are a few ideas that may help things along:
First: Lets establish some rules. No matter how much pressure we may receive from the outside, lets not forget that we are responsible for the ways we spend our time. Only we can find ways to organize our time better and use it more wisely. Instead of running around like crazy trying to put out fires all day, lets set up a healthier routine and stick to it.
Second: Lets set priorities. Lets ask ourselves what value we get in return for our time and effort. Is our only reward more money to buy more stuff? So what if we dont have all the latest fads? Those will be outdated and obsolete tomorrow. A fat reducing review can help you construct a clear outline of what you demand to focus on to complete your fat loss target if you're a beginner; or serve as a reminder for the ones who are at an intermediate or more advance phase of their weight-loss plan. Applying are seven steps that can serve as suggestions for your own weight loss program. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same. Many weight loss courses have tricked people into wondering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss applications only work by causing a person's body to lose more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. Instead, lets focus, perhaps with a sense of gratitude, on what we already have and not just in material terms.
Third: Lets include regular down-time in our schedules, so we can recover and recharge our batteries. There are benefits in doing nothing once in a while. Allowing ourselves to slow down should not make us feel guilty. So, lets switch off the cell phone, get off the Internet, stop listening to the News. Instead, lets go for long walks, find a quiet place where we can spend time alone, meditate or write a journal these are the gifts we can give to ourselves that will make for a truly Happy Holiday Season.
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book The Healthy Diner How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun, which is available on her blog, Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D., and at amazon.com. You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.
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