I was sitting on the couch the other day, contemplating doing my exercise for the day. After an hour of unproductive internal dialogue, a thought occurred to me: WHY am I having this debate? I know I want to exercise. It makes me feel better, makes me healthier and keeps me stepping in directions in which I WANT to go. I could be done already! What's the issue?
So now I'm thinking about depletion as I walk on the treadmill. I realized the debate started because I was feeling like something was being taken away from me. In this case it was sitting on the couch! It seems a lot of us focus on what's being "taken" away from us instead of what we stand to gain from it. When I change this framework in my mind, I find I am immediately re-energized and ready to move towards my goals.
When I first started learning about the universe, I wanted to scream it from the roof-tops. But everybody said "Look at the crazy lady on the roof". I accepted that and decided to just love and accept people. And they said "What do you want from me?" I coined a term, an ISM, called the Assumption of Depletion. Many of us just assume the worst is going to happen, people can't be trusted and the whole world wants to take something from us, including us! But that's the funny part! There is no you or me, only you and me. Now what!
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