Wants Versus Needs

[ladysprite]

I should be downstairs riding my exercize bicycle.
I want to stay up in my room under my afghan reading a book.


I should eat something nutritious and veggie-laden and low-calorie for dinner tonight.
I want to make homemade, extra-gooey, extra-salty macaroni and cheese.

I should stop obsessing about my weight, and just accept the fact that it's not an issue in anyone's reality but my own.
I want to fret, freak, measure, weigh, and generally pick at the issue like a half-healed scab.

I should print out and mail the stupid response to my license complaint.
I want to postpone thinking about it as long as possible, in the hopes that it will go away if I bury my head in the sand.

I should look into getting a second job to make up for the fact that things are insanely slow and nonproductive at work.
I want to spend my every minute off doingself-indulgent, work-free things.

I should clean the house.
I want to pretend that I have a maid, or a mommy, or an invisible demon bound to my will, who will clean it for me.

I should write something eloquent and meaningful and insightful here.
I want to babble and spew random concept-fragments.

Comments

[pagawne.livejournal.com]

Just for a change, do what you **WANT**.

[braider.livejournal.com]

I should stop obsessing about my weight, and just accept the fact that it's not an issue in anyone's reality but my own.

Ok, I'll bite. It is an issue in someone else's reality. You're too skinny. Eat the mac'n'cheese.

[melissaagray.livejournal.com]

I'll take a quick nibble as well. You're gorgeous, you always have been. You totally rocked that tiny metal shirt at Arisia Saturday night!! You make a better red head than almost any other geek I know. However you could easily add 3" to 4" to every one of your dimensions and still be considered slender and beautiful. I know you're short and small boned, so you're worried about how the weight will look on your frame....trust me you have *plenty* of room before the weight would look bad! So I say eat everything you love for a couple of months and see how you like it....I'll bet money that you'll still be at a totally healthy weight, look totally hot, and maybe even be a tad bit happier.

[warinbear.livejournal.com]

You totally rocked that tiny metal shirt at Arisia Saturday night!!

<whimper> Now I really wish someone had had a camera.

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

Ok, I'll bite.

Unsporting use of puns. Two-shot penalty. But, still, I agree wholeheartedly.

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. :) Honestly, I'm doing pretty well - managing to stay aware of the fact that it's a psychological issue rather than an actual weight issue is more than I've been able to do in the past.

And I did eat the mac and cheese, so you should be proud of me... :)

Mac'n'Cheese

[braider.livejournal.com]

Yeay!