AHHH! Look how scary! Hmm... what is this, I wonder. Is it... a demonstration of what happens to your coffee table if you fail to use a coaster? nope. that's not that scary. Is it... a child's learning activity? Is it the beginning of me drawing a cookie? Yes, friends, it could be all these things. But those things aren't super scary. This is a picture of the CIRCLE OF DEATH! (duh, duh, duuuuuuuuuh.) I'm sorry to give some of you nightmares, but it has to be put out there for the world to see.
You all remember the Circle of Death, right? For those of you who've lapsed their memory, it's one of those vicious circles you can't get out of, no matter how hard you try.
Circle of death the first: in which there is a battle between productivity and empty calories.
Today I ate almost an entire stick of butter. I know this because I put an entire stick of butter into a batch of Rice Krispie Treats to take to my neighbors. The Treats, however, ended up being a little bit crappy due to something called "stale marshmallows" and so I decided to save them for me... I mean us. Me and my HUSBAND, who also eats food here (occasionally). And when my husband was at work I ate... a lot of Treats. Okay, most of the pan of Rice Krispie Treats. I finally put the rest in the cupboard so Matt could eat the one I promised him this morning. (Does it make me sound less like I have a problem if I mention that Matt is working for like 15 hours every day?)
WHY DID I DO THAT? I don't want to eat an entire stick of butter. I know this because when I'm playing Greed and I think about losing, I think to myself "I hope I don't lose so I don't have to eat a stick of butter... or Bim's chest hair (etc.)" (umm... because the standing dare you can do if you lose said game of greed is to eat a stick of butter, but other things like eating people's facial hair, or eating cheese fondue out of someone's beard come up too). But instead of being productive, unpacking, eating well, exercising, drinking fluids, etc I just kept eating Treats. Sure, a 1/2 inch here, 1/4 inch there - it was no big deal. But then they were gone (minus that one piece I would be a bad person if I ate... so, for all intents and purposes it's gone). And I had wasted my day and done nothing. No unpacking, no productive... no avoidance of eating all that butter. Because "nothing" is a bad circle to be stuck in. Because you don't want to do ANYTHING if you're not already doing SOMETHING.
To further illustrate my point I forced myself to run about 6pm. I had just realized how much I'd eaten and needed to punish myself. (By the way, if you're interested in eating nothing but a pan of goodies in a day and then running up a hill - don't do it. ) When I came back from said run I unpacked 8 large boxes, moved furniture around (all by myself), made myself dinner, organized my clothing system in the new house and finished the laundry. All in about an hour and a half.
And this is because doing nothing and eating crap all day is a vicious circle. it only leads to more crap-eating and nothing-doing. But being productive like running leads to more productivity and boxes getting unpacked. (did I mention I also broke-into the new Ben and Jerry's?)
Vicious Circle the Second: In which there is a battle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
As many of you dear readers know, I don't do well with not having a lot to do. I really enjoy being overloaded properly loaded down with tasks, activities and social engagements. Right now I am the opposite of that. There was a day last week where the biggest agenda item on my day was turning on the dish washer. (which, for those of you wondering, I did beautifully.)
And this makes me not so easy to live with. Again, that makes me want to sit and do nothing. And that is counter-productive because I know that if I get out and exercise it will make me feel better. Because exercise gives you endorphins and endorphins make you happy and happy people don't kill their husbands. But it's a vicious cycle with myself. Vicious.
So now do you see why this circle is so scary? What's that you say? You agree with me? This should have been a Halloween post it's so scary? Yeah, I totally know, right!?!?
3 comments:
One stick of butter isn't the end of the world. It does, however, lead to many more delish butter soaked treats. Mmm, I love butter!
Whoa... scary indeed. :)
Umm... although the Circle of Death (dum dum DUUUMMMM!!!) is indeed a very scary thing, I think you might have just this once confused it (easy to do) with the Circle of Snacks (bum, bum, ba-DUUUUUH dun!!!) Similar in shape, smell, and texture, it is ultimately identified by its undeniably delightful odor of vanilla and powdered sugar kind of smell. This is clearly a deceptive smell it employs to draw hapless under-burdened persons within its curvy grasp, first making us curvy and then too curvy and then we grasp at anything to get UN curvy. Or at least un-curvier.
You will be OK. You've recognized the circle before it became a Death Spiral. Please get some magazines and start doing some of the more Fun activities selected within. (Be careful when selecting the magazine - the difference between Better Homes and Ranger Rick is a huge one!)
Butter is so yummy it's not even worth making fun of it.
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