Hard choices on drifting roads

Walk the talk is one of the hardest traits. Transparent, under the radar, demands character. And character intensifies through hard choices opted on drifting roads.

Photo by Abed Ismail

One moment we feel immediate reward can lower our anxiety — we opt it. Inside our guts, we know the results of our choices made right now. One moment delayed, chains itself to the following moments. Before we realise, we have wasted some of the most amazing and graceful periods of productivity | fun and joy. Wrong choices are these glittering gold that look ok only at the moment. But over time, these pile up into peaks of guilt, anxiety and vicious cycles.

Worry not ! There is a solution to all depressive pits. Just put down the actions you can hold on to - next time a glittering gold appears. For example, next time you want to smoke :— Count backward ( 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 · 1 ) - change physiology (take shower · run · cook · jump · groan ) - recall the promise ( Pay a fine if I slip ) - say loud the mantra ( Go Lost in the Woods ). You will find yourself back in your zone to pick the right choice and break the chain.