Self Talk

I have learnt over the past few years that I can talk myself into or out of anything.

Most of my large purchases have been as a result of me craving something. By craving I mean obsessing over it, researching it to the hilt and scheming over how I can afford it. Quite often this process can be over a long period of time and sometimes quite short.

I have only really regretted once, my impulse decisions over a purchase that I was too obsessed over to contemplate whether i really needed it RIGHT NOW.

Lately however my self talk has been how I can myself into eating junk food and out of going to my gym. It is absolutely amazing on the 40 minute drive home how I can convince myself that driving past the gym is a good thing and turning into the local junk food store is the BEST thing. It got so bad at one point that I had to make sure that I had healthy microwave meals at home that would take the same time as going through the drive through so that I could convince myself to skip the junk food. I also quite often have to make sure i am locked into a route home that doesn't pass the shops so that I am not tempted.

Learning how to combat my sheer willpower to eat badly is a challenge.

Have you managed to talk yourself into an expensive purchase of something that you don't need? How do you trick yourself into doing something good ie going to the gym?