Dear Cali Chica:

I think this is the first time you referred to yourself as CC. My foot is better today, the 25th day after the injury, a very slow healing process. I walked my regular 3.5 mile loop yesterday taking only five minutes more to complete the loop than before the injury, but still feeling some pain walking, some limping, and I need to be very careful when walking on uneven ground because any bit of twisting sends a particular pain warning.

What you described in your recent post is one more detailed exercise of Mindfulness, inserting new thoughts and new behaviors into the pattern of automatic, knee jerk reactions habits. It takes a lot of effort. Habits are developed so that we have the time to attend to other tasks: we can do a task habitually (ex., tie our shoes) and free  our minds to pay attention to other things, ex., plan on taking a coat for the walk, in case it rains. This is why it is easier to continue habits, we don’t need to pay much attention to what we do habitually.

anita