Monday 19 January 2015

New year, new gym memberships and books about cutting out sugar

You might not wish to join a gym or buy one of the plethora of books on cutting out sugar, cutting out tasty food etc. But you might want to try thinking more positively. There are so many articles about January blues, people feeling so down that they book their summer holidays well in advance and so on. When you have a moment where you're standing on a crowded commuter train, or behind the wheel stuck in traffic, think about how wonderful it felt on Christmas Day. Or Thanksgiving. Or a special birthday or some special day when you laughed so much, your stomach hurt. Try to think about that for as long as you possibly can. And if you forget because you are back in a routine, go back to those good-feeling thoughts again and see if it helps. Even just a little bit.