Life is based off of choices that we make, and if our point in life is making choices based off of our experience, why do we continue to make choices that produce negative results? This is ultimate question. Let's take food for example.
For me it is easy to go into McDonalds and purchase a meal rather then cooking something healthy for myself. Sometimes cooking takes way too long when you have other things that need to get done and not enough time to do it. McDonalds doesn't have to be bad, if you make the right decision. For me, I want to pick the burger though. Even though I know I will regret it later, that it is bad for my health, and almost makes me sick to my stomach, I crave momentary happiness. The juicy, fat covered, sodium filled patty hits your lips and all of the pain you feel disappears, but only for a moment. Soon the pain is tripled and your feelings that you had to eat the burger soon turn into regret.
Today, walking into McDonalds, I had to actively tell myself, "you want a soda and some fries right now, but you know that and unsweetened tea combined with the salad is better for you." When I walked in the door my inner voice was finally defeated.
Now that may not seem very big, but small moves in the right direction will begin affecting bigger decisions later. If I can make myself change the way i eat and began controlling what goes into my body, bigger decisions will be accomplished later.
