So I am 25 days into a 30-day sugar free trial. This trials has been surprisingly uneventful and not really difficult. I have a feeling I will dive back into my love affair with sugar after the trials ends, so I suppose no obvious lasting gains were made. However, it is always nice to flex the old discipline muscle and see what we’re capable of.
The trial has certainly redefined my relationship with sugar, as temporarily quitting smoking used to do with my relationship with cigarettes. The hold that it had, the allure it held, is not the same that it used to be, and I think the idea of the highly refined, highly processed sugar products has lost even more appeal. I have started to see them for the poison packets that they ultimately are, and I now believe that within 20 years we will look at white refined sugar the way we look at tobacco now. A long-term killer.
I sort of wish I had some big insight to share with everyone, so I guess I’ll just make one up.
Do things that make you live more consciously. I have had to be consciously aware to (not) do a certain thing everyday this month. The act of doing it is its own reward.
I had a little realization when I saw a “help wanted” sign today for a cashier position. There is a part of me that just wants to take such a job, just stand around for 30 hours every week, and get paid to do so. It made me realize what a totally lethargic act it is, to value my time so little, to think there is nothing more creative I could do to produce that money. It takes guts to stand up and say “I know what I’m doing.” And I think everything one can do to build up guts is a step towards goodness and transformation.
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