Good Habit Or Bad Habit?

A friend of mine wrote this to me the other day about a discussion we were having. I hope she doesn’t mind me quoting her. She always has so many good things to say!

“I think this is what they mean by "thinking outside the box". We all create boxes in our brains which govern how we think. We have to do that because we can't think and rethink every darned move we make all day and every day. We MUST do some things automatically and routinely. To accomplish this, we create these rules, these statements. It’s lot of "if this, then that". But this brain software that we make up needs weeding out occasionally, refining, fixing or updating.” Sylvia

I had never really thought about it that way before. Sometimes I get frustrated with myself for not thinking things through before I do them. I get frustrated that I do some of the same things over and over even though they aren’t working for me. I guess my brain has to go on auto pilot to get things done. Habits are good things. They’re things we do without thinking and they make our lives easier. We just need to realize when a habit is a bad one and work to change it.

I’ve been trying to find a good spot to store a package of baking pan liners in my kitchen for the last several months. I put it somewhere but it was too hard to get to. Then I put is somewhere else but it was too far away. Then I put it in a drawer but there wasn’t really room for it there. This morning I finally got fed up with it and I stood in the kitchen thinking there has GOT to be a place in here for it! Finally the thought occurred to me of storing it upright on its side instead of flat or rolled up. Perfect! Now I can keep it down with my cookie sheets. It’s so logical. Why didn’t I think of it before! I had to force myself to think “outside the box” before I could come up with the answer. It’s a big flat floppy package. Of course I couldn’t store it on its side right? Well, I can if there is something supporting it like big flat cookie sheets!