Temptation

One of the hardest things in life is to not do nothing.  Maybe some people find it easy, but I sure as hell don't.  To me, the difficult thing about temptation is that it is always there and for the most part is always there.  I can handle the short term type willpower things with ease, like studying for a test or anything that may be deadline related.  Because there is an end date, and after that you can relax.

But oh that isn't true for everything.  Many times you just want to better yourself in some way, like eating a particular diet or exercising or not drinking or not throwing up or whatever your particular challenges happen to be.  But the temptation to go back into your old ways might never go away.  What if it is a struggle the whole rest of your life?  What if you just decide to give in and do it once, or on special occasions.  It's extremely easy for you to go back to the old patterns you were living by, and for a good reason, why you did in the first place!

Of course severity always varies, and I wager it's much easier to walk 20 minutes a day then say quitting hard drugs for the rest of your life.  But there are people that can't make themselves get regular exercise.  I can't understand it, but it is a real phenomena.

I read an article at eurekalert.org that willpower is like a muscle and the more you use and work it, the stronger it gets.  Maybe so, but on the other end of the spectrum I don't wanna be the square that stresses out over every little thing.  Life is supposed to be fun.