“…albeit it seems to be on-and-off, sporadic…”
Not sure if I should post more of the little things, as not only can’t I remember most except after later reflection — or just later able to put into words long after I’ve moved on (most of these little things are “tossed into the mind-stream” as most the time I’m busy-busy with my job and other basics of living, with no guarantees of seeing them again) — I figured it’d be in poor form to spam the forum with the likes of the following 2-3 times daily:
“I find myself putting effort into ‘little honesties’: instead of saying ‘everything’ I say ‘several’ if this-or-that really is several, or ‘multiple’ instead of ‘several’ if it’s like 3-4 of this-or-that.”
“Oops, this morning I found myself gossiping and bad-mouthed a coworker! There has to be less nasty subjects to talk about during the rare moments we CAN talk.”
“I wonder if comedic exaggerations like ‘…smells like the swarming of demonic frog zombies…’ counts as a ‘lie even in jest’, and instead I should say ‘…like rotten eggs tossed at a chicken carcass…’?”
That, and I don’t always both have the time AND am “in the mood” to sit and write, even though I probably should more often as typing about whatever’s on my mind (even if it’s negative) is relaxing and sometimes “mentally-/emotionally-healing”.
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“We know that the seat of the mind and that of the heart lie very close together. [snip]”
Some tasty brain-food to chew on for a while! And I definitely relate with my neutral moods opening the doors to my bad habits… :(
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“In fact, that is a good way to check your progress. Do you fall less and less each new week or each new month? If so, you are making progress. Keep it up and you will feel the joy of not falling for a whole day, a whole week soon enough!”
And maybe I can say “I only ate FOUR pizza slices and not the whole thing”, too!
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Thank you again everyone for the helpful advice!