My general life addictions without going into too many gory details:
Freedom
Sunshine
Fresh air
Nature --ocean, mountains, flowers, trees, desert. The wonder and terror of it all
Beauty
Love -- my husband and family, most of the time anyway
Physical affection
Writing, doing it and reading it, and always raising the bar
Friends, even the ones I disagree with, perhaps most of all them. I love tough-minded, tender-hearted, opinionated, funny, compassionate, annoying people who have the courage of their convictions no matter what the cost
Books, all kinds but with a weakness for gritty detective stories and anti-heros/heroines
Art and culture of all kinds -- film, music, theatre, dance, all ethnicities
OS!!!
Animals, especially cats, especially Siamese and Abbyssinian cats. They are so smart and playful
Good wine
The occasional puff of tobacco or marijuana
Good food, especially home cooked with love
The three former entries shared with good friends and lots of laughter and everyone talking at the same time
Travel to places I've never been to before
Nice clothes that no one else is wearing
Fabulous shoes/boots
Yoga/walking/hiking/body surfing the big waves
Long, self-indulgent days when I do next to nothing and never feel guilty
Lazy Sunday or summer afternoons on the couch reading or watching films or lying around on a deck/porch or someone's back yard
The sound of rain when I'm cozy inside
Snow when it first falls
The sound of waves that soothe me
Waking up in the morning and realizing that I am still here and all my parts work
Bringing good coaching to the world because it really, really needs it
Feeling grateful every day that I am privileged to be living what most of the rest of the world would consider to be a charmed life in a beautiful place in the midst of relative luxury
Knowing that I must not become complacent. That is an addiction that truly is a living death
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I agree with everything you mention as things I rely on to live.
Also good to know there's another toker in the OS world.
These days I'm addicted to the earlier sunrise, and having beautiful morning light before 7, which is when I like to get up. And the cold dawns give amazing colors. 10 days until daylight savings (for us - does Canada do it?) which makes a big difference to me.
I love your list, and will return to it as a reminder of all the things I appreciate and love, and sometimes forget.
maybe it was an oversight, maybe i missed it in your list, but what about music? i'd long since have died without it.
but, never mind, i see you've covered it under "culture." carry on with your addictions emma, you seem to have gotten 'em right.
Books, all kinds but with a weakness for gritty detective stories and anti-heros/heroines .
And cats...Me, I love all cats, even the scruffy ones that live under the dumpsters.
And I'm with aim! You're brave to admit you "inhale" occasionally!
Sanity is so attractive.
This is a beautiful and powerful list of addictions. Thank you for posting it.
Among the many jewels you describe the following are especially meaningful to me:
“...and always raising the bar.”
“Knowing that I must not become complacent. That is an addiction that truly is a living death.”
Complacency is perhaps the most suicidal while at the same time being homicidal of all addictions.
Rated and appreciated
In the interests of I have some "bad" addictions, or as I prefer to call them, guilty pleasures. I've worked on some of them, but others are still hanging in there.
I am addicted to Kettle Creek baked potato chips. LOVE them and feel insecure if I don't have at least one bag and an emergency stash somewhere in the house. I also have to have a decent piece of cheese at least once a day.
I am addicted to staying up too late and when I have to get up early, I am addicted to coffee. Hell, I'm addicted to coffee anyway.
I am addicted to good Mexican and Thai food.
I am addicted to living the good life, which includes going to cool bars and restaurants to "see and be seen." But current funds do not permit that indulgence very often. Starting up a new business and coach training is expensive, especially in Canadian dollars.
I'm addicted to constantly looking up anything that interests me even if it means I spend too much doing it (read staying up too late).
I used to be addicted to beating myself up for everything, including not being perfect. I also used to be addicted to letting other people do it for me, verbally and emotionally. The good news is that I indulge in neither of these things very frequently any more.
I have tons of other minor addictions -- does French Champagne as often as I can get it count? -- that would be pretty dull to list and to read.
Thanks to everyone who has commented thus far.
In the interests of I have some "bad" addictions, or as I prefer to call them, guilty pleasures. I've worked on some of them, but others are still hanging in there.
I am addicted to Kettle Creek baked potato chips. LOVE them and feel insecure if I don't have at least one bag and an emergency stash somewhere in the house. I also have to have a decent piece of cheese at least once a day.
I am addicted to staying up too late and when I have to get up early, I am addicted to coffee. Hell, I'm addicted to coffee anyway.
I am addicted to good Mexican and Thai food.
I am addicted to living the good life, which includes going to cool bars and restaurants to "see and be seen." But current funds do not permit that indulgence very often. Starting up a new business and coach training is expensive, especially in Canadian dollars.
I'm addicted to constantly looking up anything that interests me even if it means I spend too much doing it (read staying up too late).
I used to be addicted to beating myself up for everything, including not being perfect. I also used to be addicted to letting other people do it for me, verbally and emotionally. The good news is that I indulge in neither of these things very frequently any more.
I have tons of other minor addictions -- does French Champagne as often as I can get it count? -- that would be pretty dull to list and to read.
Thanks to everyone who has commented thus far.
I hope you'll consider adding me to that list of friends, since in my own mind at least, you have nailed me to a T -- as in Tom.
great list!
Persephone: I'd love to hang out with you. Wish we'd lived closer.
aim and NotesfromJoblessville: I don't inhale anywere near as often as I used to. BC bud is pretty much a two or three toke affair. And then there is the recovery period!
Dennis Knight: Complacency is death to me. I've always been a fighter, but sometimes I get tired.
LisaKern: I try to enjoy life in even the smallest ways. Some days are better than others.
Sally: Thanks.
sandra: I am going to buy some Cap'n Crunch tomorrow. I am intrigued now.
jonmagee: Good call. I'm addicted to this blog post.
Hadrian: I am censoring just a tiny bit here. I'm not as good as all that.
Lea: I try to be centered, but I don't always succeed. Thanks for noticing that I make the effort.
Ablonde: Thank you. And we live on the same side of the continent too.
Have you written about life-coaching? Many of us need it, I suspect. It's probably one of those things, like Emotional Intelligence, that we should get taught in school. (Stuff our parents should have taught us, I suppose, or that we absorbed from our ideal childhood environment, uh-huh, but some of us missed out.)
However, I wonder if a fellow OS addict is entirely qualified ... OTOH, nobody loves someone who's perfect.
Aim, we've had daylight savings for two weeks now. Still adjusting. Uh, if it happens later in the U.S., how come my smart-ass computer knew? (I got it by mail from the U.S.)
I will link to my site when it is up and running in a couple of weeks. My blog is up but I'm not all that happy with it.
(My life is mostly lived by now and I no longer give a shit. But still interested in an impersonal way.)