Ok, we all know habits can be bad or good for us. I now understand they can go from one of those states to the other. Sigh.
The one at hand: I cross my legs mostly R over L whenever possible. Who knows why...it's just more comfortable. But...now my hip joint is rebelling...it aches, sometimes hurts.
I trace this to a bad habit from my camera woman days of being so perfectly balanced with betacam on or slung over my right shoulder and soundbox dangling from the left, that I found myself more and more 'relaxing' by propping my left shoe on the right, which relaxed the left side of my body, pushing my right leg bone socket out to my right side. Got that? LOLL Like a flamingo standing on one leg, relaxed, at ease, etc. But...torquing and probably wearing down ligaments and cartilage.
I'm now paying the price. So back to habits.... the point of all this to say that STOPPING said habit of crossing legs which does now seem to relieve the pain is damned hard. We are automatic beings it seems. I automatically cross the damned leg. No thought, no consideration, no conscious anything!! Body just does it. Wow.
We all know about automatically breathing, heart pumping, etc. but this deal of habit not only becoming automatic—but unwilling to become UN-automatic — beyond current aggravation, has room for growth.
Growth? you ask. Yep. If habits can become SO ingrained, why not use that tendency for the positive.
Like the habit of helping, being nice, considering other people. Why not teach this in school, reward it at work, and of course praise it at home? To the point that being nice, considerate to others becomes what else? A Habit!
Come on, Sharon, you say. But you perhaps don't live in Peru. Being considerate to others here is NOT a front and center habit. Whether you're walking on the street (schrunching over to one side beside some obnoxious person does not give you your space to walk on your side; or driving—oh, there's a zillion of those examples, like the guy who forces you to stop by putting his nose in the two-meter space you've left between you and the next car, costing you brake wear, gas expended, time spent as you brake to not hit him. Ugh.
So I want to find some way to float the idea that individual schools or businesses can set up little awards, recognitions of people who either consistently show their consideration of others, or for doing some special act out of the blue. Course advertisers on TV might get kudos from the public by doing same in a more public way. TV/newspaper media might try it as well. Ok. nada más...
... but don't you think that's a good idea?!!
