Procrastadabbler

For the past year or so my stomach has been unhappy. In fact, my whole body has been experiencing just a general sense of malaise. I just chalked it up to being of a certain age. But I’ve been thinking about when certain symptoms appear and started tracking what’s going on. As a result I’m trying to take fructose and wheat out of my diet.

The frutose is not too big a deal. I don’t eat much (if any) processed foods and that’s where that gremlin tends to hide. But the wheat. Oy! That’s tough one because I love love love bread. And I love to make bread. And I love to bake.

I’m seeking out gluten-free bread recipes (so far they all sound unappetizing and low in fiber). I think I’m going to have to switch my carb load to brown rice. And oatmeal (that doesn’t seem to bother me – as much).

So, why am I writing about this? Why should anyone care? Well, I’m thinking about this as a change in how I approach my life. It’s about attending to details. I’ve been a careful consumer of edibles for a number of years now, but this is forcing me to be even more so.

This attention to details also has to carry through to my professional life. It’s about staying away from that which is toxic to my system either in the forms of food substances or social and psychological substances. I don’t want to get all new agey here, but I realized I put up with a lot of junk in my life just because it’s easier to do so. I need to work against that.

Attending to the details isn’t about being obsessive; it’s about being in the moment and noticing what counts and what doesn’t. That’s where I want to be in my life. That’s how I want to change my habits.