I love brownies. I love them to death. Chocolate, with nuts, with oatmeal, with cream cheese... as long as they are fudgy and sweet and crumbles and goops, please, put them in my mouth.
I have a minor personal crisis today and so decided to order one. It arrived 2.5 hours ago. I had just finished a salad, yet I wanted to finish off the brownie immediately in response to the mini-crisis. I was having a hard time convincing myself to wait. I paused from all the rationalization, which gave me precious seconds to realize I could change my internal script.
Instead of "How and why should I resist this treat when I'm feeling so low", I thought "This is a chance for me to challenge myself. If I can succeed in this small thing, I can succeed in other small things that will build up to bigger things later". And there's nothing more motivating to me than a good challenge and the thought of growing the ability to go through even bigger challenges.
I gave myself until 3pm to eat the brownie, and I'm surprised to know that, in 3 minutes, i will nibble on this tasty thing and know for certain I can have more delicious experiences in the future.
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