Sooner or later, I knew I would have to post something class-related.

Today in class, I was hard-pressed to come up with a repetitive behavior that interferes with my daily life.  I quit biting my nails when I was fourteen after a shopping cart accident fattened my lower lip into a bloated purple mutant-slug.  I don't write lists, or wash my hands too much.  I quit smoking seven months ago.  Admittedly I bounce my leg under desks, and drum on tables with my fingernails, but those habits only bother other people.  No need to change them.  

For lack of something better, I settled on excessive internet use as my repetitive action.  I check my email anywhere from once to five times a day.  Before a kindly neighbor chose not to secure his wireless, my access to the web was limited.  I checked it once or twice daily at school.  In comparison to last year, my habit seems to have grown out of control, but I speculate that if the number of times I check my email was compared to the number of times the average student checks his Facebook account (I have avoided getting one thus far) I'd be a beacon of healthy restraint.  Five checks per day is nothing in our modern technological era.  

Ultimately, I have no need to axe my annoying habits - what I need to do is start more healthy ones!  For example, why not finally make use of the calendars my Mom gets me every year?  I could benefit from a little organization in my life.   Why not take yoga and work on stretching my freakishly inflexible hammies?  Why not set goals for how much writing I do every week, how much music I play?  

It's easy to get worked up with this kind of attitude.  Every New Years, millions of ambitious resolutions are made that have no forward momentum.  It's easy to say you'll change.   I guess the question we have to consider is whether or not it's easier to quit negative behavior, or maintain positive behavior.