Soft Addictions*
May 26, 2009 by jhbprincess
I come from a family of addicts. Or rather addictive personalities. I am aware of this. In fact – i am super aware of this – and make a point of not engaging in sustances which have a higher probability of being adictive than others.
Imagine my interest in reading an article in a magazine RE soft addictions.
Addictions that aren’t harmful to you persay - or rather AS harmful as drugs, alcohol, shoplifting. But rather small things, that one obsesses about. Such as twitter, email, distractions, social engagement, shoes, handbags, shopping in general.
The further i read this article, the more i mentally ticked off, the more i agreed with.
I am somewhat addicted to shopping ATM… i am somewhat more often than not, on tiwitter/email/sms.
But then i do know this about myself… i love distractions, be it people, or objects, or my blog – it’s just what i do. I like that. I get bored when there is no slide line activities happening in my life.
What i think i might need to do, is a little self inner audit – and decide if these soft addictions of mine are holding me back, or causing ‘soft harm’ to my life.
*naturally when i read the title to the article i thought of soft porn. which i do not like. not the porn. but the soft part.
