5th April 25
Restraining Order
Last night Matt’s brother and his wife came to stay. My sister-in-law loves books so this morning I took her to a lovely book shop not far from us.
On the way there she couldn’t contain her excitement and it didn’t disappoint. She spent ages browsing through the books but I noticed half way through that she had her arms crossed across her body and her hands were clenched.
She said that she didn’t trust herself in there and if she didn’t restrain herself she would end up buying the lot. She made me laugh – one minute she was so excited, the next minute she was using every bit of willpower she had not to buy a book.
She did so well and left with nothing. The excitement on the way back home turned into frustration. There were a few things she wanted and on the way home she was having this little war with herself trying to justify her actions.
I was very entertained by her response this morning but I was also impressed with her restraint. It takes a lot of willpower to say no to something you really want.
I’m not sure I could be so strong. There are so many things I should restrain from but it’s hard to do. Food being my main one (I can restrain from exercise though with great ease).
I know I have managed to restrain from things that aren’t healthy for me in the past but I do find I need to be in the right frame of mind to do so. I do remember feeling very empowered when I’ve shown restraint in the past. I think I am just going to have to put a restraining order on myself!
