What are your interests? What Hobbies do you have? Have you been doing the same old thing for too long?

Boredom can have a lot to do with other people. Are you satisfied with your social life? Are you getting involved?

On the other hand, you can be involved in too many things and self-destructive behaviors can be means of shirking some of your duties. If you are active, how many of your activities do you truly enjoy? How many are done out of a sense of obligation?

Sometimes we have to return to our roots, read and watch everything around us and jump on anything that we’re interested in.

Take Alise, for instance. She became a stay-at-home mom when her son was born, but six months down the road she started smoking again. She was doing it in private, outside, and Hiding it from her husband. Over time she started smoking on the back porch while he was home, and inevitably, he caught her.

Alise’s husband was upset that she was risking her health, but also because they’d made a commitment to quit smoking together. She was breaking that and didn’t seem to care at all about it. In truth, she didn’t. She cared more about getting caught and stirring things up.

Balancing Action and Intention

Obviously Alise was home to provide a better life for her son, but she wound up hurting her family and her own health. She decided to take one afternoon a week and put her son in daycare, so she could delve into a hobby of her own. It was the perfect balance for their growing family, and her actions supported her intention. By taking a little time out for herself, she was able to devote her whole heart to her family while she was home.

Taking this step requires some honesty. What do you want for your life? What effects are your actions having on that goal? How can you change for the better, and what are the steps to getting there?

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