Have you seen the commercials for “The Secret”? I first saw it on The Soup and Best Week Ever and laughed my ass off. But then my friend Chris said he was going to download the movie. And I love a good self-help book, so I downloaded the audiobook the other day. I listened to it all the way home. That’s 270 miles. I didn’t listen to the radio at all. I was transfixed by this book! I won’t give away the “secret,” but it was something I had heard in some classes I took a while back. It makes a lot of sense.

I stopped for lunch in Coldwater, MI and got a cheeseburger and fries from Burger King. I was a little leery of stopping there because I had a car accident after merging back onto the expressway at the same spot when I was 19. I nearly drove into this lake and somehow managed to turn the steering wheel sharply to the left and landed safe and sound.

The state trooper was so impressed with me, she encouraged me to apply to their training school! I still marvel at that story. (And yes, I also see the irony in taking a photo while driving of the spot I had an accident at lol.)

Anyway. So I’m eating my fries, driving and listening to this audiobook, coincidentally the section about how to apply the secret if you are overweight. One of the things was to truly focus on your food while you are eating and not let anything distract you. I had to laugh out loud, because I honestly could not have been doing one more thing while eating.

But I liked the audiobook; I’ll probably watch the movie. Some of it was hokey but I love stuff like this. I also thought about it in terms of my relationships. I was scared of a commitment so I attracted men who didn’t want a commitment. And writing a book — I’ve thought of myself and have been thought of as a writer for so long that I was afraid I would fail or not be any good if I set out to write a book. But what I want most is to be healthy and fit, so that’s what I’m going to focus on …

∗ Posted by Monique on 03.20.2007
∗ My life