Usually for me it comes up with something that’s unexciting or a bit boring:
I can’t be bothered ...washing the dishes tonight,
I can’t be bothered ...putting my washing away,
I can’t be bothered ...to wash the car, I’ll do it later.
With most things they can be done later without much consequence, but this type of thinking can become a very bad habit that can lead to big consequences.
If you can’t be bothered to do the simple things, what else will this lead you to not be bothered to do?
Get the car serviced. Look at my spending and make a budget. Check the smoke alarm batteries. All things with big consequences if not done, but probably most of us have put off till sometime later as we couldn’t be bothered with it right now.
I think a lot of advertising pushes this line of thinking because they want their product to be the solution so you don’t have to be bothered.
Take ready made meals for example. “Quick and easy, just take out of the box and microwave for a few minutes.” They want you to “not be bothered”. They want you to not be bothered to prepare your own meal, to know what you’re eating, to buy fresh unprocessed foods, to look at the ingredients, to take control of your health. All these things can take a little effort, so they don’t want you to be bothered so they can sell more and make more money. They want you to be lazy.
I’m not saying that all ready made meals are bad. Yes I have eaten them and they can be convenient but I think we need to look at what they can teach us - to just take the easy, no effort route.
Advertising is a science these days and we get bombarded by so much of it that often we can’t be bothered to watch the ads!
If you start to take the “I can’t be bothered’ approach with what you are eating then soon it really turns into “I can’t be bothered with my health”.
Unfortunately after a period of time your body also gets in the action and says “I can’t be bothered functioning any more” and you can get diseases and die. That’s the ultimate consequence of not being bothered and where I think it can lead to.
So how do you turn this thinking around...?
Have a look at what you can’t be bothered doing and start being bothered. Be bothered to look at the ingredients in ready made meals. Be bothered to do the little things RIGHT NOW that you’ll still have to do even if you can’t be ‘bothered’ to do them right now. When that thought pops into your head follow it up with “NO, I CAN be bothered!”
Washing the dishes, putting washing away, washing the car, getting the car serviced, looking at your spending and making a budget, checking the smoke alarm batteries. etc are things that provide relief when they are done. Getting them done means that they wont keep weighing your mind down with the thought of having to do them. If you have a look at how you feel after you’ve been ‘bothered’ you may notice you can actually feel proud and good and safe. This is the start.
You can also start to do things that are proactive and good for your
health:
Be bothered to check all the labels on prepackaged food before
you buy it.
Be bothered to cook meals that take a little longer and that
start from scratch.
Be bothered to follow a recipe from the many recipe
books and magazines gathering dust in your cupboard!
Be bothered to simply add some pumpkin seeds to your diet.
Be bothered to have a look at the pumpkinseed.net.au recipe page for ideas on how to add pumpkin seeds to meals ;)
Be bothered to go for a walk in the beautiful fresh air and sunshine.
You’ll be thankful you were bothered. You'll be thankful you were bothered to put in a little effort for your health, especially when you are getting old and are still healthy and looking younger than you are!
Bye for now.
Sharan
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