Comments on: No More, No Less http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/ Sassy Texas Storyteller Fri, 18 May 2012 20:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kacey http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8709 kacey Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:40:24 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8709 Well, I don't count, but I do the reward thing. If you pay bills, you can read for 30 minutes. If you take a walk, you can blog hop for 20 minutes before you get start working. Etc. I need to come up with a reward system for decluttering my house. If I use chocolate, I'd be 400lbs before the house is decluttered... <strong>:lol: So THAT"S why I way 400 pounds! Dang. Where were you when I needed you?</strong> Well, I don’t count, but I do the reward thing. If you pay bills, you can read for 30 minutes. If you take a walk, you can blog hop for 20 minutes before you get start working. Etc.

I need to come up with a reward system for decluttering my house. If I use chocolate, I’d be 400lbs before the house is decluttered…

:lol: So THAT”S why I way 400 pounds! Dang. Where were you when I needed you?

]]> By: Jessica The Rock Chick http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8708 Jessica The Rock Chick Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:09:18 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8708 I do a lot of counting like that, too! I always have. I'm thinking a lot of people do. I don't think the way you are using your counting rituals is at all compulsive! Then again, what do I know? I am the queen of anxiety disorders :) Seriously, though, growing up I had a friend with OCD. I really don't think back then that people or even doctors recognized how disabling some of these things can be. His just kept accelerating and by the time we had finished college, he couldn't even keep a job because all of his compulsions completely interfered with him getting any work done at all. Fortunately, he found a good doctor and the right meds and he is doing well now! <strong>I've never actually encountered anyone with OCD (to my knowledge) and probably wouldn't recognize the symptoms unless they were really extreme. I know my counting isn't all that bad, but it is kinda scary to think that one thing could lead to another. Start with one little symptom and then pick up another habit. Heck, I could be Monk before it's done.</strong> I do a lot of counting like that, too! I always have. I’m thinking a lot of people do.

I don’t think the way you are using your counting rituals is at all compulsive! Then again, what do I know? I am the queen of anxiety disorders :)

Seriously, though, growing up I had a friend with OCD. I really don’t think back then that people or even doctors recognized how disabling some of these things can be. His just kept accelerating and by the time we had finished college, he couldn’t even keep a job because all of his compulsions completely interfered with him getting any work done at all. Fortunately, he found a good doctor and the right meds and he is doing well now!

I’ve never actually encountered anyone with OCD (to my knowledge) and probably wouldn’t recognize the symptoms unless they were really extreme. I know my counting isn’t all that bad, but it is kinda scary to think that one thing could lead to another. Start with one little symptom and then pick up another habit. Heck, I could be Monk before it’s done.

]]> By: Freelance Guru http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8706 Freelance Guru Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:48:59 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8706 I have to meditate for ten minute blocks. No more, no less. It's just about the right time to chill out for. And my meditation track only lasts that long. <strong>I was going to ask you how you counted the time while you meditated...but if you are listening to a meditation tape, that explains it. So, how's that meditation working for you? :lol: I love the new blog!</strong> I have to meditate for ten minute blocks. No more, no less. It’s just about the right time to chill out for. And my meditation track only lasts that long.

I was going to ask you how you counted the time while you meditated…but if you are listening to a meditation tape, that explains it. So, how’s that meditation working for you? :lol: I love the new blog!

]]> By: susiej http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8703 susiej Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8703 You are so funny. I have to keep lists -- but then I forget to do that -- but only with a list can I accomplish anything. <strong>YOU get everything done. You can't fool me. And, I don't know how you do it with the kids so little. If I had half your energy...oh, heck, thinking about it makes me need a nap.:grin:</strong> You are so funny. I have to keep lists — but then I forget to do that — but only with a list can I accomplish anything.

YOU get everything done. You can’t fool me. And, I don’t know how you do it with the kids so little. If I had half your energy…oh, heck, thinking about it makes me need a nap.:grin:

]]> By: Damien Riley http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8702 Damien Riley Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:18:32 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8702 Oh, and if it was 349 words, wouldn't that just bug ya!!! We have a Nordic Trac Treadmill and I usually stop before I get to my goal. It just feels more satisfying that way. I think I have the lazy carefree Winnie the Pooh disorder, at least that's what my wife tells me. I saw a video on OCD once and there was a guy who literally washed his knuckles to the bone. Poor folks. <strong>I'd be able to get to 550 with no problem, Damien. I just can't shut up. Winnie the Pooh disorder! I like that. I've never heard of it being diagnosed before!</strong> Oh, and if it was 349 words, wouldn’t that just bug ya!!!

We have a Nordic Trac Treadmill and I usually stop before I get to my goal. It just feels more satisfying that way. I think I have the lazy carefree Winnie the Pooh disorder, at least that’s what my wife tells me.

I saw a video on OCD once and there was a guy who literally washed his knuckles to the bone. Poor folks.

I’d be able to get to 550 with no problem, Damien. I just can’t shut up. Winnie the Pooh disorder! I like that. I’ve never heard of it being diagnosed before!

]]> By: Frigga http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8700 Frigga Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:53:24 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8700 Haha, that was a very interesting post! I do the counting thing too, just not to the extent you do. Also, I do a lot of counting just for the fun of counting - I think I just have a fondness for patterns. I definitely have OCD in some regards, but not ever to the point of being debilitating. Of course, my niece did find it odd I would stop in the rain to pick up a penny, becauase walking past a penny on heads without picking it up leaves me feeling distressed. <strong>Hey, I'm with you on the picking up pennies, Sister! I do that, too. Even if it's tails. Every penny counts...not much, but it counts :lol: Haha, that was a very interesting post! I do the counting thing too, just not to the extent you do. Also, I do a lot of counting just for the fun of counting – I think I just have a fondness for patterns. I definitely have OCD in some regards, but not ever to the point of being debilitating. Of course, my niece did find it odd I would stop in the rain to pick up a penny, becauase walking past a penny on heads without picking it up leaves me feeling distressed.

Hey, I’m with you on the picking up pennies, Sister! I do that, too. Even if it’s tails. Every penny counts…not much, but it counts :lol:

]]> By: Derek Wong http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/comment-page-1/#comment-8699 Derek Wong Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:39:00 +0000 http://thiseclecticlife.com/2008/02/29/no-more-no-less/#comment-8699 You know I realized that you're not responding to each comment like you did awhile back. That's too bad, I quite enjoyed it. (But I understand, it must take a lot of extra time!) Haha I like doing the same (goal/reward) system for things that I don't like to do. Like cleaning. Although, now that I think about it things haven't been as bad because I listen to music while I do those mundane things (as I wrote in <a href="http://www.goingthewongway.com/2007/12/19/music-remedies-menial-tasks/" rel="nofollow">Music Remedies Menial Tasks</a>). <strong>Hey Derek, Share A Square and real life kinda got in the way of being able to do much blogging at all. Yep, that reward system is sometimes the only way to get things done at my house, too. I'm so glad I got Pandora radio, cause I can listen to music non-stop. Have you tried that? I have a link to my station on the sidebar...way far right.</strong> You know I realized that you’re not responding to each comment like you did awhile back. That’s too bad, I quite enjoyed it. (But I understand, it must take a lot of extra time!)

Haha I like doing the same (goal/reward) system for things that I don’t like to do. Like cleaning. Although, now that I think about it things haven’t been as bad because I listen to music while I do those mundane things (as I wrote in Music Remedies Menial Tasks).

Hey Derek, Share A Square and real life kinda got in the way of being able to do much blogging at all. Yep, that reward system is sometimes the only way to get things done at my house, too. I’m so glad I got Pandora radio, cause I can listen to music non-stop. Have you tried that? I have a link to my station on the sidebar…way far right.

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