Inertia

Time for a science lesson!

Wikipedia defines inertia as the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion. Webster's defines it as a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.

Huh?

In other words, an object that is standing still wants to stay still. And an object in motion wants to stay in motion.

An object will maintain its inertia until acted upon by another force.

Huh?

In other words, if an object is moving, it'll keep moving until something makes it stop... like gravity. Or friction. And if it is not moving, it'll stand still until something makes it move. Like being pushed or kicked.

And objects resist changes in their inertia. Which is why I can't push our TV stand. I don't have enough force to get it moving. (That and the friction of the carpet.)

Anyway... enough of the science lesson. The reason I bring it up is that this is one of my primary problems. Inertia. I get stuck in ruts often, and find it difficult to change course. For example, I LOVE my evening snack, even though I don't need it, am not hungry, and am actually making myself FAT because of it. But I always have an evening snack, so... I also find that once I am doing something (cleaning, working, whatever) I enjoy it and want to keep going until it's completely done. But it's getting started that poses the big problem.

This being said, I am making an effort to change some of my inertia. I have decreased the size of my evening snack, and have added some exercise (Wii Fit, yay!) I took the kids and went to church last Sunday, and plan to continue. And I'm using this blog to sort out my brain a little bit, so that I stop feeling pressed.

Not bad, as far as efforts go.