Assumptions...

All day long I assume.  I assume that if I don't get up in time I will miss a meeting or traffic will be heavy.  I assume if I don't exercise I will be dragging since I didn't give myself enough 'me time'. About that- I only allow myself to watch my favorite shows on Netflix when I'm at the gym.  So if I don't go to the gym I miss out on that 'me time'.  Other assumptions- when someone cancels on a date with me I assume they don't like me instead of sick like they said they were.  That turns my assume into 'making an ass of me'.  So these days I'm working on noticing when I assume.  Super tricky stuff that noticing thing.  Noticing requires just that...noticing.  No assumptions on the assumptions!  No judgements.  Also no eating while noticing.  Noticing requires full focus.  Eat requires full focus too but that's for another blog.

Don't get me wrong.  Assumptions are valuable.  Like when I assume I will get hit by a car if I step off the curb at a red light.  But I am noticing often that assumptions can be dangerous.  Like a wise friend told me 'Assumptions can help you get to conclusions.  Assumptions can also help you jump to conclusions'.  It's that jumping thing I want to do less of.  So I have started more noticing.  Will noticing help me rewire my brain for success?  I'm not sure.  However I do know I feel more conscious when I notice and I feel more self-aware.  This awareness is the reminder I give myself so I don't beat myself up for making assumptions.  Beating myself up.  Yeah that's another blog,,,or 10.