My Habits – Good and Bad (page 50) – due 19 October 2008
Obsessions & Addictions (page51) – due 19 October 2008
This lesson is about the things we may try to hide, but are a part of us so we really do need to embrace them in some way to learn to live with them or to give them up if that is what we want.
Please don’t get too hung up on the difference between these two pages, but don’t forget that there is a real difference. An addiction is something you are addicted to and cannot exist without or give up. An obsession is something that continually occupies your mind, like a habit but you actually are thinking about it. A habit is something you do out of habit without thinking about it because you do it all the time, like leaving your shoes in the bathroom or parking your car in the same place each day.
Definitions:
Addict: a person who does or uses something that he or she cannot give up
Obsess: occupy a person’s thoughts continually
Habit: something that you do without thinking because you have done it so often
Don’t forget to use photographs on each page and make good use of hidden journaling for any information that you feel is too sensitive or personal for the eyes of others.
Try not to get too obsessed with the topic and the fine-line differences between the three headings and remember to enjoy yourself when making these pages. This is just another part of the story that makes you who you are.
If you have conquered an obsession or addiction in the past remember to include that on your page, because it is not just about you now it is your past as well.
Tips and Hints for completing your book:
* Keep collecting/copying every photograph with you in it
* Don’t have any or many photographs of yourself….Take some! Take lots!
* Get a notebook or cheap exercise book and write down anything about yourself as it comes to you
* Use stuff you love (scrapbooking supplies)
* This is a good opportunity to use up your stash
* You could use your favourite colour scheme
* Try something different on every page
* Experiment on every page
* Use your own handwriting
* Scraplift if all if you want
* Be honest
* Use your own style of scrapbooking or try something a bit different
* Do the pages as simple or as elaborate as you choose
* Use hidden journaling to conceal sensitive or personal information
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