I recently read the book The 80/20 Principle. We've all heard the idea of the 80/20 principle--that 80% of results come from 20% of the effort. The book delved deeper into it and asked a lot of great introspective questions.
Since reading it, I have been looking at areas in my life that I would like to improve and trying to find ways to apply the 80/20 principle to that area.
One idea that I've had that I'm vey excited about is health. I feel like I have the knowledge and means to eat healthy, but often I fall short of what I would like to do. Food is complicated and I've been trying to look at the deeper issues (like my relationship with food and my history with it).
One thing that came to mind as I was considering food in regards to the 80/20 rule is candy.
I have a sweet tooth and I love treats. I also am an all-or-nothing person, so it's hard for me to find balance by saying I'll only eat a certain amount of treats. But I'm also not wanting to just never have sugar (and I'm not sure I ever will).
Candy, though, feels like the 80/20 rule to me. It's really easy to eat a lot of candy, and candy has a lot of sugar, a lot of carbs, and sometimes a lot of calories with pretty much no nutritional value. It also doesn't fill me up at all when I eat it. And, most of the time after I eat candy, it wasn't nearly as good as I thought it was going to be. It just doesn't feel worth it to me.
There have been times in Ben's life when he wasn't eating candy. I went to him and asked if he would want to do go off candy with me and he was fine with that. The one exception we have (because this is totally worth it to me) is when our friend Liselotte sends us Norwegian chocolate for Christmas--we will totally eat that 😆
I'm really excited because it feels like a big step forward for me, one that feels very sustainable. It's a small change that will bring a lot of great results to my life.
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