I’m currently obsessing over this movie that I keep on seeing on HBO these days; it’s called ’28 Days’ and I’m pretty sure that since it was filmed circa 2000, anybody who’s anybody has seen or heard of this movie.  I remember seeing it before, I just couldn’t remember where or when, or why, for that matter.  I remember snippets of the film but specific details like who the leading man was or how it ended faded away. 

It’s a movie about being in a rehabilitation center, thus the title.  Apparently 28 days is the minimum time for anybody to spend in rehab to kick whatever vice he or she have.  Personally I believe that it only takes two weeks.  I once read from somewhere that if you do a particular thing everyday for two weeks, you’ll be doing it for the rest of your life.  I have no scientific proof of this though.

I enjoyed the movie for several reasons; for one thing, Viggo Mortensen was in it and for another, Sandra Bullock starred in this.  But mainly I liked the approach the filmmakers took.  It totally rocked the 90’s vibe and I loved it. 

Anyway this entry was not meant to be a review.  I just wanted to tackle on the topic of change, and just how one is supposed to go about it.  In school we learned how the body metabolizes alcohol and what happens to an alcoholic when he’s in withdrawal but we never really learn how he (the alcoholic) stays sober.  It’s just sort of implied that self-help groups like Alcoholics’ Anonymous would take care of that step.  We in the medical field just had to make sure that the addict stays alive long enough to be able to change.

So it really amuses me to know that I do, somehow, have a solid grasp on the concept of change—be it for the good or the bad.  The key is to admit that you need to change.  Something must happen, something so big that it’ll propel you to move off your lazy ass, actually go out there and try to do those steps that’ll be for the betterment of your person. 

But before you embark on the change, you must first meditate deeply on the steps that you have to take.  Life isn’t easy; there will be roadblocks.  You can’t just leave it to fate and say ‘I’ll cross that bridge when I get there’ because chances are, when you get there, you won’t be in the right mindset to stick to your plan.

And personally I believe that taking baby steps is actually beneficial.  Sure, it might end up eating a lot of your time but in the end it’ll work in your favor.  I mean, if you, with all your enthusiasm and excitement, push yourself too hard for that first mile that you end up exhausted for the following legs.  Then you start making up excuses and quit.

Its all happened to us before. 

But now, because of God’s grace and sheer force of will, I’ve now taken on the gigantic task of improving myself.  Not that I wasn’t happy with who I am but I now realize that there’re a lot of things in my life that I can control and change for the better.

For one thing this marks the eighth week of my getting up early, the third week of my blogging everyday and the second of my praying the Holy Rosary daily. 

Baby steps.  And once the actual habit is ingrained in my system, it’ll be a cinch.   Wish me luck 🙂