fast thinking

For lent I gave up
~anonymous

They say to starve a fever and feed a cold, but I think we should starve any disease that wants to consume us. That includes addiction and any and all thoughts that lead to addiction. It also includes other diseases like anorexia, anxiety and OCD and all thoughts leading to them. Starve them before they starve you. 

Fast on ideas rather than things so as not to allow your own thoughts to consume you. This is after all the purpose of fasting, isn't it? Freedom, not weight loss or a buff physique*.

*The popular "intermittent fast" may actually feed addiction by indulging restrict-binge cycles that reinforce craving rather than freedom.