Too much of a "good" thing.

Eggnog: the official flavor of the holidays. It is something that I look forward to every year. Now that it's back on the shelves I gave in and bought myself a carton yesterday. It didn't last the night. I drank the entire carton and later that night it attacked my insides like a family of raccoons. I didn't get any sleep that night because of it and all today I was out of sorts. It wasn't a fun experience and I'm still feeling the effects of it but unfortunately that won't be enough to stop me from buying it again. There are several reasons that make eggnog so special, the main one is the fact that 'they' keep it seasonal. When something good has restrictions put on it that we don't understand our desire for these things becomes stronger. The thing doesn't change but subconsciously our opinion of that thing is altered and the excitement we get when we can get our hands on it, although irrational, becomes very real. This can sometimes inspire a lack of composure and some self-destructive behaviors. Now eggnog is a relatively harmless thing but there are other things out there that when restrictions are lifted society destroys itself. It doesn't even have to be a restriction that is out of our control like laws or unavailability, it can even be restrictions that we make for ourselves. We find enough justification in a circumstance to override our commonsense and switch off our guilt machine. 'Ya I know I promised the New Year I wouldn't but it's a holiday so I'm sure it'll understand.'

Justification is such a silly concept and yet it claims the lives of countless commitments every day. It is a meaningless, contrived fabrication we use to excuse ourselves from duty, personal goals, or success. We shouldn't let it get in our way of happiness or at least some sleep. I'm rambling so I'll wrap up. There are two morals to this story: The first is go easy on the eggnog and the second is if you want people to like you more keep yourself seasonal.