Have you ever wanted to do something, but you thought no?

I have, and I do it quite often.

Let’s just say I don’t have great willpower. I say that because 10 weeks ago I was shopping for Christmas decorations with my kids, and we bought a gigantic wooden advent calendar with all the sliding drawers for gifts to put in each one for the month.

When we got that, I thought wouldn’t it be great to have little chocolates to put in each drawer, so I decided to grab one of those big mixed boxes of sweets. It has a few dozen little parcels of greatness wrapped up in the box and since September the box has been sitting in my pantry ready for December.

Thing is I haven’t touched it. I haven’t eaten any. I haven’t even opened the box at all in all this time. In some ways it’s been a test for me to test my willpower because normally, if food is in front of me, I’ll eat it. Simple.

This time however I haven’t. It’s still there staring at me each time I open the door and grab the rice and mixed herbs, but chocolate is a no go.

Should I be proud? I reckon yes.

So, the thing is, two weeks ago I volunteered some afternoon time on a Sunday to help out a bunch of young musicians at their end of year gathering and I was given the same box of chocolates as a gift to say thanks for your time. Alex, I thank you for this, but since then, I’ve had that box on my desk, staring me in the face every day and I again have not touched it, let alone opened it at all.

I reckon I need a medal.

Rewind to winter and I would have smashed those boxes in a couple of days and felt guilty for doing it afterwards, but now having this test of two boxes of chocolate gifts is both torture, and pleasure at the same time.

In saying all this, I want you to know, if you’re heading up to Mt P tomorrow to do some Christmas shopping, and a box of chocolates stares at you from the end of the aisle, smile and walk away. You don’t need it.

Your belly will thank you for it later, and I guarantee your bank balance will as well.

On that note, I’m off to watch YouTube clips of the Cadbury factory in the UK and dream a little. Perhaps even drool.

Have fun, Rob.

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