annoyed at the/my/this "Journey"

On my profile I call it a safari.

So, yeah, I clearly dislike the word "journey." But you're right; this is a change. Can I go on an eternal safari?

Unless you look at it as the journey to death. I look at it as "my journey". Then again, I've never worried about annoying folks. :drinker:

I can see where you're coming from! But maybe the "journey" isn't just about losing weight, but a process where we discover how we became overweight... And it's not always as simple as too many cals in/not enough out. Some people eat for emotional comfort or out of boredom, some people are afraid to try to lose weight for fear of failing at something... I know I've learned a lot about myself lately so maybe I'm on my own journey to become more self-aware.

Or maybe I'm just rambling and need to go eat some lunch

Perhaps I am being too semantic about this...but the use of the phrase the/my/this "Journey" annoys the ever loving crap out of me.

To me journey sounds temporary. It is a cutesy way of saying "I am going to do this thing until some point in time when it is over and I have to go back to real life" In other words the last 20 years I spent going on and off "journeys" to improve my health and life. Call it what is is....change. You change for the good or bad...hopefully we are doing it for the good.

/end rant for the day.

Awwwwww...here :flowerforyou: or maybe you'd prefer this instead: :drinker:

I LOVE using the term "journey" for my new lifestyle change...I use it interchangeably with "adventure". When I think of and use the term "journey and/or adventure...I think of something tough, rugged "trip" (as in you're tripping type of trip to me), something difficult and long (as in lifetime long) that most may not understand or something I must experience alone really. Also, something that has highs and lows--not "static"--with highs and lows and everything in-between experience. I see as as a long-haul type of thing and using the term "journey" helps me to feel courageous and brave. My definition of "journey is the same (or close to) the dictionary's defintion(s):

jour·ney
   [jur-nee] Show IPA noun, plural jour·neys, verb, jour·neyed, jour·ney·ing.
noun
1.
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
2.
a distance, course, or area traveled or suitable for traveling: a desert journey.
3.
a period of travel: a week's journey.
4.
passage or progress from one stage to another: the journey to success.

Sorry it bugs you though...I hope you'll feel better soon

I think that life itself "is* a journey. And it is temporary. In the grand scheme of things, we are not on this earth for very long.

I say call it what you like. to me to "go on a diet" means the exact same thing as journey does to you. I am not on a diet I have changed my lifestyle. This is the way I will eat for the rest of my life. It is so different for everyone. Whatever you call it if it works for your that is AWESOME! Best wishes.

Perhaps I am being too semantic about this...but the use of the phrase the/my/this "Journey" annoys the ever loving crap out of me.

To me journey sounds temporary. It is a cutesy way of saying "I am going to do this thing until some point in time when it is over and I have to go back to real life" In other words the last 20 years I spent going on and off "journeys" to improve my health and life. Call it what is is....change. You change for the good or bad...hopefully we are doing it for the good.

/end rant for the day.

I'm not sure if I've used journey to describe what I'm doing, but I think it would be an apt description. A journey is how you get from one place to another. I'm going from being an overweight, unhealthy person to a thinner, healthier version of myself. If it were temporary, it would be more like a vacation, where I would visit healthyness temporarily, but then return to the unhealthy version of myself. I'm not vacationing, I'm journeying.

I don't think I use the word journey, but if I do, it's more of a "life's a journey, not a destination" way of thinking. And I'm going to make detours and pit stops along the way.

Also, I hate Journey, as well as all the travel-themed buttrock bands. Asia, Foreigner, Chicago, Boston, Europe, Kansas, etc. My dyslexia wants to include Toto, because they did that godawful "Africa" song.

I don't mind it because I think of it as a journey toward a final destination. "Journey" implies never really knowing what awaits, learning from your mistakes, trying something new, taking a dfiferent path, climbing hills, traveling through easy portions, etc. I don't use the word, myself, but I don't mind when others do.

You know which word makes me want to hurl, though?

Onederland.

Ugh. It's way too cutesy and overused.

Sometimes I want to publicly rant about insignificant things that don't affect my daily life in any way either.

Then I remember stuff like 8 million homes and businesses are without power on the east coast. Some of those people don't even have food or shelter.

Then I ask myself - does it ****ing matter? If the answer is "no" then I keep it to my immediate friends and family. You're allowed to have pet peeves, that's cool. But I'm sure a lot of people wish they had your life where the biggest issue is a matter of semantics.

However, for the record, many words have multiple definitions and can be used in many different contexts. Just because it doesn't fit the one that you have decided is correct, doesn't mean everyone else is wrong.

Journey - Its not like you are going into Mordor to destroy 'the one ring' in the fires of Mt. Doom. Its a freaking diet.

someday love will find you.

Journey - Its not like you are going into Mordor to destroy 'the one ring' in the fires of Mt. Doom. Its a freaking diet.

I just spit laughed.

Great! Now I've got "Don't Stop Believing" in my head! LOL.