Rein in your unhealthy celebrity obsession
Do you find yourself fixating on the stars to a harmful degree? Are your weekly tabloid purchases cutting into your food budget? Do you base your outfits and wardrobe pieces on critiques by the Fashion Police and "Who Wore it Best"? Do you devote more time to thinking about J.Lo's marriage than your own? Follow our 12-step program and nip your celeb addiction in the bud this year.
Admit that you are powerless over celebrity obsession-that your life has become unmanageable due to reading too many blogs, watching too much "Access Hollywood" and endless stacks of US Weekly back issues.
Remind yourself that they are real people and shouldn't be looked at as higher beings. In the scheme of things they're completely insignificant.
Make a decision to cut back on your pop culture intake. Seriously.
Take inventory of all the tabloids you read, all the blogs you visit daily, and all the celebrity-driven television you watch.
Time yourself doing each activity and admit that, OK, maybe it's a problem.
Don't get caught up in or take sides in celebrity feuds. Team Brangelina, Team Aniston, who cares? If you free up some space in your brain instead of focusing on celebs, you're on the real winning team.
Stop buying tabloids on the newsstands. Affordable subscriptions only.
Make a list of all the things you've been trying to accomplish (seeling things on eBay, more time playing with your kids, taking an art class, redecorating your bedroom) but said you didn't have time for.
Use the same amount of time you devoted to your pop culture with your real life friends and family doing fun and productive activities and accomplishing personal goals.
Continue to take personal inventory of your celebrity obsession and when you relapse into old habits, promptly stop reading, watching, or think about something not celebrity related.
Recognize that you really don't need all these things. Designate one hour per day to your celebrity fixation tops.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, carry this message to others with celebrity addiction, and promise to obey all these rules in 2009.
