In reference to the quote that is in my signature, I have recently been thinking about ways that I live like a caterpillar, and what living like a butterfly would look like.
Caterpillar: hit the couch upon arriving back at home in the evening, and not moving from there except to fetch food.
Butterfly: putter around the house doing bits of chores AFTER having hit the gym on the way home from work.
Caterpillar: let food just "happen", no planning ahead and no recording.
Butterfly: always has a plan A and plan B, and is fully conscious of their food/eating decisions.
Caterpillar: refuses to measure or count, just eats when and how much they want.
Butterfly: measures and counts, and is conscious of when they need fuel.
Caterpillar: lets life itself just "happen" to them.
Butterfly: accepts responsibility and takes an active role in their life.
Caterpillar: uses food for EVERYTHING--entertainment, relaxation, friendship, love, anger management, comfort, celebration...
Butterfly: uses food for fuel. Period.
Catterpillar: lets other people determine how they feel and how they cope with their lives.
Butterfly: manages their emotions and retains their autonomy over their lives.
What about you? What's your 'catterpillar' action, and what's the 'butterfly' alternative?
Giving up being a caterpillar
My avatar is actually my own stylizing of Picasso's butterfly sketch, that I'm going to get as a tattoo at some point after I reach goal. I really think of myself metamorphosing into a butterfly. I love the idea that caterpillars go through **** to become something beautiful, and I have the proverb, "just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly" on a mug, a magnet, a journal, AND a necklace! 
