So, today is the day!
...that I begin my first attempt in years to give up smoking!
There are many reasons for this (in no particular order of importance):
1) It'll be cheaper
2) It's bad for me to smoke
3) If you're going to give up things that are bad for you you may as well do more than one at a time! Like ripping off a plaster rather than taking it slowly, hair-by-hair...
4) If I'm going to be out of sorts anyway I may as well give myself some variety in the reasons for it!
5) I'm convinced there must be a silver lining...
6) It's something that is only my choice to make
If I think of more reasons I shall try and add them here, mostly as a reminder to myself.
However, I am not totally banning myself from having a cigarette, as making something forbidden apparently doesn't help me at all. And for the moment I shall continue to have the most important ones to me - the first-thing-in-the-morning one, and the way-home-from-work one! However, I have only had one so far today where it would normally be three already, so not off to a bad start. I'm actually quite hopeful about this, and I feel (hope?) that posting it on LJ will give me some degree of accountablility and therefore extra incentive should I need it. Any encouragement from my wise LJ friends never goes amiss either... ;o)
Watch this space.....and wish me luck!
There are many reasons for this (in no particular order of importance):
1) It'll be cheaper
2) It's bad for me to smoke
3) If you're going to give up things that are bad for you you may as well do more than one at a time! Like ripping off a plaster rather than taking it slowly, hair-by-hair...
4) If I'm going to be out of sorts anyway I may as well give myself some variety in the reasons for it!
5) I'm convinced there must be a silver lining...
6) It's something that is only my choice to make
If I think of more reasons I shall try and add them here, mostly as a reminder to myself.
However, I am not totally banning myself from having a cigarette, as making something forbidden apparently doesn't help me at all. And for the moment I shall continue to have the most important ones to me - the first-thing-in-the-morning one, and the way-home-from-work one! However, I have only had one so far today where it would normally be three already, so not off to a bad start. I'm actually quite hopeful about this, and I feel (hope?) that posting it on LJ will give me some degree of accountablility and therefore extra incentive should I need it. Any encouragement from my wise LJ friends never goes amiss either... ;o)
Watch this space.....and wish me luck!