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Pre-Quit Day 5: It's All About Consistency!

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    A wise person once told me Consistency is key! That person was right because consistency will get you there. It might take a lot of time but eventually, you'll be able to get there. You're probably asking yourself but, she's writing about all of the times she's failed. Why is she qualified to tell us how to quit smoking if she hasn't been able to quit smoking? I'm not qualified, that's the truth. However, I'm trying to be consistent with this final quit. That's what I'm trying to do. Now that I'm 2 days away from my quit day, it's all hands on deck. This means I'm going to be consistent and I am going to make sure this sticks this time. Pre-Quit Day 5: It's All About Consistency!     How am I being consistent with my quit? The answer to this is I'm treating myself as a person who doesn't want to smoke. I usually treat myself as a person who smokes, and during the last couple of quit attempts, I never kept at it. Today,...

Pre-Quit Day 4: Getting Closer, and Feeling Proud of Myself!

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      These Pre-Quit Days have been going quickly. I'm super surprised that the days have passed by like this. I know that when you're having fun the days go by very quickly but, I wasn't expecting the days to go quick. They would go by slowly. However, I'm making the last attempt at quitting fun. I'm getting closer, and I am confident that I can do this. Especially, with the tools I have in my toolkit. Pre-Quit Day 4: Getting Closer,  and Feeling Proud of Myself!     With everything that I've learned in regards to quitting cigarettes. I'm becoming confident that I can do this. I think that in the last couple of attempts, I didn't really learn so much from them because I wasn't being consistent with them. I would always put myself down for having "just one", and this time I won't let myself have "just one" after the date and time in which I have told myself I wouldn't smoke.     Today I want to focus on getting ready for t...