Stopped Smoking
2007/10/28 filed under /personalIt's been a while since my last post and there are really three reasons for this:
- I've started blogging for GeekBlok
- I've been quite busy with school (yeah, I study ... again)
- I've stopped smoking
The last reason may seem odd, but beating the habit seems to have major effects on my moods (sorry San and the guys at work!). It's making me cranky fairly cranky, which makes me feel less like filling this blog.
For some reason, when you stop smoking, people immediately ask you one question: "Why do you quit?"
Ok, I can see that there can be multiple things pushing you this way, but it's really quite simple. Smoking seems to be fairly bad for your health! C'mon, even smokers know it ;-)
But the real question usually means: "what triggered you to do it now?"
Well, recently, the bad health effects of smoking came very close. Friends and family... I see the negative effects coming closer and closer. So yeah, that's the biggest trigger. As for motivation, health and money are the main reasons.
After some small calculations, I found out that I can pay for a three week vacation to Indonesia if I quit for a year. But since that is too far away to directly motivate me, I'm taking smaller chunks.
I have quit for two weeks now and have saved the money I usually spend on smokes. Today I decided to spend one week's worth of it to a new headset, the Sennheiser HD 457
Can't wait for it to arrive! :-)
