As I mentioned before, I’m quitting smoking. You can read all about my method in the earlier post on the matter, so suffice it to say that I’ve put myself on a smoking schedule.
Before, I would smoke essentially when I got bored. That means I might go 3 hours without a cigarette, or I might smoke 3 in an hour. Now, I have a minimum time between cigarettes.
Last week, that time was an hour. It was fine, really. I only really noticed it when I got bored - other than that, I would often let myself go beyond the hour if I was wrapped up in something.
This week, I’m bumping it up to 1:15 between smoke breaks. While it may not seem like much, it’s 4 fewer cigarettes a day.
As for my primary reason for quitting (money), I estimate that I saved $7.50 this week. That’s based on 26 cigarettes a day (a fairly educated guess - I never counted) at 15 cents a cigarette. This week I was down 16 cigarettes a day. Next week it will be 12.
And yes, that means I’ll be smoking half as much. I can’t wait.
I really wish I had kept track of how much I smoked before I started my program. I was scared to know exactly how much of my money I was burning up a day, I guess. It’s easier to just buy a carton every once in a while than to lay out the cash every day.
Well, wish me luck.
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In your calculations of how much you’ve saved, you forgot to add in how many extra I smoked to pick up your slack.
Good luck! You quitter. :)
Posted 04 Jul 2008 at 12:26 am ¶Actually, that doesn’t count as an expense, as I’m bout to take it out yo ass.
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