I can't believe I'm now writing this post over a year on since I quit smoking, and yes, not 1 nicotine saturated, life shortening, bad smelling, lung destroying cigarette has passed my lips in that time, and do I miss it???
NO!
So a few little updates, after six months I got an awesome tattoo for my #quitversary (mentioned in my previous post all those months ago) which are angel fish, based on a picture of metal wall art that I found on the net. The colours are brilliant, and it looks gorgeous (or at least I think so, which is the main thing)! I look at it now and I think that this is a mark of my achievement, and decision to quit smoking, so it definitely serves its purpose!
For my one year I splashed out a little on a PS3, multi purpose gaming and Blu-ray player - though I still need a half way decent TV to justify this!
The Physical benefits are fantastic too. I no longer feel out of breath at the thought of going up stairs. I've been able to settle in (fairly) easily to life doing rehearsals for a musical, salsa, and rock & roll dancing. I've noticed that my taste buds have fully recovered, and can taste individual flavours in so many dishes that would have all blended in to one not so long ago!
All in all, I feel bloomin' proud of myself. It's such a positive thing, and it has been a life changing thing - for the better!
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
The 6 Month Big Leap!
Well, this is it folks - 2 weeks time it'll be a full six months, yes a whole 'half a year' since I quit smoking.
I survived Christmas, and going out with friends with ease. I survived new years fantastically - mainly due to the fact I was in bed with the flu, to start afresh my first year as a non smoker in about 11 years.
Now I find myself having to make a relatively life-altering decision, at least aesthetically speaking. I have always wanted a tattoo, but have never really known what to get - I've used this as an excuse for years not to actually take the plunge and get one done, or (if I'm honest) even sit down and seriously consider what it is I do want. I decided that, at 6 months of quitting smoking, that I'd get a tattoo as a sort of 'congratulatory' quitversary present. Now, I could renege on this and think of something else to do - but as I've had this idea for months, it would just be another way of putting it off, and the likelihood of me finally getting a tattoo at all would plummet.
The reason I want to get a tattoo in relation to my quitting of smoking is fairly simple. In a word, it's PERMANENCY. I will have this tattoo for the rest of my life, and so, every time I look at it, it will remind me of the permanency of my decision to quit smoking. Sounds cheesy I know, but it makes me feel proud of my achievement and will serve a lasting remind of it.
Now the only remaining decision is what to get!
STx
I survived Christmas, and going out with friends with ease. I survived new years fantastically - mainly due to the fact I was in bed with the flu, to start afresh my first year as a non smoker in about 11 years.
Now I find myself having to make a relatively life-altering decision, at least aesthetically speaking. I have always wanted a tattoo, but have never really known what to get - I've used this as an excuse for years not to actually take the plunge and get one done, or (if I'm honest) even sit down and seriously consider what it is I do want. I decided that, at 6 months of quitting smoking, that I'd get a tattoo as a sort of 'congratulatory' quitversary present. Now, I could renege on this and think of something else to do - but as I've had this idea for months, it would just be another way of putting it off, and the likelihood of me finally getting a tattoo at all would plummet.
The reason I want to get a tattoo in relation to my quitting of smoking is fairly simple. In a word, it's PERMANENCY. I will have this tattoo for the rest of my life, and so, every time I look at it, it will remind me of the permanency of my decision to quit smoking. Sounds cheesy I know, but it makes me feel proud of my achievement and will serve a lasting remind of it.
Now the only remaining decision is what to get!
STx
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