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
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