subject: How You Reward Your Stop Smoking Plan [print this page] For people who have finally made the momentous decision you will be planning to stop smoking and now have set a day so you can kick off this grand adventure, let's make sure that it works. Setting a date is only a very small section of the programme of course and you have to have a plan in place that will help you whilst you move ahead.
Don't forget, above all else that the journey of 1000 miles starts off with a simple and single step. Look at every morning being an achievement and understand that you're one step closer to your ultimate goal of stopping smoking.
Through taking this entire journey step-by-step you will find it a lot easier and many people advocate that you can give yourself some sort of a treat for a reward when you get to a particular benchmarks along this road. If you're fully mindful of the financial price of smoking and exactly how it may happen to be depriving you of a lot of things during years gone by, it's a great idea to put the cash aside you are saving through not smoking and to physically spend that money at a specified period in the future as a reward for not using it to acquire cigarettes.
It doesn't take very long to add up just how much smoking costs you in financial terms. It's a very expensive habit these days in particular because the government appears to apply so much taxation. Just imagine if you were able to have a fantastic, high-quality dinner out with your loved one at one of your favourite restaurants a month or so from now, as a reward for one's efforts?
Did you know that you can get an App for your iPhone or another device these days which can show you how much money you have saved on a rolling basis, together with the volume of chemicals that you have avoided by not smoking? This is a great App to have and another tool that will help you understand just how foolish you have been and how sensible you are right now.
Of course the financial facet of your effort to quit smoking is only part of the battle. You're going to find that you have a much more active and enjoyable social life and will not be ostracised so much as you may have been in the past by the more than 75% of your own friends and acquaintances who do not smoke. You'll see that you are transitioning into a bigger part of society and won't feel out of place in an increasing number of public places, simply because you're unable to "light up" when you want to.
Stand in the mirror and practice saying "sorry, I'm a non-smoker." You should get very used to saying this and whenever you are confronted by a situation where other smokers are around you, be prepared to say firmly but politely that you won't be joining them, not now and not ever.
