Inescapable Truth #1 “Don’t Be Stupid”

Don’t Be Stupid!

I am the king of the self-improvement project. I have been known to spend days planning out how I’m going to improve my life. Quit smoking. Lose 50 pounds. Start working out. Become like a young Adonis. Learn to fly a plane. Learn to play the guitar. All in the next 2 weeks.

Sometimes I achieve my goals. Sometimes I fail.

When it comes to smoking… don’t be stupid.

Don’t try to quit smoking as part of some overall gigantic self improvement scheme.

IT WILL NOT WORK.

Because.

You’re putting too much pressure on yourself, and pressure will make you go back to smoking.

Make smoking the ONLY thing on your agenda.

Wait till some other time to lose weight, or change jobs, or take a new lover, or start that new diet, or whatever. Stop assuming there is room in your schedule for all of that and quitting smoking too. There isn’t.

Focus.

Make quitting your top priority… and NOTHING ELSE thank you.

Trying to quit smoking and improve yourself in other ways is stupid. It’s going to take every ounce of your willpower and concentration to get through quitting. Don’t use precious mental and psychological resources trying to do others things.