This week

It’s been a busy week for me. Yesterday we all went to visit Peter at his new apartment. He’s doing fine. We were able to find a wi-fi hotspot for him to use until he gets broadband.

 Last night my new hp with vista crashed pretty hard. My only recourse was a hard drive wipe. What a pain. I just finished my weekly feature this week for MyBlogIt. I will publish it tomorrow.

I’m starting to see some real results in my new blogging effort, and my writing is improving, if only just a little.

I’ve also meet a lot of really nice people this week online. I have been using the internet for a very long time. When it was nothing but direct connect bulitin boards, and email. But I never really use it for social networking until just recently. I have decided I don’t like myspace very much. I do however enjoy MyBlogLog & Virb.

 

That’s it for now.

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What I’ve learned

If you’ve read my blog up till now you will know that I’m trying to replace smoking with writing. It is working for me. But along the way I’m learning all kinds of new stuff. Some things are silly; like how I never really learn to type with two hands. Now my fingers are getting in each others way.

But on a more serious note I have learned that I need to re-learn Read more

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Update

Let me first apologize, I did not post to any of my blogs yesterday. I was however very busy. The good news is that I did not smoke at all yesterday. In fact I haven’t smoked for a few days now.

Yesterday I notice something I had never really thought about before. The smoking isn’t a habit, it’s an addiction. However the physical act of smoking does cause many habits. For instance; now that I’m not smoking I have to find something to do with my left hand. I didn’t realize something so simple could write me so crazy.

Another thing that I’ve noticed is when I used to smoke. I don’t know if nonsmokers realize this, but there are times when it seems so natural to have a cigarette. I don’t know why I hadn’t notice it until now. But here are the times I find myself craving a cigarette. First when I get into the car, then when I get out of the car. After a meal seems to be a big one for me.

Although I did not make any post to my blogs yesterday, I was able to keep myself very busy. I installed new themes on all of my blogs, and the even customized some of the logos to match. I also started a new blog called SavvyTechs. This blog I started so that I could spend a little more time with my son; Joseph. Basically this website will show people how to repair their computer.

In addition to installing new themes on all the blogs, I also upgraded them to the newest version of Wordpress. And believe it or not, as shameless as of this may sound I discovered widgets. Actually I knew about widgets, I had just never used to them before.

Yesterday, I also wrote two chapters in my hosting book. This is probably one of the easiest topics I could write about. Simply because I’ve been doing web hosting as a business for almost 15 years.

I will be posting another blog entry tonight. And I will also be posting two a couple of my other blogs before the days over as well. I intend both to write in my hosting book, and work on my short story for a little while today too.

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Really bad day…

Today has been very hard. I can’t get anything done at all. My just can’t think about anything but smoking, and it’s driving me just NUTS. Doing the writing was a good Idea. However today I have almost nothing to show for it. Everything I’ve written has been incoherent, and plagued with typos.

For some reason my body will not stop shacking; causing me to feel very worn down. I’m not sure why but my blood sugar is shooting up.

I was able to make a now logo for my other site (MyBlogIt), and I have a new header for this blog. The photo I found on Flickr. I asked the owner of the photo if I could use it on my site. Thank you ekpatterson69.

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First day full day

Ok, as to the stop smoking thing. I’m off to a good start. I am a day late in starting. Simply because I had half a pack left yesterday, and I was to week to let it got to waste. Sounds like a lame excuse, and you would be right.

One other strange thing I didn’t even think would be a problem. I stopped at QT to get an Ice cream for Emily. When I got to the cashier I asked for a pack of reds. It wasn’t until I got home that I had realized what I had done. I guess it just go to show my habit is very strong. I threw them in my desk draw. I guess I could take them back. But then it could serve as a good reminder.

My writing has truly picked up in intensity. Although I’m finding it hard to keep a good train of thought for long periods of time. My brain is jumping around like a jack rabbit. Mainly Marlboros are on my mind, I’m sorry to reveal.

I have written about 500 words on my short story so far today. My goal is 1500 for the day. I want to get another 2 or 3 chapters done on my hosting book. I know I have not reviled anything about these projects yet on my blog. But I most assuredly will at some point.

One of the blogs I have been reading recently is by Simon Haynes He had an interesting post today about overcoming writers block. He also has some great articles on writing on his site. They are all written for both new and experienced writes.

I hope that I can keep this up. I’ve been smoking from the age of about sixteen; I just don’t feel like myself without a cigg in my mouth. I think the worst part is not knowing what to do with my newly freed hand.

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Bad habits into good.

Earlier this year I made a promise to myself and my family. That promise was quit smoking. At the time I picked the date of June the 10th. Not sure why I picked that date. Maybe just because it seemed like a date far enough into the future, that it didn’t really mater. But the truth is I do want to quit. I know it’s going to be hard. I have failed in this endeavor a few too many times before.

I do have a plan this time. And as nutty as it sounds I think it going to work. You see I love to write. Over the last 15 to 20 years I have slipped away from my writing. So my plan is simple. I will trade one bad habit; smoking, for a good habit; writing.

I have been working very softly on a few writing projects as of recent months. My goal is to massively increase my writing productivity and proficiency while closing the door on my dreaded addiction.

In other words I will be writing ever time the craving for a smoke hits. I do not plan to use a patch or any pharmaceutical assistance. I know that this has a good chance of working for more than one reason. I tend not to smoke so much when I am using my keyboard or when I have a pencil in my hand. Also I do very much want to kick this nasty habit. The last but maybe not the least reason is because I do very much love to write.

So here are my intentions. When I get the urge to smoke, I will work on one of my writing projects. I will also post to this blog with my thoughts, and anguish. Any words of encouragement would be very helpful, and appreciated.

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