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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