Promising yourself you are going to cut down by one cigarette a day.
There's going to be some fighting coming up when you do this. The fight will be with YOURSELF. You'll have more triggers than usual one day and you will fight yourself right to the bitter end but smoke anyway and break your promise which sets you up for doing it again. There is absolutely no positive outcome to this approach.
The much better way would be to remind yourself that you are making some changes but not in an abrupt confrontational way, you simply tell yourself "I will wait a little longer" There's no set amount of time so NOTHING TO FEAR OR GET ANTSY ABOUT. This means no negative buildup before you quit.
If you make it 10 minutes your first time, that's fine. Just by catching yourself and realizing you didn't need to smoke just because the thought popped into your mind is the beginning of acceptance. Your time between smokes will grow itself. Quitting doesn't look like such a big obstacle if you approach it differently!
