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Change Takes Discipline

Breakinchains
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I am doing well in my new job. Working 12 hour days gets a bit long, but I love the job! Especially now being outside when the weather is getting nice. The training schedule is brutal. It's 20 days of computer training, then driving the trucks, working with other drivers. Every minute of that 20 days is training, evaluation, and testing. This gets pretty stressful, as anyone who starts a new job can atest to. Starting a new job takes discipline, telling yourself this is a transition period, and it will eventually get easier.

This is not unlike quitting smoking. It feels like you don't know what you're doing, but you have to be educated, trained, and tested to master your routine. The difference is, when it comes to smoking you are the instructor and the trainee. That is, you have to figure out for yourself what routine works best for you. Establish a routine without smoking, practice it every day, and before you know it things will get easier. 

Hang in there and keep a positive attitude. You will get there.

YOU CAN DO THIS. 

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About the Author
I quit smoking on March 26th, 2009. I smoked a pack a day for 25 years. I quit because I began having health issues in my early 40's. I had a TIA and a stroke a few years ago. I work as a home delivery salesperson.