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It's the little things that count

Maki
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‎04-24-2020 11:26 AM

It's the little things that count . 

Every promotion is acquired by doing the work and attitude , but also how you relate with others . It's teamwork . It also takes dedication , perseverance , and patience one day at a time . Most don't go from being a labourer to CEO in a day . It takes hard work . It takes caring about yourself , setting goals and thinking and others besides yourself as well that makes a good CEO . 

Its the little things that count .

Every quit grows by doing the work , by attitude , dedication , perseverance and patience . The gain comes with your determination . Determination to stay quit .  Determination to reach your goal . You are your best cheerleader . You are your best resource . You know you best . It does takes hard work .  Its good to work hard . You know what it will take to achieve your goal .

The CEO of your quit is you . You call the shots .

What kind of boss will you be to yourself to insure a job well done with the love , kindness and respect you deserve . Those are little things that count and encourage one to succeed . 

Its the little things that count.

The little things that seem trivial in the beginning , but they lead to big things . 

In the beginning our quits were like weeds in a garden and when we decided to quit we decided we would clean things up , and prepare new soil , getting rid of those prickly thistles , the annoying ragweed and the persistent dandelion . We worked tirelessly for days , digging out the weeds , and laying new rich soil to produce good fruit .  The daily persistence and dedication to work hard produces the results . It will still take care and nurturing . If we stop the weeds grow back , if we keep going we beat them and have to maintain our hard work and the beauty will continueto grow . 

It's the little things that count .

What began as a mess is now an oasis and haven of beauty . A place of peace . A place of joy . A place for friends to come sit and visit over coffee in fresh clean air and oh , oh my what a beautiful site .  I'm glad we have so many wonderful places to visit . 

I. M. grateful 

Maki 

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About the Author
Smoker of 28 years . COPD recipient . My biggest help to quit was to read other successful quitters testimony . I’ll have a thirteen years quit June 30 , 2024 . Biggest lesson learned : I learned the “Just one” lesson . You can never have just one .It is the the key to everyone’s quit . Having “ none” is the easy way to quit smoking . Quit tools : Made use of my strengths and improved upon my weaknesses . Quit benefits , more time with my family , better quality of life , better self image . How I kept the quit : one day at a time , one step at a time . I told myself like a broken record : “ Don’t smoke ; Do something different “ then literally went and did something different other than smoking “ . Quitting is not complicated , nope is it , however it will be the process of self discovery for you to find that out for yourself . How long will that be ? Up to you . We are all different and we come from different backgrounds and smoked for different reasons so no one can really tell you when it will get easier for you only that it will . Be patient with yourself . Who cares how long it takes anyway because we all came to quit forever . This quit is for life , your life , so embrace it , welcome it , it’s the best thing you will ever do for yourself . The money you save get a bucket list of little rewards and big ones and do them . Change the things you can . Life is worth living . This gets easier , oh my gosh , so much much easier . Give it a season , give it two and you’ll never want to let go of your quit I promise you that . It’s wonderful , absolutely wonderful to be free . Quitting btw was the hardest thing I’ve ever done just like everyone here . I shed buckets of tears for weeks , yelled into a pillow , stuck my head into a cold bucket of water and paced aimlessly in head fog . Was it worth it , every bit of it ! Biggest improvement : , my health , the relationship with my family ( all non smokers thank goodness ) and finances . When I started 2011. I was walking three blocks with the use of inhalers for copd . Latest accomplishment : still on the inhalers no further advancement of copd . June 1 2023. Did my first 10 k . Next goal is my second 10k by the end of 2024 . I’m 68 years years young and I’m an Ex smoker . I was able to take three trips ( out of country ) with my family because I quit smoking . Time I never would have had had I not quit . Money from quitting paid for them . I want to say you are in control , take your power back from cigarettes from vaping or any addiction you might have . Life awaits you , don’t let it pass you by . Make the decision to stop and one day that light will shine upon you and make you a whole new you . Thank you to Quitnet members and Ex members for the support and encouragement to quit and stay quit . That along with my desire never to smoke again has given me a life long successful quit . No turning back , ever .