What to do with my hands

[Lilirix]

As I am nearing my quit date I have seen many things that were beautiful and always wondered how to make them so one day being in a Dollar Tree there were some ladies talking about the crafts that they make and I commented I wished I had that talent.  One of the ladies advised me to go to youtube and look up dollar tree crafts and wow I was amazed. I purchased alot of stuff to start and well never did and now that I am preparing for my quit date I have learned that I am going to like this and I also realized that while working on my crafts I dont even think about wanting a cigarette so this will help with keeping my hands busy during my quit.

[biscuit9]

You have time to prepare for your quit date, so this is great.  I would keep the projects simple.  I crotchet and had this grand idea of making a quit project, but I learned early I didn't have the focus or patience to do something difficult.  Of course, this is my brain I am speaking of.  Thanks for the info. about Dollar Tree crafts.

[CommunityAdmin]

@Lilirix Keeping your hands busy seems like a great strategy as part of your quitting, and a hobby that may extend far past these early tough days. Can't wait to see what you create! 

I'm going to look these YouTube videos up, too. My kids and I love crafting with Dollar Tree finds!

- Megan, EX Team

[Barbscloud]

@Lilirix It's a great plan to keep your hands (and mind) busy when quitting.  There are lot of options.  For example, I chewed on straws (some pretend to smoke them) and played video games.  

Happy to see you're continuing to prepare for your quit.

Barb

[only1Sheelz]

I've gotten tons of ideas for crafting from he Michael's app. There's a tab for "projects" and then you choose what you're looking for and much like a nice recipe app, you can add everything you might need to your cart. I then print off the list and check out dollar stores & thrifts.  I had no idea how easy crafting was. It's so much fun, I don't even think about smokes!

[Stemme]

What kind of crafts ? I crochet and YouTube Gad many tutorials it really does help.

[Lilirix]

I just do all different crafts I just watch the videos and when I see something I like I go for it and go to dollar tree to get the stuff I need them come home and work on it and my boyfriend helps me out too so its kinda the bonding time I guess you could say

[Lilirix]

When I figure out how to post pictures I will post some of the items that I have made thus far.

[CommunityAdmin]

Hi @Lilirix ! Posting pictures is pretty easy. Here's a quick video tutorial I recorded for you.

 Todd

[AJ27]

that is great!! When is your quit date? Mine is tomorrow, 8/28.