The AQI was plus ten or better for the last several days in my neck of the woods so I was definitely not outside . Guess you folks in some parts of the states may be feeling it too I hear from my friend who lives in an area affected .
I got a lot done this week . I made so much progress this week ( action by doing ) on a house project I’d wanted to do for years . ( My least favourite job ) . With the air quality outside it was just not possible for me to be out walking .
Kinda like quitting smoking I didn’t wanna do it but when I did it and stuck with the plan I was so grateful , so proud and so less stressed . I can breathe ! Why did it take me so long ! Sound familiar ?
I often thought of the smoke this week that I put into my lungs ( by choice ) and what that must have looked like to my innards when they saw that smoke coming . The haze of smoke here felt claustrophobic. If only our lungs could talk eh but would we have listened ? My lungs did try to tell me . I ignored the noises. Addiction is hearing selective isn’t it so is my cleaning I think lol .
I learned to be a ex smoker that if there is quit fire burning within you and you want to smoke or even crazier yet you ago buy a pack … you be sure you douce them with water . When you DON’T smoke em your quit will be safe .
I learned too that from time to time you will continue to get a hot spots or craves in the quit world , even after the fire appears to be out. Yes ( just like the wildfire ) it can fool you and be tricky . The fire may seem out but a little breather can trigger or spark it again . So watch for those hot spots , don’t be fooled and keep dousing them .
I doused two packs of cigarettes in water about a hundred days into my quit , ha no think it was like three months into my quit ha geeeze whiz forgot now but I almost gave away a second quit . I went to the store , bought not one , but two packs of cigarettes . Boy did I have a plan huh , not just a puff . I gave away $ 20.00 that day lol . Best choice I ever made was to douce those cigs in water and blow that 20.00 . It saved me thousands of dollars , years more of smoking and my health .
KTQ Drink Water . Don’t Smoke .
