Give up smoking for the holidays? Ironically, this may be your best opportunity to quit for good!
There are plenty of smokers, just like you, who have a desire to quit this bad habit. When it comes time that you decide to give up smoking, there’s always that element of timing. You’re going on vacation next week. You’re going back to school to train for a new career. You’ve invited guests for the weekend. You’re too stressed out at your job. You know the drill. It seems that there’s always some reason that makes this a bad time to try to give up smoking. While you might genuinely want to quit smoking, it’s far easier to rationalize that ‘this just isn’t the time’ and put the whole idea on the back burner. The usual result? You put it off for a ‘better time’. Here we’ve got a novel idea that turns that rationalization on its head and works!
When people make an attempt to quit smoking, one of the major obstacles involves keeping your hands busy and your mind distracted from cigarettes. You may do a little housework, then give yourself a break, hey, why not have a smoke and a cup of coffee? Smokers all have ‘triggers’ that put a cigarette at the front of their consciousness. Coffee, tasks which require focus and concentration, the famous after-meal smoke … these are common triggers
Self help can lead to personal growth which will make you happier. Self improvement is a great way to get to the excellent personal life you want.
Self help is something I’ve been doing since I was a child and I’ll bet you have too. Personal growth is inevitable in a child just because learning leads to personal growth and self improvement. It can’t be helped. However I doubt that’s quite what most people mean when they talk about self help.
What’s a definition of self help? According to Dictionary.com the definitions for self help, at least the relevant ones, are the following.
1. the act of providing for or helping or the ability to provide for or help oneself without assistance from others.
3. the acquiring of information or the solving of one’s problems, esp. those of a psychological nature, without the direct supervision of professionals or experts, as by independent reading or by joining or forming lay groups that are devoted to one’s interests or goals.
