I Guess I’ll Try to Quit Smoking
If there was one word I wish I could remove from the English language, it would be the word ‘try’. It’s one of those words that take the proverbial wind out of the sails of anything we do. Just ‘trying’ will not get us anywhere with most tasks and it certainly won’t take us to where we want to go when quitting smoking.
Whether it is using the ‘try’ word when convincing yourself to quit or when talking to your friends and family, I have to warn you, don’t do it. You are doing yourself a disservice and potentially setting yourself up for failure.
Need an example? How about this. My wife has a fear of roller coasters and I don’t know where it came from. She’s not afraid of heights and not really afraid of speed, so why this is, I still haven’t figured it out. And the funny thing is she can’t tell me why either.
And during the rare times my son and I have been persuasive enough to get her into the line, it is always tempered with ‘I’ll try’. This gives her the opportunity to reneg on her offer without too much teasing. And she always does.
So how does she get out of it and still feel good about herself? Because she only said she would ‘try’ and that doesn’t really count. The same goes when you are the path to becoming a non-smoker. By only trying, you are leaving yourself an easy exit down the road. And this isn’t something you want to do.
Track down all the smokers you know who have attempted to quit and I think you’ll be surprised to find that most of them will say that they ‘tried’. And not only that if you ask if they have further plans to quit, you’ll hear ‘Oh sure, I’ll try again.’
Try and do that with this statement – “I am quitting (enter your chosen date) for good. For the good of my health; for the good of my family and for the good of my finances. FOR GOOD!” No excuses. You see the difference. You cannot allow any alternative options or ‘outs’ for yourself. You must commit fully and stick to your resolution. Of course your commitment doesn’t have to say exactly that but it must state the most powerful reasons as to why you want to quit.
Write your commitment down – everywhere. Carry it in your purse or wallet; your coat pocket; in your car; your bathroom or anywhere else you will see it to remind yourself the reasons why you want to quit smoking. Refer to these commitments often – it will make your efforts that much more solid.
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