BIDJARA DESIGN: Australian Indigenous Art

This is what I term as my "mind dumping"!!  Seems my days and nights have been pretty full on, I don't even have enough time to visit my friends on RedBubble as much as I used to.  It has become a little frustrating for me and I know that I need to fix this problem.

 

Having created a list of "DUMP Do's" for 2009 I have wiped off three items in the past 3wks.  This is where I am going to list and "dump" my progress/issues/solutions, etc on my advancements of "Dump List".

 

The first and the biggest DUMPED of all: giving up the bad habit of smoking.

 

This was definately not an easy task and believe me when I say that this is one of the mentally and physically difficult habits of a lifetime to break.  I went cold turkey,  no patches, no gum, NOTHING!!! I had been considering giving this up for a long time but never committed to the action of doing!  Finally after realising that the amount of money this was costing me EVERY WEEK, I knew it was either give it up or I would never achieve my ultimate goal (which I will reveal in the final of this series)

 

If anyone ever tells you that to give up smoking is a simplistic goal....tell them TO GET REAL!!! 

 

THE FIRST WEEK: I had a continual massive headache 24/7.  Every waking hour my head felt like I had spent the day before at an indoors music concert with no relief to aid it.  I tried Panadol, Nurofen the lot....nothing worked.  I disliked being awake but I couldn't sleep either.  Couple this with a continual PMS mentality/feeling, I was to be avoided at all costs!!!  Ask my poor dog!!! Everytime I had a resting moment, I could only think about "lightin up my next smoke", I had to keep busy at all costs. 

 

Those around felt the full effects of my "kicking the habit" and ironically, considering that they begged me to give up smoking, one of them tried pushing me to take it back up again!!!  I really was a difficult person to live with and around.

 

Other symptoms were: cravings, badly interrupted sleeping pattern (staying awake till 2am and waking at 7am every day), the feeling of "missing something" whilst having my morning cuppa, a def "bear with a sore head" mental capacity and numerous other side effects. 

 

My driving mental force was this statement:

"I WILL NOT allow myself to fail.  My willpower is stronger than my desire. "

 

When its said that "the right mental attitude can make a person accomplish great things", it is a very true statement. 

 

 

 

If I can do this then there is no limit to what I can achieve!!!