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Ways to Reward Myself Instead of Smoking

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By Lela Bryan


Reward Myself Without Smoking

These are just mine

Please give me Ideas of how you reward yourself (without smoking) These are some ideas of rewards!!!

Grow your own flowers!

Pet your dog or cat or talk to them ..they do understand!

Planting and caring for a living thing is a wonderful growth experience!

Start your own garden with herbs, fruits and or vegetables.

Go to the zoo

Take a trip to the art museum

Take a walk in the park

Buy a new CD or DVD

Burn a scented candle

Get your hair done

Take a candlelit bubble bath

Go on a scenic bike ride

Take a walk in the countryside

Listen to relaxing music

Read a good book

Listen to a good book

Go to a movie

Rent an old favorite movie

Buy a new book and get lost in reading it!

Sign up for a course at a local college

Contribute time, treasure or talent to a local charity

Learn to use the computer, or become more proficient at it

Get a manicure

Get a pedicure

Paint a room in your home a vibrant new shade

Make curtains for a bright new look

Buy a new top

Buy a new pair of shoes

Go to the opera or symphony

Send yourself flowers...anonymously!

Adopt a pet

Study a 2nd language

Go to the library

Teach a child to read

Take up a new sport

Sew something

Take up woodworking

Learn a craft

Paint a picture

Go to the park with a sketchpad and sketch your world!

Volunteer for Big Brothers or Big Sisters

Volunteer for any good cause!

Bake cookies and deliver them to the local fire-house (be on the look out for hunks!)

Arrange a choral group to go sing at a local nursing home

Spend the day reading to the seniors at a nursing home

Do a random act of kindness

Soup kitchen duty

Go skydiving (yikes!)

Celebrate major Milestone reaching rewards:

A weekend at a bed and breakfast

A Spa Weekend

A full day of beauty and makeover

A new piece of jewelry

A new car

A 2nd Honeymoon

Build and equip a home gym

Put in a new pool

Begin your own business

Look for a new job

Pursue a new dream!

Splurge on a new coat

Take an exotic vacation

Visit an historic place

OR, how about a new “breakout” reward

Go skydiving (yikes again!)

Sing the national anthem at a sporting event

Try something you never thought you could do!

Join Myspace

Join Facebook

Make a hubpage Http://www.hubpages.com

Hubpages are kind of addictive once you do your first one!!

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desert blondie profile image

desert blondie  says:
18 months ago

I put the $$ I would have spent on cigarettes in a big glass jar on kitchen counter. Watching those bucks add up helped make me realize what a jerk I'd been to smoke, and let me fantasize about how I'd treat myself with the money I saw adding up! Became addicted to facials with cigarette money! had never had one earlier in my life...thought they were too expensive...boy did I have some messed up economic/nicotine addicted priorities!

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mistyhorizon2003  says:
13 months ago

Wow Lela, great suggestions all round. I only hope that I will soon be one of the happy bands of people that have quit after taking your course, and can give myself some of these rewards. Thanks :)

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Lela Bryan  says:
13 months ago

Yes you will Misty,

There is more to life than the next cigarette!! You will see ..It is a gradual process to stop smoking.

To read more about being happy about stopping smoking go to http://www.nicotinesolutions.com

Thanks for your comments Mistyhorizon

 

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mistyhorizon2003  says:
13 months ago

Hey Lela, have checked out your site, and have to admit the content has really convinced me you can help me, and the testimonials are great. Really need to give your course a try ASAP, and even have convince my Hubby that this looks like our best chance. Thanks :)

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mistyhorizon2003  says:
13 months ago

If our friends are smokers will it be difficult to spend time socially with them at first, especially after a few alcoholic drinks (as my willpower tends to die a death if I have a drink)?

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Lela Bryan  says:
12 months ago

Misty,

The best news is that you don't need willpower with this program and also you will learn how be around friends that drink and smoke and not be affected by them!!

Lela

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mistyhorizon2003  says:
12 months ago

This will be so cool Lela, I can't wait and I love your course so far. I feel truly confident this will work :)

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Lela Bryan  says:
12 months ago

I am glad you like it Misty!!

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deejaynyc  says:
6 months ago

Hi Lela,

As you know, cigarettes in NYC have skyrocketed up to $10 a pack! I smoke a pack a day!!!! The math is easy, but the reality is quite harsh: Each month I continue to smoke is another month I throw away -- burn up, if you will -- $300 - $310!!!! Urgh!*(3@! (Explicative, hopefully sufficiently masked...) One of the things I've been wanting lately is a new computer. By ditching this habit, I'd could -- without doing anything else -- easily get a VERY tricked out machine in about 10 months. (By adding some other positive activities to that, I'll be able to get it even faster.)

What do I want more than that next smoke? A VERY tricked out computer and wide screen monitor (yesterday!).

Peace and Love,

DeeJay

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Lela Bryan  says:
6 months ago

You are so right DeeJaynyc... Smoking is a very expensive habit!

Lela 

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