Day 6
“Examine various approaches to situations in life that require change”
-Martha Belknap_
Everyone who smokes has at one time or another thought about how much money they’ve spent on cigarettes. Have you thought about how much you’ve spent since you started smoking? You may be amazed to find that the total can be many thousands of dollars.
Now that you are not smoking, you are beginning to put the extra money in your pocket. Each day you don’t smoke, you are paying yourself off. By thinking about those extra dollars, you can give yourself a boost in keeping up the good work. Each day of nonsmoking adds real dollars and cents to your life — and if you could actually see the money, you wouldn’t want to let it all go up in smoke.
• Use a little bank or mug to put away the money you are saving.
• Start a fund for holidays or birthdays.
• Save the money so at the end of Day 20 you and a friend can go to lunch.
• Begin saving for a shopping spree.
• Save money for a favorite concert.
Remember that now is the time to look at the money you save by not smoking. Find a way to reward yourself for not smoking and it will help you move forward in-learning to live without cigarettes.
In the meantime, keep up the good work and keep taking it one day at a time.