Rewarding Your Success
Rewarding Your Smoking Cessation Success
To stop smoking is a huge accomplishment. It’s not only your deliverance from horrific health hazards, but it’s also your declaration of independence from an expensive addiction.
That’s worth celebrating.
You deserve a reward for your efforts. Whether you toughed it out
cold turkey, chewed endless pieces of nicotine gum or chose the faster way with hypnosis or acupuncture, you did it!
You are now smoke-free. Every day your body is becoming more and more like that of a non-smoker as years of damage is being reversed. Have you noticed more money left over from each paycheck?
That’s another tangible benefit from not smoking. How many times did you pick up several cartons of cigarettes and not even bat an eye when the cashier rang up over a hundred dollars’ worth?
That money went up in smoke. You have nothing to show for it when it’s used up. Here’s a great way to treat yourself without spending extra money. Let’s say you smoked away at least $50 a week in cigarettes.
At the end of each week you don’t smoke, place that same amount, $50, in a jar or in a savings account. When the month ends, do something special with that money. Buy new clothes or sports equipment – something that will make you feel good about yourself and your achievement.
Use it for green fees at the golf course now that you’re involved in an active lifestyle. Get a massage or visit a day spa for some pampering. And don’t feel one bit guilty about splurging for yourself.
The money that you spent on cigarettes is being put toward a better life now. This money that’s now saved and spent to reward you is reinforcing the benefits of your new smoke-free life.
You can also reward yourself by joining a health club for regular exercise. The money you formerly spent on cigarettes might easily pay the monthly fee. This is more than a reward, it’s an investment in your long-term health.
You’ll also meet new friends who already live the healthy lifestyle that you’re just beginning to enjoy. Want to calculate the savings over time? Use a Quit Smoking Calculator online to see how much you’ll save over the years.
By the time that 30 year-old is 55 years old, they will have spent over $50,000 on cigarettes! Imagine what luxuries that could bring to your life if the money went into a savings account that accumulated interest instead of up in a puff of smoke
