It seems like whenever someone asks me what my goals are, I ramble on in a roundabout way not really answering them but explaining what I've been doing in the past and how long I've been in Korea. That is going to change and for obvious reasons that I don't really know what I will be doing and that I don't have any short term or long term plans at the moment. I feel a little lost in a way and it started back when I arrived back here in Korea. So I figured it's time to come up with some new plans as it's always good to reevaluate ourselves.
But I am proud to say that I did quit smoking even though that was not a goal I set. To do it in a country where smoking is cheap and allowed almost everywhere makes it that much harder. I thought about it earlier what I think helped me and is still helping me not to smoke. For one thing, I just got sick and tired of it and it started to seem as if I was the only one in the crowd who still smoked. Another reason is that I taught a lesson of 'The Dangers of Smoking' and decided after that it was time for me to quit. Funny enough, last time I did that lesson I quit as well but that was only for a couple of weeks. But the main thing that has helped me through has been chewing gum. I have about 3 or 4 sticks of gum a day and I think subconciously that has helped the most. It's working so far....
The other day a student said to me that if you are always counting the days then you haven't really quit. I blurted out to him "Well I guess I'll be counting till the day I die then!" Something like that, it was just such a negative thing to say to me at the time....it was also 7:30 am....We continued through the lesson however so it was all good.
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