I've quit smoking for the second time. I originally quit around August, but started again a month later. It's been two or three weeks since I've had a cigarette. I stopped wanting one after about five days. I seriously do not understand why people have such a hard time not smoking.
I hardly ever drink any more, either. Not that I ever drank excessively, but it's also been two or three weeks since I've had more than two beers at a time. After about five days, I stopped liking the feeling of drinking more than that.
However, I'm drinking more coffee than usual. Two cups most days, in the morning and in the evening. That's an acceptable level, though, considering there was a time in my life way back when I was 20 that I drank four or five cups of strong coffee every single night at the coffee shop.
My level of dope smoking has remained unchanged - very small amounts once or twice a day, usually after work.
Working 5 or more days a week now, using excess cash on frivolous things like digital cable and old video games.
Thinking of abandoning the effort to write "good shit" in favor of writing epic fantasy. Why? Well, it'd probably be a lot easier to write and be more commercially viable. I've reached an age where comfort seems to be the ultimate paradise.
I am reasonably certain I've not become quite as boring as I sound. But perhaps less complicated.
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