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What I learned from quitting smoking after 20 years

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  Photo by Antonino Visalli on Unsplash "Smoking is one of the greatest and cheapest enjoyments in life, and if you decide not to smoke, I can only feel sorry for you."                                                              Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Introduction: This is something that I am not proud of, but the reality is that I have been a smoker for the past two decades. What started as an effort to be stylish, went on to become a full-blown addiction that has cost me my health and finances. Knowing how harmful it is to my health, I have continued to indulge in this vice. There have been times that it has been enjoyable. There also have been moments where I have gone through the motions without even a hint of pleasure. Going on a day without the cancer stick was unfathomable to me. Even when the entire nation was und...

Do this even before thinking about self-improvement

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  Photo by Simon Migaj on Unsplash “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of, you will probably be unhappy all days of your life.”                                                                                                                     Abraham Maslow Introduction: To make good on our true potential is the first duty that we owe to ourselves. We must strive to be better in all our endeavours, whatever they may be. We all would like to be better and continue on our personal journey of self-improv...