Good News! I've forgotten how long I've been smoke free.

No kidding. I stopped keeping track because I forgot to. That is great news!

I still do have cravings to have a cigarette though. They are psychological - I know that because apparently all traces of nicotine have left my body - it has been more than three weeks now.

I have fun watching my thoughts - and sometimes I laugh at how clever I am. I find myself trying to convince myself that smoking is not that bad for me. I see more smokers now that I have quit than when I smoked. I can hardly believe that there are still so many people smoking.

But this is boring me now. I'm moving on from even talking about it.

Quitting Smoking Makes a Difference

I did not notice all of the newness when I last quit smoking about 25 years ago.

For some reason I am noticing a lot this time around. The one today is sense of smell.

It has definitely heightened and now I'm wondering how others - especially non-smokers could stand me around them.

I put on my favourite top to go out to my friends for Easter dinner. I'm not taking it off because I'm curious about how others will find my very strong odor.

It does not smell like smoke - old smoke. I put on some of my favourite scent - rose gardenia an essential oil that I wear everywhere. I can hardly stand the smell today. But I'm not taking it off because I'm curious again - how will my friend describe this? She has a very sensitive sense of smell.

I wonder if she has withheld her honesty with me - she doesn't usually do that. She is very honest.

So here I go - off to stink up the world - not with the smell of smokey clothes, but with something that I can't describe.