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YOU have to care about your quit. (Tough love ahead...)

Mrs.Rum
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A lot of blogs lately about no one cares.  No one offering support.  No one is congratulating you on your efforts.  No one reaches out.  My family doesn't care.

News flash:  This is one time when it IS really ALL ABOUT YOU.

You have to care.

You have to cheer.

You have to make the right choices.

You.  You.  You.

You have to be proud of yourself.  When you look in the mirror at the end of the day YOU need to tell yourself "GREAT JOB TODAY!"  "Boom!  You knocked it out of the park today!"  "Kicked the crap out of that craving - you are the bomb!"

YOU.  Only you can make it worth it for you.  

I get it.  Other people's appreciation and commendation for what you're doing is awesome.  I totally get it.  If you have less than 700 days currently - I have been where you are and I'm telling you the truth.  YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT YOUR QUIT ENOUGH ALL BY YOURSELF.  YOU will have to carry this all by yourself.  The rest is gravy.

If you're hoping to ride to success on the admiration of others - this ain't gonna work.  But I promise that if you do this for YOU, that admiration will come.  Not as you hoped, and not as you expected - but it will come.

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