Thanks, again, to everyone who cheered me on as I crossed through the doors of The Quad Squad. To have loyal Mentors and supportive Elders and March 2014 Classmates and Newcomers all show up for a party…well, what an extra special day it was, for sure!
Two related tidbits to share now…
1. A few of you may remember that I treat myself to a unique “quit trophy” for each of my most major milestones. These are "tabletop décor” items (“ objet de art“, if you will), and I have 3 of them so far : Quit Day, Year One, and Year Two. Embedded below is the picture of my newest Thousand Days “trophy”…
The moment I saw this silvery swirl sculpture, I knew it was perfect : It’s a stylized comma! It’s now taken its place beside the others, and is right next to the empty spot already reserved for the soon-to-be-earned Year Three.
2. I am extraordinarily (some would say inordinately) proud of my Quit Clock and Comma. Now that I have been seeing them displayed together, I confess that something about the zeros in front of each new number makes me feel as if I’m trudging up a new staircase, for the sole purpose of getting to the next thousand days…
1,00 0
1,00 1
1,00 2
1,00 3
1,00 4
1,00 5
That's not the mindset I want to carry to Year Three, and throughout 2017. Soooo, for the first time in my quit, I’m ready to stop counting. <gasp!> I know, I know…I cannot believe I just typed out those words! But, it’s time. My Quit Clock will always be just a click away, running dutifully in the background, faithfully stacking up my truths, one after another ; I’m just going to deactivate the pop-up reminder that greets me every morning. I’m ready now to give all the gravity to my anniversaries on March 1st, and to just let the other 364 days of recovery orbit freely, without a numerical label. (Sootie knows what I’m feeling. And, Conductors, I‘d be perfectly happy now with just one train ride a year.)
Huh…just when you think your quit has no more room to explore, it pulls an unexpected surprise. Ha!
Stay true out there, my fellow villagers, and keep living forward!
STORM
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