Do you reward yourself for non-smoking-related milestones?

krashnash · May 28, 2011

At one month I rewarded myself with a *big* order - including a complete starter set + goodies for my sister.

At two months I rewarded myself with a new type of e-cig that I wanted to try but I had been hesitant to shell out the money on something unknown when my V4L stuff works so great.

wub: them both now, happy to say.)

My three month anniversary is coming up in a couple weeks. I told myself when I put out the last cigarette on March 11 that if I could make it for 90 days that I would treat myself to something great. So in anticipation, today I booked my plane ticket! I'm taking my mom to Vegas the second weekend in June! (Symbolic, as she - an avid *non* smoker - brought an e-cig with her for me and my sister to try on our last trip to Vegas in January.)

Does anyone else play these incentive games with themselves?

~krash

ps - Nevada, I'd love some insider info on what to do/where to go while I'm there. Mom tends to stick to the strip (meh), and I won't have my sister with me to run amok this time...

Morandir835 · May 28, 2011

Ms. Krashnash haven't hit the milestone where it feels justified to reward myself, but am planning to at some point...

It's a good move, helps keep you determined to stay off the analogs....

biidaaban · May 28, 2011

we haven't yet... 1st year at the end of July. Hmmmm, hubby has vacation and a 3 night stay award from his company. Good timing, i think. :thumb:

krashnash · May 28, 2011

Just curious - what's your milestone? Do you have your reward picked out yet?

I'm a big believer in celebrating the small victories that lead up to larger ones. The 90 day marker is a biggie for me, since keeping the bargain I made with myself is good to keep sub-conscious monsters at bay.

I think in general that many good people are better about punishing themselves than rewarding themselves, and I choose to do the latter and try to avoid the former...

~krash

plantlvr · May 28, 2011

Everytime i order from V4L it's a reward to me. I don't miss at all going to the smoke store and shelling out 60 bux for a carton of frikin merit ultra lights, yuckie patootie

krashnash · May 28, 2011

Dawn Riga said:
we haven't yet... 1st year at the end of July. Hmmmm, hubby has vacation and a 3 night stay award from his company. Good timing, i think.

I agree - Good timing! And that 1 year mark is HUGE! Did you and hubby quit together?

~krash

Morandir835 · May 28, 2011

Day 189 is the big one for me Ms. Krashnash.

Have a few ideas what to reward myself with, still have a bit to decide....

Mary Kay · May 28, 2011

On my one year I bought a nice outfit..I knew it would smell nice..after i wore it and have NO little holes in it!
A sale fell on my 2 year..so I bought some vaporkings and juice. I love patting myself on the back!

keyzygirl · May 28, 2011

I do an ecig reward for my big milestones.At 6 months I got a 3.7v mod and at 1yr I got a 5v for Big cravings.I still only use V4L cartos with them and I always use my V4L xl man batts when Im out and about.I have 4 that are getting older and I plan to replace soon.Im excited to get new ones.Mine are at least 6 months old.

biidaaban · May 28, 2011

krashnash said:
I agree - Good timing! And that 1 year mark is HUGE! Did you and hubby quit together?

~krash

We had to, i've wanted to quit for years, but knew i couldn't do it if he was still smoking. i did the research in the meantime and when he came to me and said he wanted to quit, i told him about e-cigs. He looked over the info, i timed our 1st order out to coincide with our tobacco supply running out and we quit on July 28 and 29 after 37 and 36 years of smoking. Quit on our 1st try - vaping is the only way to go!
:banana:

Edited to Add: he was 1-1 1/2 packs a day, i was 2-3 (up to 5 on super bad days) so without e-cigs, quitting would not have been possible.

krashnash · May 28, 2011

Morandir835 said:
Day 189 is the big one for me Ms. Krashnash. Have a few ideas what to reward myself with, still have a bit to decide....

You must be getting close... hope you choose something that makes you very happy. Best of luck, I have no doubt that you'll get there!

~krash

krashnash · May 28, 2011

Dawn Riga said:
We had to, i've wanted to quit for years, but knew i couldn't do it if he was still smoking. i did the research in the meantime and when he came to me and said he wanted to quit, i told him about e-cigs. He looked over the info, i timed our 1st order out to coincide with our tobacco supply running out and we quit on July 28 and 29 after 37 and 36 years of smoking. Quit on our 1st try vaping is the only way to go!

Edited to Add: he was 1-1 1/2 packs a day, i was 2-3 (up to 5 on super bad days) so without e-cigs, quitting would not have been possible.

My husband and I essentially quit together as well. He quit shortly after I did, but he'd tell you it was completely accidental. He had no desire to quit - or even to try to quit - and really didn't mean to do it. I had smoked for 24 years and was at about 2 packs a day and inching up, he smoked for 35 years, but near the end had only smoked hand-rolled cigs 3 or 4 cigs per day. I was pretty sure he could do it, but not so sure about myself.

I made it *so* *incredibly* *easy* for him that he didn't even realize it had happened. I think he's still half convinced that there is a carto fairy that fills his cartos for him, hunts down flavors that he might like, and buys him shiny new batteries in his preferred colors (currently black w/green LED), and fixes all of the minor irritations like cartos that don't connect right or batts that need cleaning.

But I couldn't have done it unless he did too...

Morandir835 · May 28, 2011

Thinking of getting a pro vari Ms. Krashnash, all depends on what v4l puts out mod wise... Want to do some more voltage testings, and it will make life easier being able to program in voltages....

biidaaban · May 28, 2011

krashnash said:
My husband and I essentially quit together as well. He quit shortly after I did, but he'd tell you it was completely accidental. He had no desire to quit - or even to try to quit - and really didn't mean to do it. I had smoked for 24 years and was at about 2 packs a day and inching up, he smoked for 35 years, but near the end had only smoked hand-rolled cigs 3 or 4 cigs per day. I was pretty sure he could do it, but not so sure about myself.

I made it *so* *incredibly* *easy* for him that he didn't even realize it had happened. I think he's still half convinced that there is a carto fairy that fills his cartos for him, hunts down flavors that he might like, and buys him shiny new batteries in his preferred colors (currently black w/green LED), and fixes all of the minor irritations like cartos that don't connect right or batts that need cleaning. But I couldn't have done it unless he did too...

i know that fairy... had to tell hubby to warn me when he was getting low on supplies because they don't show up magically like the ryo smokes i made everyday. I do have him set up with his own charging station and taught him to charge his batteries B4 tossing his cartos (still doing prefills - will get into juices, etc when supplies are flowing freely again)
:blink:

Chesterwiz · May 28, 2011

I rewarded myself at 1 month and went out to dinner. Waiting for next milestone...

waylonjessi4ever · May 28, 2011

oh yes ...the incentive thing is real big for me .I spend some of the money i am saving on analogs here and there .I buy some clothes and maybe eat out somewhere for a treat

mostly little things but will do an early birthday trip in september to reno nv and maybe see a show .If i make it to next year Vegas baby .( i dont have the budget for exotic places and real vacations lol .

Bogey · May 28, 2011

My one month was on Thursday and my big order arrived on Wednesday. I now have a PT in the car! I think it's good to reward yourself if you can. but I am way over budget this month, so it's time to slow down a bit! Maybe...

SAG · May 28, 2011

Sadly, I'm not completely off the nasties. I AM however making progress. My reward for all those I didn't smoke, is clicking the submit order on V4L website!!!!! (for now anyway)

waylonjessi4ever · May 28, 2011

Bogey said:
My one month was on Thursday and my big order arrived on Wednesday. I now have a PT in the car! I think it's good to reward yourself if you can. but I am way over budget this month, so it's time to slow down a bit! Maybe...

congrats Bogey on 1 month !!!

Iowa Gal · May 28, 2011

ok..I should be sleeping in prep for my cross country tour..but yes I do reward myself along the way...sometimes it's with an order for things I haven't tried from V4L or a cute purse etc... I recently ordered a PT, haven't used it but pulled it out tonight for the lovely 12-14 hour trip each way we have ahead of ourselves. Hubby was like ' that thing isn't coming in my truck' I said oh yeah...ya wanna make the trip alone? Actually I won't over use it... he has really relaxed on my vaping so I won't over do it..buy hey I'll give it a try. Again..everyone have a wonderful weekend and I'll catch up with you next week.

Morandir my friend...is your date of Jan 2011 really right? I've been around a little longer than that and it seems like you've always been here. If not.. why are you so smart and I'm not.....oh the age thing

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