Replacing the habit
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Haha that's pretty funny, I'll look out for that.
Origami might be a good idea. It's only just starting to be appreciated that some people listen better when they have something to fiddle with. My boss doesn't believe me yet.
How much am I looking at to start this properly?
I'm sure you were joking about the knitting, but playing with yarn and needles or hooks (crochet) can help a lot if you need something to fiddle with. I taught myself to knit hoping to quit smoking (before vaping existed) and it did help with killing time when I couldn't smoke. It didn't help with the quitting part, I needed vaping for that.
I do tend to chain-vape and had the same problem you mentioned with knowing when to stop. Bumping up your nic can help when you start to feel icky from too much nic. The other choice would be if you drop your nic way low so that you can use the device for mindless vaping (yep, like a pacifier).
Shortly after I quit smoking, I started going on cleaning binges to wash the smoke residue off of things in my house and on my clothes. I smoked in the house, so after I quit, I started noticing the stains and smell from all of those years of smoking.
If you do want to try knitting or crochet, socks and dish cloths are pretty simple once you learn how to make the stitches. They are good portable projects for filling time and making gifts for friends and family.
Cheers man, solid advice! I did learn to crochet once but probably don't remember now, maybe I'll look into it again
Cannot the same be done on a regulated mod?
Using a RDA does force you to perfect your coil building and wick installing skills to a point. It requires some basic knowledge and a minimum of learnable skills, along with a few basic tools.
I don't particularly enjoy making my own coils and installing my own wicks, but that's mainly because of my own laziness; but also because my coils last several weeks with dry burning them clean. I just rewick the same coils with each dry burn session (about every 3 - 4 days).
When I worked at a vape shop, many of the other employees would make a new coil EVERY day. They enjoyed it. That was their hobby and past time. They were much more likely to build the more exotic coils; I on the other hand preferred to make simple coils. K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid)
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I don't particularly enjoy making my own coils and installing my own wicks, but that's mainly because of my own laziness; but also because my coils last several weeks with dry burning them clean. I just rewick the same coils with each dry burn session (about every 3 - 4 days).
When I worked at a vape shop, many of the other employees would make a new coil EVERY day. They enjoyed it. That was their hobby and past time. They were much more likely to build the more exotic coils; I on the other hand preferred to make simple coils. K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid)
Agreed. Can be done with both.ScandaLeX said:Cannot the same be done on a regulated mod?
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Cannot the same be done on a regulated mod?
Yes it can to an extent. However, the fact that you can adjust wattage on a regulated device is kinda like cheating. It let's you get a satisfactory vape out of a coil that would have been a no go on a mech. Miss your sweet spot and get a vape that is roaring hot or one that is too cool to satisfy you. It helped me when I was first getting started to understand exactly what was going on. And using a DMM sort of made my old DC electronics class come to life!
@Baditude totally agree on keeping a built coil alive. I use to love building coils. Now i just dry burn and rewick I can usually get several months out of a coil.
Try your hand at tying flies for fly fishing. Sometimes you need 5 hands, and all of them are busy.
I went through a similar situation. Back in the day we all smoked inside and out. Well since the 1990s it is a smoking outside thing. I hated it at first. Then I got into the habit of smoking on the deck at home. Got to enjoy it. Started vape but in the morning, after meals and before bed I HAD to step out for a tobacco cig. After all, I knew when the cigarette went out ! Well , I use cig-alike to vape. I got 54 ml cartridges. Took my coffee with it outside to vape. I stopped vape when the coffee was gone. Even inside now I use 54 ml and casually vape. It worked in my situation.
I had a similar experience. Had smoked for decades. When we all had to step outside for our smoking I was not a happy camper. However, I got used to it. Then I started to like to go out on the balcony at home for cigarettes. The ritual was firmly established. It was my own cultural institution. Then I found a brand of cig a likes that I loved then and still do. I can only use this brand now , because just like my KOOLs , that is firmly in place. But there was the balcony ritual that I still needed a KOOL in the morning, after meals and at night because I knew when the KOOL was used up. What I discovered works then is to take a coffee to the balcony with my ecig and when the coffee is gone the ritual has finished.
Yea, my dog misses my smoke breaks - he ran around barked and about the time I was putting the cig out he was standing there ready to come back in...
I really miss my smoke breaks, especially the first one of the day.
I'd get up in the morning and head straight outside first thing.
I'd sit on the welcome mat with my back against the front door.
I'd watch the bees buzzing around the rosemary bushes...
I'd watch the hummingbirds flittering around...
I'd watch the lizards skittering here and there...
I'd think about the stuff I had to do today.
I'd plan my course of action.
Basically, I'd get ready for a new day.
I'd get up in the morning and head straight outside first thing.
I'd sit on the welcome mat with my back against the front door.
I'd watch the bees buzzing around the rosemary bushes...
I'd watch the hummingbirds flittering around...
I'd watch the lizards skittering here and there...
I'd think about the stuff I had to do today.
I'd plan my course of action.
Basically, I'd get ready for a new day.
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