If you look at my signature below, you'll see I'm not really saving much with e-cigs. That's only because I wasn't spending much on analogs in the first place. For other members, the savings information in their signatures can be huge. Some people have been spending thousands of dollars a year on cigarettes. Ouch.
Anyway, every day I'm smoke free I put $5 in a jar on my kitchen counter. That represents the money I'll save each day plus my mental bonus for the value I'm adding to my life in terms of health and aesthetics (no cig stench, no burn holes in clothes/car seats, etc.)
When I've got enough in the jar, I'll buy myself the roundtrip ticket to England I've been putting on hold. After that, I will buy the new kayak I've promised myself....or....
Well, either that or first I'll do the thing my conscience tells me is right: Give money to the local hospital's cancer treatment center for their fund to buy stuff for patients that insurance won't pay for, such as some types of prosthetics (breast cancer patients), wigs, and various things that make each day a little more bearable. For all I know, stopping smoking analogs might have raised the odds that I'll never be in that treatment center as a patient.
I wonder if anyone else is setting aside the money they save for particular purposes. Believe me, it's a huge motivator seeing those $5 bills in that jar. After only a week and a half, it's starting to look like real money.
Anyway, every day I'm smoke free I put $5 in a jar on my kitchen counter. That represents the money I'll save each day plus my mental bonus for the value I'm adding to my life in terms of health and aesthetics (no cig stench, no burn holes in clothes/car seats, etc.)
When I've got enough in the jar, I'll buy myself the roundtrip ticket to England I've been putting on hold. After that, I will buy the new kayak I've promised myself....or....
Well, either that or first I'll do the thing my conscience tells me is right: Give money to the local hospital's cancer treatment center for their fund to buy stuff for patients that insurance won't pay for, such as some types of prosthetics (breast cancer patients), wigs, and various things that make each day a little more bearable. For all I know, stopping smoking analogs might have raised the odds that I'll never be in that treatment center as a patient.
I wonder if anyone else is setting aside the money they save for particular purposes. Believe me, it's a huge motivator seeing those $5 bills in that jar. After only a week and a half, it's starting to look like real money.
