One of the things I often think about while I share posts like my fitness journeys over the years is my overall health. While I’ve been many iterations of myself very publicly, there of course is always a certain amount of me that I have kept out of the public eye. Some for the sake of a sense of privacy, but others because I had a sense of shame around them. One of those things in that for a very long time, I was a cigarette smoker.
Almost two and half years after quitting for good, I got to thinking about some of the things that I wish someone would have told me when I was getting ready to finally do it. So if nothing else, maybe this blog post, in particular, might help shed some light on the process and help someone feel more empowered to do the same with some real insights, albeit in hindsight.
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