#exhalations

Taken from /r/books/

wow. when I stop things, I stop them hard.

cold turkey? in this case, yes. I used to smoke cigarettes and eventually just told myself “I am allergic” and stopped cold turkey. maybe cold turkey is actually the best. one day you just change your life and you never look back.

what exactly is the point in looking back? when you decide to make a change, just do it. if you don’t want to do something, DON’T! if it is a bit more sophisticated then just line up all of your ducks and make the change as soon as it is clear you can do it in one fell swoop.

maybe if you can’t do it cold turkey then you aren’t serious deep down. questions to ask yourself in the dark or anytime if you’re me (I am always open for a good philosophical question any old time.)

“free your mind and the rest will follow” - En Vogue

don’t let YOU prevent YOU from making a positive change. using my quitting smoking as an example, many of my thoughts were, “oh man, I reeeeeally need a cigarette! I know I told myself I would quit, but one more!!” did I need a cigarette? heck no. I wanted to quit because I knew it was stupid I started smoking in the first place and I’m personally not in any hurry to die. basically, I had already made a decision and I knew I couldn’t let me ruin my plan. I made sure to avoid my trigger places for a while until I was “on a roll” (like reading books on my porch which was terrible for me.) I had to free my mind of the feelings and thoughts until I was on a roll and... well... the rest followed!

* fore edge movement (detail; inverted) Geological Survey / Western Australia. Bulletins 19-21 (1905, 1906) University of California copy, digitized August 1, 2007 Nos. 20 and 21, Harvard copy at archive.org  

no doubt belong       18 / 12 no doubt those       18 / 16 and their origin is a matter of doubt       19 / 53

the least doubt that more       20 / 16 is no doubt that more       20 / 16

From a personal knowledge of the country, I have very little doubt       20 / 24

no doubt, in my opinion       20 / 51 hardly be any doubt       21 / 16 no manner of doubt       21 / 33

vanishing into one's own exhalations — a desire to into which dreams

discovery, the importance of which certainly warrants       18 / 30 determined; it is, certainly       20 / 58 certainly considerable in places, and has been proved       21 / 1

are almost certainly       21 / 31  

Bulletin No. 19. I. Geological Features and Auriferous Deposits of Mount Morgans (Mount Margaret Goldfield); also II. Notes on the Geology and Ore Deposits of Mulgabbie (North Coolgardie Goldfield), by C(lements). F(rederick). V(ivian). Jackson (1905)

Bulletin No. 20. Further Report on the Geological Features and Mineral Resources of the Pilbara Goldfield, by A(ndrew). Gibb Maitland (1905)

Bulletin No. 21. The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Norseman District, Dundas Goldfield, by W(illiam). D(ugald). Campbell (1906)

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