"The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before."
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
"I’m almost never serious, and I’m always too serious. Too deep, too shallow. Too sensitive, too cold hearted. I’m like a collection of paradoxes."
- Ferdinand von Schrubentaufft (via harlotharlot)
I hope to always carry her happiness and spirit and someday become even half the woman she is today. She is my rock, without her I don’t feel stable. (Taken with instagram)
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Blue Moon in a mason jar, classic night off work #thatshowcountrygirlsdoit (Taken with instagram)
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Nothing I miss more right now than that roof top <3 (Taken with instagram)
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"A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn’t curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and age and numbers, by all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become, because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics and statistics lie."
- – Marilyn Monroe (via keepcalmandcarryaquotebook)
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Check Out This AWESOME Body-Repairing Guide to Inspire You to #QuitSmoking !
#smokingkills #healthyhottie
So I know, there’s always an excuse right? That’s certainly how I felt and lingeringly still feel. Life is tough, it calms me down, it’s a social way to meet people, I’m too old, busy, healthy, to worry about it now. The truth is we can come up with 1,000’s of perfectly justifiable reasons why we won’t give it up. Mine always was that there is plenty of time to quit. It has been my New Year’s resolution to quit smoking on February 1st but I’m getting a jumpstart 2 days early. You see today I read the stories of three people who all passed away from smoking related illnesses before the age of 35. That might sound old to teenagers, let me assure you guys, it’s not. At 28 I realize how young 35 is. It really just never dawned on me that young people get sick from smoking. So here’s the thing. Everyone goes on and on about the doom and gloom of death and disease from smoking so I’m going to take a reverse approach. Here is a list of health benefits I found online which is making me feel really good about starting quitting today. This is presented in real time, so instead of a generalization of saying “you’ll be healthier in 5 years” this actually breaks it down into hours, days, weeks, months, and so on. I found it very encouraging to know my body is working very hard after only 24 hours to begin the repairing process even if I can’t feel it and I hope you will too. There are a lot of things that could hurt us in this world, seems kinda crazy now to fight them all off everyday and then come home and do worse to ourselves.
Within …
- 20 minutes
Your blood pressure, pulse rate, and the temperature of your hands and feet will all return to normal.
- 8 hours
Remaining nicotine in your bloodstream will have fallen to 6.25% of normal peak daily levels, a 93.25% reduction.
- 12 hours
Your blood oxygen level will have increased to normal and carbon monoxide levels will have dropped to normal.
- 24 hours
Anxieties peak in intensity and within two weeks should return to near pre-cessation levels.
- 48 hours
Damaged nerve endings have started to regrow and your sense of smell and taste are beginning to return to normal. Cessation anger and irritability peaks.
- 72 hours
Your entire body will test 100% nicotine-free and over 90% of all nicotine metabolites (the chemicals it breaks down into) will now have passed from your body via your urine. Symptoms of chemical withdrawal have peaked in intensity, including restlessness. The number of cue induced crave episodes experienced during any quitting day will peak for the “average” ex-user. Lung bronchial tubes leading to air sacs (alveoli) are beginning to relax in recovering smokers. Breathing is becoming easier and the lungs functional abilities are starting to increase.
- 5 - 8 days
The “average” ex-smoker will encounter an “average” of three cue induced crave episodes per day. Although we may not be “average” and although serious cessation time distortion can make minutes feel like hours, it is unlikely that any single episode will last longer than 3 minutes. Keep a clock handy and time them.
- 10 days
10 days - The “average ex-user is down to encountering less than two crave episodes per day, each less than 3 minutes.
- 10 days to 2 weeks
Recovery has likely progressed to the point where your addiction is no longer doing the talking. Blood circulation in our gums and teeth are now similar to that of a non-user.
- 2 to 4 weeks
Cessation related anger, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, impatience, insomnia, restlessness and depression have ended. If still experiencing any of these symptoms get seen and evaluated by your physician.
- 21 days
Brain acetylcholine receptor counts up-regulated in response to nicotine’s presence have now down-regulated and receptor binding has returned to levels seen in the brains of non-smokers.
- 2 weeks to 3 months
Your heart attack risk has started to drop. Your lung function is beginning to improve.
- 3 weeks to 3 months
Your circulation has substantially improved. Walking has become easier. Your chronic cough, if any, has likely disappeared.
- 1 to 9 months
Any smoking related sinus congestion, fatigue or shortness of breath have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body’s overall energy has increased.
- 1 year
Your excess risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke has dropped to less than half that of a smoker.
- 5 to 15 years
Your risk of stroke has declined to that of a non-smoker.
- 10 years
Your risk of being diagnosed with lung cancer is between 30% and 50% of that for a continuing smoker (2005 study). Risk of death from lung cancer has declined by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack per day). Your risk of pancreatic cancer has declined to that of a never-smoker (2011 study), while risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus has also declined.
- 13 years
Your risk of smoking induced tooth loss has declined to that of a never-smoker (2006 study).
- 15 years
Your risk of coronary heart disease is now that of a person who has never smoked.
- 20 years
Female excess risk of death from all smoking related causes, including lung disease and cancer, has now reduced to that of a never-smoker (2008 study). Risk of pancreatic cancer reduced to that of a never-smoker (2011 study).
If you’re interested in learning more, follow this link. It will also link you to the three stories of the people I mentioned at the beginning of this article. I encourage you to read them and decide what is best for you after you are fully informed. http://whyquit.com/whyquit/a_benefits_time_table.html
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I have been 10 days SMOKE FREE and after reading this, everything my body has been going through now all makes more sense to me.
I had no intentions of quitting anytime soon, i just decided not to buy another pack after i smoked my last cigarette Saturday, January 21st. Day by day i occasionally get the urge for one (more so when i’m at work, in the environment where most people smoke) but i continue to fight it and i think i’ve been doing a really good job. I didn’t even think i was ready nor did i think i was going to follow through with it at all, but now i am so glad i did this and feel so much healthier and better about myself.
10 days may not seem like a long time, but it feels like a hell of an accomplishment for me.
My heart hurts
Is it possible to feel so unbelievably head over heels for someone that it’s almost overwhelming the feeling you get when your with them, or even just the thought of them…Yet, at the same time you feel so torn up not knowing if the amount that they feel about you is even close to what you feel for them?
How do you help someone to open up to you? To share their feelings out loud and open their heart up, physically and emotionally, knowing that doing so they can trust you with everything they have to give. That, no matter what you would never hold anything against them or ever jeopardize what you have together.
They mean so much to you.
Though there may be a lot of things you still don’t know and can’t quite figure out. You want to learn. And even more so, you want to feel like its okay to feel how you feel and share those feelings with them, out loud.
How do you tell someone you want to learn everything there possibly is to learn about them? And also, help them learn more about yourself at the same time. You want them to be able to talk to you, about anything and everything, without holding one bit back. To create an even greater bond that you already have with each other, a closeness, an understanding and loyalty, a mutuality, a friendship, a connection with each other that’s unlike any other relationship you have, had or ever witnessed. A desire for each other that’s enviable.
It’s so hard to consider someone your very best friend when your so unsure if their feelings are that mutual.
You’ve done nothing wrong, they’ve done nothing wrong. You guys are great together and always have been, without question. But you are to the point where you feel like there is so much more you could learn and share with each other that feels like its being held back.
Your tired of holding back. Your ready to share with the whole world how truly, deeply you have fallen. To tell the one person who continues to keep you at the tip of your toes and still, since day one, makes your heart beat 101 miles a minute, how truly blessed you are to have them in your life and to be able to tell them that in so few of words(3) every chance you get.
How do you free your heart of being torn from this?
