There’s an ancient Chinese proverb:
“If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. “

I just added a new category “up in smoke”. I’m going to track my efforts at quitting smoking there. Instead of clogging my aggregate blog with a new post every day, I’ll just continue to update one post for every quit attempt. Hopefully this will not need go beyond my current quit. These posts will be found in this new category for anyone that wants to watch along as I struggle through and track things.

Quit Number one occurred sometime while I was living in San Francisco. It had limited success.
Quit Number two occurred just before Aileen moved to Seattle, while she was driving through Mercer Island in fact. It lasted a little over a year.
Quit number three occurred while Aileen was pregnant with Kelsey. It lasted about 9 months.
Quit number four was about 4 months ago when Aileen was pregnant with K2. It lasted about a week.
Quit number five is happening right now.