DAY 7

Hey guys, guess what, it's officially a week since I decided to quit, and if we discount the one single moment of weakness, I think I've been fairly successful! Should I be proud? I don't know, ig one should celebrate small wins sometimes, you decide.

I think Mother Luck is really trying to extend an helping hand to me here. My flatmates (say HS, this is how he will be referred to in the next posts) and friends who were supposed to have returned by now just had their trip forcefully extended. How? HS took his car to the trip, and now there's a fuel strike! Fuel stations have closed up shop in the entire region where they went, and now they're stuck their without enough fuel to come back home. And they'll only be able to come back when the strike is lifted or they find fuel in black somehow. I got a call from him and he didn't sound too unhappy about not being able to come back, well who doesn't like an extension in vacation. More so when your office is a super toxic place with managers expecting that you sell your soul to their visions. Anyway, I shall consider myself very lucky to have gotten this opportunity.

And here's what happened today. First things first, I forgot to put my alarm last night (am never going to let SP ruin my routine with his late night melancholic escapades again. Yes he visited me yesterday). Woke up at 8:30 am - I generally leave for office at 8:45 am - so you can probably guess what I was feeling. But to my relief, I had already booked my ride at 9:00 am from last night. Leaving at 8:45 am is just a stint to reach office in time in case there's too much traffic. Most of the times leaving at 9:00 am for office would have me in my workplace on time. And the cabs always arrive 15 mins earlier than when they are supposed to be present, hence the booking at 9:00 am. Well anyway, I rushed into the washroom, freshened up, got ready and reached my cab a few minutes past 9. Carried out my boyfriend duties on the way to office :3, and was present in office just in time for the morning stand-up meeting. The vibe in the office was somewhat relaxing, it was the first day of the new year, and no one could be seen rushing to get their work completed. Overall it was chill. I had taken my new rubik's cube to the office to show off a bit (it's the new GAN 11M Pro model - description, smooth like butter and highly customizable with magnets and all), and the little cuber community in the office were all over it in an hour. 

Well yada yada yada, my day in office was essentially a productive one. There's really no point discussing my work in this blog. It is worth mentioning that most people were pleasantly surprised with my decision to quit smoking. There were still a few bad apples who tried to demotivate me, but that's expected, isn't it? Just like how there are supportive people in your world, there are also the unsupportive bunch, and I believe the existence of both in one's life is very important as far as social growth is concerned. Either way, it was fairly nice, and the one thing I was afraid of, didn't happen. So I am actually back to office after a whole week of absence (due to my cold, it's much better now), and while I was in office earlier, me and my colleagues used to go down to the smoking zone to smoke cigarettes almost every 3 hours. I was really afraid that I might get tempted to go down and do that and succumb to my cravings. I did pop a gum in my mouth the moment the stand-up meet was over. But interestingly, I didn't get the urge to smoke at all! Not gonna lie, I am super happy about it and I'd rather this continue. So I'm feeling really lucky that HS and one more colleague who went in the trip has their trips extended.

I would like to share something else that I'm actually proud of. As I had mentioned, I bought a subscription to a fitness app that had assigned me a fitness instructor and a dietician. Well the dietician hasn't sent me the diet plan yet, but I tracked all the food that I ate, and also my water intake. Water intake was perfect, but I went over the recommended calorie intake by 300 cals. But then, the fitness instructor has shared the fitness routine for this month with me which I rigorously followed for today after coming back from work. It was quite unbelievable to me to find out I could actually do the all the exercises mentioned there and I somehow ended up burning 350 cals more than what was expected. I guess that ties the situation. But the workout has left me incredibly tired and I am writing this post with really droopy eyes. I think keeping myself busy like this has definitely helped me to keep my mind off the urge to smoke, and that makes me glad.

It's 11:16 now and I am really sleepy. Oh, I learned my dad (who is a nuclear scientist) got promoted to scientific officer "H" on New Year's Day! I am really proud of my dad. From what I know of his past and his childhood and the struggles he has faced, my heart goes out to him. I think he has been one of the best mentors I've had who inculcated logic in me since when I was young and various other positive qualities that I believe have given me an edge over the others to be successful in life. Now ofc no dad is perfect and there are things I think he could do better, but I am very grateful that he's my dad. I will stop with this much for today, be back with more tomorrow.

PS: to my friend who scoffed at me for my moment of weakness (refer DAY 4 - 6), HAHA YOU LOSE. 4 days without smoking passed without a glitch. And more sober days to come. Thank you.