Journal of a Fast

I’m taking on something. A bit of an experiment. I’m going to cut out the things I consume that are bad for me. I am going to quit smoking marijuana. I am going to stop smoking cigarettes. I am going to quit drinking alcohol. I am going to quit consuming caffeine. I am also going to stop watching tv. I am going to fast or one month.
Bad habits die hard, and I’m a bit nervous. As a tool of preoccupation, I am going to journal my experience.
I’m expecting a few things. Obviously, foremost in my mind is the physical. I am an everyday drinker, and I smoke about a pack of cigarettes a day. The withdrawl from those two will mean a hard first five- seven days, and then I imagine the actual physical cravings will subside into something that will allow me to work on forming long-term habits.
Benefits
A newly-established primary framework, as a result of clean body and mind. This will include an appreciation for health and self-respect. Im operating under the assumption that this framework will be inevidibly superior.
I will no longer reek.
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Innumerable health considerations.
Social considerations including self-esteem and an avoidance of Faux-Pas.
Frameworks for Success
Aside from one pre-scheduled social obligation, I will not set foot in any bar for 30 days.
I’m not making any decisions as to what habits I’ll resume after these thirty days. All focus will be on the here and now. I will look forward to December first and making those decisions based on a newly established framework.
Physical fitness and a focus are reasons to adopt a work-out routine. I will visit the gym four times a week.
A motivation tool has been established. I will be traveling to San Francisco on December 4th. It will feel really good to kill that trip. Toe-tags and Body bags.
I am informing all friends and family of my fast.