Day 34 - It was another great day. My wife and I took a walk through Lake Geneva and got some ice cream and just enjoyed spending some time together. I have noticed a lot more now, that there are a lot of people out there that smoke. I was amazed, this is something I never paid attention to when I was a smoker, but now I notice everyone that is smoking. I can't believe so many people smoke, I saw a guy get out of his car light a cigarette for his 30 second walk to the entrance to a store and then put the cigarette out and I thought to myself, I used to do that. What a waste, do you really need to smoke for that 30 seconds? Man, I can't believe I used to do that. The thought of each cigarette lit was about 37 cents, that is crazy. I calculate how much cigarettes were costing my wife and I for just one year and $5417 a year on cigarettes is ridiculous. I could have had my car paid off by now with this amount, or my wife, kids, and I could have had many great vacations with this money, but no, smoking was more important. Just the thought of the time and money I have wasted on cigarettes makes me sick. I alone, spent 36,500 minutes of my life a year smoking which equates to roughly 608 hours which equates to 3.62 weeks a year spent on smoking. If you are a smoker and have never done the calculation, I suggest you do your own calculation, this is a wake up call.
How to figure the calculation:
- Number of cigarettes per day x 5(minutes) = total minutes per day spent smoking
- Total number of minutes spent per day smoking x 365 (days per year) = total minutes per year
- Total minutes per year / 60 (minutes per hour) = number of hours per year
- Number of hours per year / 168 (number of hours in a week) = number of weeks spent smoking
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