My 5 reasons for quitting

1. My voice is my wallet - As some of you might now, i make quit a nice bit of income slutting my voice out to the advertising industry. Lately, I've gotten comments that it's a bit rougher than usual. I also find myself getting the flu more often than i should. Ironically, since I quit, I've had a stuffed nose in the first week, and a sore throat in the second. Am trying to think positively.
2. I'm a hypochondriac, so not smoking is one less potential cause for dying - Ever since i contracted Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and spent 6 months of my life coughing blood, I've never trusted my body completely. Every little ache, pinched nerve or bad flu compels me to do a symptom search online. As you can imagine, this tends to happen to smokers more.
3. I wanna use my real name at Pushmore - Ok, normal gyms are bad enough, but with those, you can just raise your treadmill speed by two notches when you see a good-looking girl passing by. With Pushmore, my new crossfit gym, you're given daily challenges, and your time/maximum reps are put on a whiteboard for everyone to see. Right now, my name on the charts is usually "Alice".
4. My teeth are bad enough already - I already have teeth at funny angles, not to mention yellowing and staining. And the staining is much much worse with cigarettes. Lately, they have been cleaner, so there's a good sign.
5. Sometimes (especially in Singapore), I feel like an outcast - Well frankly, this was one of the reasons I gave myself when I quit, but i think you only start noticing just how bloody many of your friends smoke when you quit. I suppose it still applies to Singapore, where they make smokers feel like leper handicaps.