June 7, 2006
Recent research finds that a snap decision to quit smoking cigarettes is actually two to three times more effective than planning ahead for the big day.
In my experience this has been true. Everytime I have tried to stop smoking the most effective times have been when I quit as a snap decision without any planning. (cold turkey). I problem I have is that I quit for a few months and then I go to a party, start drinking which causes me to want to smoke. The pleasure of drinking is enchanced when you smoke. Once I start smoking, it slowly becomes a habbit. I think the trick for me is to not drink alcohol either. Now that is really hard 
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June 1, 2006
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kalidas was born april 15th 2006. I just figured out how to blog from flickr Hence the delay
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March 15, 2006
So if you want to become an early riser (or just exert more control over your sleep patterns), then try this: Go to bed only when you’re too sleepy to stay up, and get up at a fixed time every morning.
Pretty good advice on getting up early. I will try to do that from today. He claims that we can get a month of extra time every year if we sleep 30 min less every day. He slept 90 min less every day. Here is what I would do with this extra time:
1. Read more ( I have a ton of books i bought but have not read)
2. Learn the guitar ( I have a guitar but have never touched it)
3. Learn Spanish (always wanted to do this)
4. Spend more time with Mo (my son)
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March 8, 2006
Steve Yegge’s essay about why one should write a blog. I am not sure why I want to blog. For me, its like writing a diary which I can go back and read after a while to remember what I was into. I have not been doing it long enough to see other benifits.
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