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Cake day: February 28th, 2021

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  • Just stop!

    But what helped me: often smoking is part of a daily routine or ritual, so mix up your routine. Take up a new hobby or take the bus instead of the car. Go for a walk after lunch. Giving up smoking is a big change, so don’t be afraid to make big changes. Get new clothes. Make new friends. You have discarded your old identity as a smoker. Still smoking? Doesn’t matter! You already want to stop - you’re becoming that person already.

    And don’t be so hard on yourself if you have a smoke now and then. Be conscious of what situation or routine triggered the reflex, and change it in future. If you have a smoke every few days or weeks, don’t sweat it, you’ve broken addiction as far as I’m concerned!







  • I feel called out on this one :D For years we were like “Marry and have kids? No way, we’re way too irresponsible ourselves!” After 14 years we thought we might as well marry. And now it’s been (counts on fingers) 27 years, and we have three wonderful kids and couldn’t imagine any other life!



  • I used to laugh about COBOL, who can take it seriously, right? But now that I’m working in a larger company I can assure you that COBOL is the backbone of large industry. Aviation, finance, railway operations, insurance, you name it. We’re talking software running nonstop for decades.