More Ways to Occupy Yourself Without Smoking

More Ways to Occupy Yourself Without Smoking

Within an hour of creating the 100 Ways Page, I'd already come up with more. This page is for the overflow. When I hit 103, I'll start a third page. Feel free to e-mail me your ideas. I'd love to hear them.

Pat your tummy & rub your head	Make up a secret, silly identity
Learn to whistle	Go bird watching
Create a new language	Hang a Hummingbird feeder
Teach it to your friends	Meet a neighbor you don't know
Tutor a child, even one not yours	Clean the basement
Straighten up your desk	Make a gift basket for someone
Practice Deep Breathing	Play catch
Watch the sunset	Watch the sunrise
Listen to the night	Play Tag
Wrap your change	Wash your hair
Wash your dog	Have a slumber party
Listen to the rain	Build a snowman
Rake leaves, then play in them	Learn to Belly Dance
Go to a concert	Learn to Tango
See a play	Take a night course
See a school game, even if you don't have children	Remember all the things tougher than quitting, like dying young
Celebrate a milestone in your Quit	Support another quitter
Play Country records backwards & listen for subliminal messages about getting drunk	Attend a flea market and buy cheap, silly stuff to send to your friends. Include Birthday cards for no reason
Hold a Garage sale	Invite a friend to coffee
Go sailing	Build a bird house
Go kite flying	Take a trash bag to the park - fill it up
Make a compost pile for your garden	Create a vegetable garden
Buy a new outfit that makes you feel good about yourself	Go out to dinner at a nice restaurant
Have a squirt gun fight	Play hide and seek
Wear your Sunday best to the grocery store - on a Tuesday afternoon	Read a classic book for the 1st time
Watch The Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon	Dance like a baby - with enthusiasm
Learn a foreign language	Visit a hospital - perhaps the cancer ward, or the children's wing
Be thankful you finally quit	Plan a trip - then take it
Record Jeopardy, learn all the answers. Watch with friends and freak them out!	Watch all three Lord of the Rings films in a marathon session with friends. Buy LOTS of popcorn.
Buy all Star Trek: Next Generation seasons on DVD. Watch one episode a night, starting at the beginning.	Watch all 3 LOTR films at same time & turn the sound up loud on all three so your neighbors can hear
Buy an encyclopedia, then read it	Attend a Tupperware Party
Hold an Quit Gathering	Call your state's tourism office to learn about historic sites near you
Go Stargazing	Go visit one of the above
Clean your gutters	Plant a Quit Tree & watch it grow
Visit a cemetery - as a reminder	Learn to say "No, thank you" in a new language every day
Learn the names of every politician in your town or city	Learn the capital of every state
Take up scrapbooking	Learn to locate every state on a map
Learn flower arranging	Look back on the good things in life
Buy a sketch book - fill it up	Make snow angels
Go to the beach	Paint your nails
Learn a children's song - sing it to a child	Paint your face - wear it all day
Swing. . . like you mean it!	Visit a water park
Rent a cabin in the woods	Visit your state capital
Walk around the block - backwards	Get a pogo stick - have fun!
Answer every greeting with "Yeah, I quit smoking!"	Ask the clerk how they are, and mean it
Buy your sweety a Teddy Bear	Watch a Bogie movie, together
Buy yourself a Teddy Bear	Take out the trash - it stinks
Brush your teeth	Visit your old High School - see if your favorite teacher is still there
Brush you hair	Rent a paddle boat or canoe and take your sweety out on the pond
Buy a silly hat - wear it to something serious	Buy bubbles and a wand - blow bubbles in the afternoon
Make paper airplanes - spend the afternoon testing them	Fix your sweety breakfast in bed - spend the day lounging with them
Make a list of things to do instead of smoking!

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