Make Money from Quitting Smoking

Another victim of the smoking habit 

The news about the recent death of  Jo Ramos, daughter of former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos so shocked me that I stopped whatever it was I was doing and started typing my thoughts away, hence this post in this blog.

I have quit smoking 2 years ago. Mainly because I wanted real change to happen to my life. I knew the health risks early on. Since day 1, actually. But still, I let myself get hooked.

Why quit? 

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest things I have ever done. Yet, it was the sweetest. To this day I consider it as one of my personal achievements.

Knowing the money involved in smoking was, I admit, only secondary to me back then. Even when I finally decided to quit, what I knew I was going to save was not the biggest motive for me to quit.

A challenge to all Pinoy smokers.

Now that I am a bonafide victor of the habit, I cannot help but look ahead. In the spirit of teaching the average Filipino, which is really the main objective of this blog, I shall direct the readers attention to MAKING MONEY OUT OF QUITTING SMOKING.

Readers, if you are smokers, ask yourselves and be as honest as possible:

1. How much are you really spending for cigarettes?
2. How much from your daily or monthly income does smoking eat up?
3. What things do you deprive yourself and your family by your smoking?

Personally, I just came to a shocking realization:

Because I have been smoke-free for 2 years now, I have actually saved this amount: P21,000.

How do I actually know?

I used the smoking calculator app, which I stumbled upon in the web. Click here. It is from the Canadian Cancer Society.

The smoking calculator.

Try it. Go ahead and see for yourself how much money can you actually make from quitting smoking.

Shocked? I can’t blame you.

Information is key, peeps.

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THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW

Sounds cliche, but i'm starting off with this statement: The time to act is now.

You see, a lot of us Filipinos don't realize that the world does pass us by quicker than we could ever act. Before we know it, our youth is gone; our dreams; our aspirations. For most of us, we make the same mistakes our parents did when they were young.

I hope to inspire readers by FIRST, pointing out what we are doing wrong, then EVENTUALLY offer ways out. If you’re in your twenties, you are very lucky. The world is at your fingertips. For the rest of us, we have a lot of catching up to do. Hence, the time to act is now. Not tomorrow, not next week.

Why create wealth?

I read somewhere: "Do not ever forget the Golden Rule ---- He who has the gold, makes the rules"

In the Philippines, almost everyone i know is poor. Being poor is like the most common thing. I wonder why we have become a nation of poor people.

With this blog, i aim to challenge you, readers to "think out of the box". To first and foremost get to the bottom of the whys, and try to find ways to get to the hows.