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For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

you mean that whole "the holocaust didn't happen and Iran is a peaceful muslim paradise" lie you keep spreading?

you mean that whole "the holocaust didn't happen and Iran is a peaceful muslim paradise" lie you keep spreading?

That would qualify as a pretty big lie, don't you think?

I wished I could quit smoking or atleast stop wanting to smoke. Figure if I can beat the want and enjoyment I'd be able to successfully quit smoking. :D

you mean that whole "the holocaust didn't happen and Iran is a peaceful muslim paradise" lie you keep spreading?

when have I said that?

I wish I had more control over my own thought patterns, I am getting better but it's going to take a lot of deprogramming until I am where I need to be.

as far as the lying thing.......I used to have that problem as a kid, I tend to count to 3 before I say anything, it gives me time to figure out that a lie is never a good idea.

I wished I could quit smoking or atleast stop wanting to smoke. Figure if I can beat the want and enjoyment I'd be able to successfully quit smoking. :D

That's the main battle, getting to a place where you don't want to smoke. Just about a year ago I decided it was time, so I went and bought some nicotine gum and set a date. I stayed up late the night before, messing around on-line (not here, I hadn't discovered NS yet) and the next morning, when I wanted a cig, I stuck a piece of the gum in my mouth. The instructions say to use around nine or ten pieces a day for a couple of weeks, but I think it depends on how much you actually smoke. Anyway, within a month I wasn't using the gum every day and now I will very, very rarely chew a piece. But I still think about smoking and I still can feel the impulse to have a smoke now and then (at first it was every day, constantly, but that faded).

You really have to want to quit, though. Truly and seriously.

That's the main battle, getting to a place where you don't want to smoke. Just about a year ago I decided it was time, so I went and bought some nicotine gum and set a date. I stayed up late the night before, messing around on-line (not here, I hadn't discovered NS yet) and the next morning, when I wanted a cig, I stuck a piece of the gum in my mouth. The instructions say to use around nine or ten pieces a day for a couple of weeks, but I think it depends on how much you actually smoke. Anyway, within a month I wasn't using the gum every day and now I will very, very rarely chew a piece. But I still think about smoking and I still can feel the impulse to have a smoke now and then (at first it was every day, constantly, but that faded).

You really have to want to quit, though. Truly and seriously.

I know that the main part in quitting is to eliminate the want because if you like and enjoy (want) smoking, you won't be able to quit. I do think a lot of the money I'd save in quitting (try to use that as a motivation for quitting) but out of the kazillion times I've tried quitting the wanting and liking to smoke obviously outweighed my money motivation to quit. I do someday plan on quitting, just not now.

What do I wish I could stop doing but can't? Your mom
:p



Umm... procrastinating, being lazy.

What do I wish I could stop doing but can't? Your mom
:p



Umm... procrastinating, being lazy.

Funny, I was just saying that to your mom. :p

And why in the name of all that's good did you move out of Brooklyn?

Funny, I was just saying that to your mom. :p

And why in the name of all that's good did you move out of Brooklyn?

Heh

I moved out of Brooklyn for a number of different reasons, but the biggest reasons for me were my school and my house. I didn't like living in a basement too much. :p

So what do you wish you could stop doing?

Replying to your damned "Nazis or Israel" thread.

Heh

I moved out of Brooklyn for a number of different reasons, but the biggest reasons for me were my school and my house. I didn't like living in a basement too much. :p

Mmm, okay, I guess. But hey, if it was a nice dry basement ... :D

Where are you now?

Replying to your damned "Nazis or Israel" thread.

Yes, the rest of us wish you'd stop that, too. Then the silly thing could fade away.

What do I wish I could stop doing but can't? Your mom
:p



Umm... procrastinating, being lazy.

Funny, I was just saying that to your mom. :p

And why in the name of all that's good did you move out of Brooklyn?

ok i knew some thing like this was going on here

Mmm, okay, I guess. But hey, if it was a nice dry basement ... :D

Where are you now?

I am in Beacon, a nice little diverse, almost artsy town on the Hudson. Close-ish to Poughkeepsie

ok i knew some thing like this was going on here

Feeling left out?

I am in Beacon, a nice little diverse, almost artsy town on the Hudson. Close-ish to Poughkeepsie

Oh, sure, Beacon. I hope you're enjoying the change!

Feeling left out?

no
i just go do my wife and our three GFs

Yes, the rest of us wish you'd stop that, too. Then the silly thing could fade away.

Ah come on,I've been advocating the death of that thread for a while.Also,I only got drawn back into posting today.




.....Don't hate me :(

Ah come on,I've been advocating the death of that thread for a while.Also,I only got drawn back into posting today.




.....Don't hate me :(

Nah. I recognize the hideously addictive qualities of that kind of thread. Or this kind. Or that one over there! :eek:

Yes, the rest of us wish you'd stop that, too. Then the silly thing could fade away.

it deserves to stay alive.

it deserves to stay alive.

No, really, it doesn't.

No, really, it doesn't.

seconded that

Oh, sure, Beacon. I hope you're enjoying the change!
I am, although I'm happy that I'm only going to be there for around six months. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just have the impression that I'm going be happier being a wanderer for my eary adulthood.
No, really, it doesn't.

Well, it could be argued that if people are still posting in a thread, there's exists a reason for it to exist. Such is the nature of a general forum.



I'd also like to stop making posts that aren't relevant to the OP.

I am, although I'm happy that I'm only going to be there for around six months. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I just have the impression that I'm going be happier being a wanderer for my eary adulthood.
Wandering is good. See the world!

Well, it could be argued that if people are still posting in a thread, there's exists a reason for it to exist. Such is the nature of a general forum.

I'd also like to stop making posts that aren't relevant to the OP.

Mmm, I guess. I haven't checked that particular one but some thread-starters are notorious for bumping their own submissions when they sink too low.

Nah. I recognize the hideously addictive qualities of that kind of thread. Or this kind. Or that one over there! :eek:

There are too many!Flee!Run for your lives!
*dives through window*

it deserves to stay alive.

Hehe.You make me laugh.

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

I wish I could stop reading your threads.. Oh wait I can!

seconded that

Thirded.

I wish I could stop reading your threads.. Oh wait I can!

You know you can't.The moronic title will draw you in,tempt you,until.....bam!Your feeding the troll.You can't avoid it,it's like a drug.

I wish I could stop picking at my nails. I used to bite them, but one day I just decided, "OK, I have to stop biting my nails" and, for a while, I carried nail clippers with me because I have to have my nails really short. I stopped, and now I pick at them like crazy.

I wish I could stop biting my nails.

I wish I could stop being lazy.

My new years resolution is to blow your mind, btw. If I stop being lazy I will totally do it. Just you watch!

Sometimes I have the urge just to go out and steal small things from stores.
Thankfull, i've not yet been caught.

i wish I could stop posting here.:rolleyes:

I wish I could stop getting older.

I wish I could stop getting older.

that and being right. Its a bastard you know

I would like to stop procrastinating, but I just keep putting it off.

i should stop picking my nose.

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

you don't really mean that

Drinking

procrastinating... thinking random meme-ish thoughts again and again... procrastinating...

I second the biting nails habit.

Nose picking, nail biting, compulsive lying....

I wish I could really shake my issues with people. Get over my stigma about getting into relationships, deal with people better and the like, really.

i wish i could stop getting hooked on stuff.

Eating junk food, for one thing. Liking boys who don't like me back, for another.

Posting on NS? But no, wait, I love it, like every addict loves his or her addiction...

Getting turned on by political debate? Nope...love that too...also addiction...

Damn...okay, okay...eating potato chips. My one unecessary vice. Hehehehe.

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

Mine is mildly disgusting, so I shall white it out for those with weak stomachs.

Basically, I do something rather odd: instead of blowing my nose when I use tissues like normal people, I use the tissue as a sort of barrier while picking my nose, with the occasional blow. It's a habit I started when I was three and I never got past it, nor will I ever, I presume. I wish I didn't do it, because I think it may have contributed to my weak sense of smell.

Lovely, isn't it? :D

Eating..

The list is too long for me to bother posting.

Although i'd like to stop being so lazy. :p

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

I gave up lying a few years ago. I even went back and told people which things I'd said that weren't true.

It was actually easier than I'd thought.

I thought, at first, that it would cause me constant social problems, because certain forms of lying seem to not only be accepted, but are considered normal by most people.

What I discovered was that you don't have to be impolite to be honest. You really don't.

And I also found that _not_ lying was _far_ easier, and took _far_ less energy.

Not only that, but the practice helps me to be a better friend to others, and a more trustworthy person.

It has made my friendships much stronger. It has made my life much less complicated.

Now... what I'd _really_ like to change about myself is that I'd like to stop being such a procrastinator. I'm actually a workaholic, and I always like to be doing _something_ worthwhile, but the moment something becomes "work" or an "official" project, rather than work (however difficult) that I do to "goof off," I find myself dragging my feet, working on other stuff, and otherwise avoiding doing stuff I'm supposed to be doing.

It's not that I sit around doing nothing. Usually, when I goof off from one thing it's by engaging in some _other_ work project than the one I _should_ be doing.

It makes it hard to finish anything, or keep track of stuff.

Mine is mildly disgusting, so I shall white it out for those with weak stomachs.

Basically, I do something rather odd: instead of blowing my nose when I use tissues like normal people, I use the tissue as a sort of barrier while picking my nose, with the occasional blow. It's a habit I started when I was three and I never got past it, nor will I ever, I presume. I wish I didn't do it, because I think it may have contributed to my weak sense of smell.

Lovely, isn't it? :D

ewwwwww!

you practically (and discreetly) clean your nose
rather than just picking it with your un-covered finger (and presuambly consuming the resultant product)
how disgusting and uncivilised!

Procrastination is at the top of my list. That and worrying about if my girlfriend is worried about her weight or not, and if she is, how much so.

For me, I have a hard time quit lying. Its not big lies, just small ones. So what do you wish you could stop doing?

Every time you post you confirm the image of the moralistic, anachronistic, simple religious wacko.

Personally, it would be procrastination, but I just never get round to it....;)

That would qualify as a pretty big lie, don't you think?

Well, you have to consider that it's a compound of little lies. We see it as one big one, and he sees it as a series of little ones.

I wish I could stop being so shy and timid. *nod*

Sleeping. I might actually have time to accomplish everything I need to that way. Oh, and Ifreann.

69th post.

I wish I could stop being so shy and timid. *nod*

I wish we could all stop nodding. *nod* dammit, there I go again.

I wish we could all stop nodding. *nod* dammit, there I go again.

Well the forum did manage to eventually break its *shudders*ing habit...

I wish we could all stop nodding. *nod* dammit, there I go again.

Contagious, isn't it? :)

Crying!:(

Procrastinating, eating chocolate, oversleeping, and being generally pessimistic; i.e. complaining. Sometimes I'd swear that Woody Allen whines less than me.

Ugh, I wish I could stop biting my nails. My front tooth is actually chipped now (it's hard to see, thankfully) because of it, but sometimes I still sneak in some biting here and there, right on the chipped tooth. I'm worried that I'll make my entire tooth crumble away!

Oh yeah, and I wish I could stop threatening my boyfriend that I'll dump him. It's an addiction!

Ugh, I wish I could stop biting my nails. My front tooth is actually chipped now (it's hard to see, thankfully) because of it, but sometimes I still sneak in some biting here and there, right on the chipped tooth. I'm worried that I'll make my entire tooth crumble away!

You must have tough nails....

NSG, duh :rolleyes:

Procrastinating, worrying about my friends dying/disowning me, playing mindless computer games, being shy and untalkative towards most people, being hypocondriatic about my mental health.

Less social anxiety.

What a horrible trait to have while at the same time being an extrovert. Its torture.

Crack. :(

i wish i could stop getting hooked on stuff.

oh yeah, and i wish i could stop procrastinating. that's a big one.