By Leo Babauta
‘Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.’ ~Benjamin Franklin
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Tess Marshall of The Bold Life.
When I decided to quit smoking, I was 27 years old, my two oldest daughters were seven and five, and the twins were three.
I didn’t want to be a bad example, I hid my smoking from them. I smoked when they were sleeping or when they were with the babysitter.
As my addiction grew stronger, I began smoking in the bathroom with the window open. One day, my five year old knocked on the bathroom door and said, “Mommy, I smell something in there!”
I freaked out, flushed my cigarette down the toilet, gathered my composure,... More...
