Good for you! Few words of encouragement. SM

I quit 15 days ago and have not really had that hard a time. The first couple of days were rough but it hasn't been that bad since. I was going to use the patch but decided to quit cold turkey.

Just remember that the cravings only last a few minutes and are gone before you know it. Do something to distract yourself while they pass.

I have found this website to be helpful: www.quitnet.com It is free for a basic membership and they will send you a daily email showing how many hours of life you have saved, how much money you have saved and how many cigarettes you have not smoked. I have found it to be very motivating. Here is another helpful thing to keep handy: http://www.ash.org.uk/html/factsheets/html/fact11.html

Most importantly remeber NOPE (Not One Puff Ever). No matter what don't smoke.

Best of luck to you in your healthy new life!

• Any ex-smokers? - Soon to be
  • THANK YOU ALL, lots of inspiration! NM - soon to be
  • Good for you! Few words of encouragement. SM - new ex-smoker
  • quit 4 years ago - you can do it!
    • quit smoking tip - nanna23
  • You can do it. - Good luck!
  • smoke free for 2 1/2 months - goldielox
  • I am not a smoker, never have been - but...sm
  • Are you the one who posted on the Ask the Dr board? - I wish I could
  • I am prepared to quit, too! Have the patches. Going to get popsicles and lollipops. - I hate being a smoker
    • Periodontist is making me quit SM - Becky
      • It could have easily cost you your life. nt - You're lucky though
        • You are absolutely right. I am very lucky. I didn't sound too grateful but I am. nm - Becky
  • Quit May 4, 1986 - Glad I did
  • Quitting Smoking - Lynn
  • 13 years off the cigarettes for me now.(sm) - Here

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I have started sending out my resume and a letter to local clinics.  I'd love to go back to college and become an RN, but we don't have any local universities.  I do plan to do it once the kids are all in school... I'll be 34 years old at that time, but better late than never.  ;)

It is hard to work with 3 toddlers but I manage.  I would be doing very early morning and/or late nights.  Lucky for me if I get 4 hours of sleep I'm good.  Still applying and still hoping for a bite.  It's encouraging to know it's not just me.  I've been starting to wonder if I'm horrible at my job. 

I had the feeling that I'd never learn these particular doctors... for one thing, the dictation was not clear and sounded like he was in a bucket or something.. Had that quality about it that makes me not be able to catch things. I was almost in tears, not to mention blowing my line count. I even had a sample to go by, but still couldn't understand. You know, if you can't hear it, you certainly can't transcribe it... sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher, only in another language! LOL!  Again, thanks.

I feel like there is no where to go but on my own for the best money, my current service has gotten real strange on me all of a sudden and with 24 years of experience, there is nothing I cannot transcribe accurately when spoken reasonbly well.  I am not the sole wage owner at this point, am I just want this as an option, I work backup for 2 services.  Sorry about your mom's loss, I lost my grandma this year on my birthday, that is when my other service decided to make me prn.  I have my mom with me too and I had to do part of the euology, host the repast, etc.  because of the time I took off, they basically fired me

Since there have been so many changes in MQ, I am the same way on accounts I am unfamiliar with.  I notice how quickly I can type even difficult reports on my primary, and then even when I get an easy dictator on the other accounts, I still am not do not do as well. 

You will get better as times go on.  You are just nervous and understandably want to do well.  I bet in a few more months, you will feel right at home and doing just as well as you wanted. 

I wish you well in your new job.

I used to frequently get discouraged about the pay I was(n't) making, until I started looking at it from a different perspective, and it has helped me double my paychecks.

I think of all the positions I have worked in in the past, where I was grossly overworked and underpaid, and I would have given an arm for the opportunity to be paid more based on how hard I worked, and how much I focused.  Of course, in salaried jobs, you can work until you are blue in the face, and generally, you'll make as much as you will on a day where you just can't get moving.  Since I've always worked hard, I try to think of being paid on production as a positive thing.  I am in control of my income.  If I really work and focus, I can reward myself by having higher paychecks.  When all is said and done, if I'm not making the money I'd like to, it's no one's fault but my own.  The good thing is, I don't have to wait to find a better job or wait for my boss to notice me to change that.  I just buckle down and set some goals, and get there myself!

Also, thanks for the half-goal idea.  When I notice my numbers slipping, I use a "Power Hour" where I have to get the highest number I know I am capable of.  I keep making myself do those, until I hit that high number, and then I can go get coffee or switch the laundry or whatever.  Even when I don't hit that number for 2 or 3 tries, I've increased my production over those hours I was trying, so it helps quickly bring my numbers up.

Now, speaking of that... I've gotta go do one.   Thanks again for the tips and encouragement.

Somebody recently mentioned a site where you can go and put a * in the part of the word that you can't get.  Example: 

ap*ectomy = appendectomy.

Can you tell me again where this site is?  It's sooooooooo helpful!!

Thanks!  

I am afraid that's one of my problems--thinking I'll wait until the end but then forgotting.  I am trying really hard to pay attention to every detail and then just be confident and let it go!