Quitting

As with most addictive personalities*, it takes me a while to quit. And, in most cases, the quitting process is painful, and it takes a long time for me to let go (read: unclench my fists from the objects/people/hobbies of my obsession/attention). Once I DO let go and move on, I move on completely and, in most cases, nothing can make me go back.

Things I've finally quit on:

• smoking
• hard alcohol
• bad coffee (note that this excludes Teh Tarik, for many reasons, including the fact that it's a tea)
• window seats on planes
• some students (if I've repeated something for 21 weeks and said students have consistently ignored me, I will eventually stop caring)
• one hour connections in US airports
• overnight trains or buses
• bad books - that is, books that do not get me excited by page 130
• reading reports, papers or articles with consistent bad spelling and grammar (life's too short, really)
• running with injuries (mainly because I can't anymore)
• climbing with injuries (see above) 

* also called stubborn, pig-headed, egotistical, A-type, anal, controlling etc.