SeaJay
Contributor
I've been very much in love with writing my whole life. It means a lot to me. As I've mentioned before, it enables me to get a unique third-party point of view on things. I write to share. I write to rethink things. I write to make money. I write for a lot of reasons.
...And that's why I so very much enjoyed writing about my DIR-F class. It was important for me to rethink it and understand it, and it was important for me to share the experience. I needed to get other's outside views and get an outside view of the experience that was my own. Thank you, Scubaboard, for letting me write. Talking about things like this always allows me to grasp much more of the situation than I was able to grasp the first time around.
It was shocking to me how ill-prepared I was to do even the simplest maneuvers. Lord knows I want to have those skills. They're going to take time and a lot of practice. I've already commensed that procedure.
But there was an issue of health and fitness, too... And that's something that I can start today.
After a huge discussion on the board here on smoking, I've just had enough of it. I know the reasons why to quit. I know the health problems and the cardio problems associated with smoking... And I know how important those things are in diving.
So today I smoked my last cigar. I've just had enough. This isn't for DIR... And this isn't for diving. This isn't for the health reasons or anything else. This is for me. I just can do better for myself than to be using those things. I'm tired of being addicted and at a lower degree of fitness than I otherwise could be.
...So what's this got to do with scuba? Well... You tell me.
And that will put an end to this silly debate as to whether or not divers should be smokers too.
I'm thinking of this not as "I gave up smokes," but as, "I'm giving myself a higher bar." Thanks for not bending the rules, MHK.
Reach, baby, reach.
...And that's why I so very much enjoyed writing about my DIR-F class. It was important for me to rethink it and understand it, and it was important for me to share the experience. I needed to get other's outside views and get an outside view of the experience that was my own. Thank you, Scubaboard, for letting me write. Talking about things like this always allows me to grasp much more of the situation than I was able to grasp the first time around.
It was shocking to me how ill-prepared I was to do even the simplest maneuvers. Lord knows I want to have those skills. They're going to take time and a lot of practice. I've already commensed that procedure.
But there was an issue of health and fitness, too... And that's something that I can start today.
After a huge discussion on the board here on smoking, I've just had enough of it. I know the reasons why to quit. I know the health problems and the cardio problems associated with smoking... And I know how important those things are in diving.
So today I smoked my last cigar. I've just had enough. This isn't for DIR... And this isn't for diving. This isn't for the health reasons or anything else. This is for me. I just can do better for myself than to be using those things. I'm tired of being addicted and at a lower degree of fitness than I otherwise could be.
...So what's this got to do with scuba? Well... You tell me.
And that will put an end to this silly debate as to whether or not divers should be smokers too.I'm thinking of this not as "I gave up smokes," but as, "I'm giving myself a higher bar." Thanks for not bending the rules, MHK.
Reach, baby, reach.
