Van Isle
Contributor
Hi all,
as many of you know making one's goals public is a great motivator and can really cement the effort in the mind of the one changing his or her habits. To that end I invite you to hear my goal:
My girlfriend and I have decided to drastically reduce our level of alcohol consumption.
It came about like this: the end of a weekend of some great dives, a few pints of beer at the pub, and a small bottle of gin shared over the weekend. I tallied the cost of the booze, and it came to roughly 1/20 what it would cost us to top our airmiles to get us to Bonaire. In a single, pretty average weekend. Then and there, with that realization, we decided to go Dry to Fly, or trade our Booze for Bonaire.
We've got a family heirloom (long story
) 1 US gal bottle of Seagram's, empty, and we've siliconed the lid on. There is a slot in the lid, and this will be our piggy bank. Not a cheapy one with a rubber plug where you can sneak some cash out. Nope, the only way in is destruction of the bottle. So now every time we feel like picking up a six pack to go with steaks at dinner, $15 goes in to the pot. Every time we hit the pub and have a salad and a glass of water instead of a burger and a coupla pints, $20 in to the jar. 
In addition to the money redirected towards an erstwhile far-off dream vacation, we expect and hope to see the concomitant benefits of better health, weight loss, more energy, better hydration, et cetera.
Who else out there would like to share a story about quitting drinking for diving, or quitting smoking, or any other large habit change to better their diving or better their lives? I'd love to hear it.
as many of you know making one's goals public is a great motivator and can really cement the effort in the mind of the one changing his or her habits. To that end I invite you to hear my goal:
My girlfriend and I have decided to drastically reduce our level of alcohol consumption.
It came about like this: the end of a weekend of some great dives, a few pints of beer at the pub, and a small bottle of gin shared over the weekend. I tallied the cost of the booze, and it came to roughly 1/20 what it would cost us to top our airmiles to get us to Bonaire. In a single, pretty average weekend. Then and there, with that realization, we decided to go Dry to Fly, or trade our Booze for Bonaire.
We've got a family heirloom (long story
) 1 US gal bottle of Seagram's, empty, and we've siliconed the lid on. There is a slot in the lid, and this will be our piggy bank. Not a cheapy one with a rubber plug where you can sneak some cash out. Nope, the only way in is destruction of the bottle. So now every time we feel like picking up a six pack to go with steaks at dinner, $15 goes in to the pot. Every time we hit the pub and have a salad and a glass of water instead of a burger and a coupla pints, $20 in to the jar. In addition to the money redirected towards an erstwhile far-off dream vacation, we expect and hope to see the concomitant benefits of better health, weight loss, more energy, better hydration, et cetera.
Who else out there would like to share a story about quitting drinking for diving, or quitting smoking, or any other large habit change to better their diving or better their lives? I'd love to hear it.
