Pardew and his crazy smoking idea!

Touhid Kamal
Aug 25, 2017 · 4 min read

Pardew woke up today and had a crazy idea! Why not leave smoking till the end of the day? And end of the day means only smoking after the sun sets, when it’s night.

So, What’s the story of Perdew?`

When Pardew was a child, he used to see his brother smoke, a lot! Like 2–3 packets everyday. He would hate the smell as a child, and even promised one day that when he grows up, he will never touch a cigarette in his life.

But, then life happened.

Unholy Curiosity, Peer Pressure, Breakups, Dissatisfaction with Parents, Teachers, Jobs, Being a Rebel of the Society, and of course a fascination of being a dragon puffing out smokes from the mouth gives him the satisfaction of playing victim as a Smoker.

But you know what, One day Pardew realized something about the friends who don’t smoke. He had a close friend Anna. And he saw how active Anna is from the start of the day, how energetic her every action are, and the enthusiasm, Pardew never had that! He also understood something about his body. The days he smoked more, the less he could done or complete that day. And the days he smoked less, he was more engaged into his activities and happier.

Pardew loved smoking. That sense of feeling when the smoke comes out, the thoughts that arise in his head, when he looks up to the sky, with a cup of coffee and a cigarette in his both hands, or in the night when he is with friends gathering together at the pub, talking about the world or the society and the daily lives around them. Cigarettes added a sense of ornamentation to that good moments, ain’t it?

But, Nowadays, Pardew has more things to love. He loves his family, his work, his friends, the things he always wanted to do and he has started working hard to achieve those. He feels he could do so much more if he just have more energy.

So, for a month, Pardew has been working on a new habit. He tries to finish most of his work by day. And doesn’t smoke till it’s sunset. He drinks coffee for boosting his energy, but not cigarettes. The people he also meets in the day, mostly are for work purpose, so it has also been creating a better impression around his work friends. It was not easy, rather hard at first. But when he realized one day, the amount of energy and enthusiasm has been increasing unconsciously in his work, things has been so much easier.

And when it’s night, Pardew has finished all his tasks and waited for the time to come, he has been having a sense of satisfaction when he lights up the first cigarette. When he goes out with his friends, he knows these are the friends I love comfortable with to smoke and relax, and when he is not out, he smokes and works on something creative. Like those passionate old people from the old days, smoking pipes, and figuring out stuffs of the world.

No, it’s not a life changing story. Pardew, hasn’t given up smoking, yet! Maybe someday when his kids give him a line of you will be dead pretty soon, leave it for us, he may quit. But now, he is doing fine, but “after sunset smoking” habit has radically improved his life. Not only has he reduced his smoking to at least 8 cigarettes, the sense of satisfaction is much higher as he completes the work all day, then takes smoking as something he has achieved.

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Touhid Kamal

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