SHORTFORM SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE DAY 8

I Stopped Burning a 5 € Banknote Every Day and Here’s Why

Jennifer Barrios Tettay
The Shortform
Published in
1 min readSep 11, 2022

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Yes, I “burned” a banknote daily for years.

At 14, I smoked my first cigarette. And what can I say — I was a late bloomer. My friends had started when they were 13 or even 12.

Back then, smoking was cool — unlike today. 🚭

Yes, everything used to be different, but not everything was better — against some opinions.

It took me about 6–7 years to give it up again.

You can do the math: 6.5 x 365 x 5 € — I just did the math and wish I hadn’t! Where the heck do you get that kind of money at that age anyway!!!!

🙌 Well, my thanks go to online games. I simply had no time anymore for smoking breaks. So I stopped from one day to the next.

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