Once, last December? There was a coat I really wanted. But I knew if I bought it, I’d be eating ramen and borrowing $20 bucks off Biscuit for cigarette money.
So, in a move that stunned the peanut gallery and made most American financial institutions sit upright and take serious stock of their marketing techniques, I didn’t buy the coat. AND GODDAMNIT WAS I PISSED.
That remains, until twelve days ago, the only time in the history of ever that I have denied myself something.
Twelve days ago, I started denying myself cigarettes. THIS IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE, and it makes me really wish I’d bought that coat, just to balance out the universe.
Because, look, hedonists like me shouldn’t make willpower a habit, okay?