Dear Ana D,

This was not a good weekend for extinguishing habits. Luckily, everything I decided to start doing I was able to keep up. But yesterday:

I picked my lips. I picked my zits in a major way. And today I'm still picking my zits. And I'm eating too much and spoiling my diet.

I'm starting over the 30 days for no zit or lip-picking. Tomorrow will be my first day of no zit or lip picking. If, after one week, I have succeeded in not doing either one, I can get some new music. At the end of each day, if I have not picked, I can have my vitamins. Because they're delicious, and it will be a deprivation. Maybe that will help me to stop picking. We'll see.

Thanks for understanding. I'm trying to keep myself honest here, but it's really difficult to stop these habits. I believe it's really a compulsion, because my brain goes weird places when I try to tell myself not to pick.

Sincerely,

Lai Chayre