Getting bored...

[Brutus2600]

I was ready to quit last week after a couple of bad and mediocre smokes in a row. I was thinking "Why am I even smoking these? The money I've spent and the risk smoking these just aren't worth it"

Then I smoked a great cigar and was right back on the bandwagon

I understand how you feel though. I think I'm done buying for awhile. I have more smokes than I'll smoke in a year, and I don't have any business spending more money on cigars. Like Pat and Albert said, take a week or two off. You'll start wanting a good cigar, and maybe just keep it to smoking on the weekend. Sell or gift the sticks you no longer enjoy and just keep those around you do

Personally for me, I've amassed a decent number of "htf" or "higher end" sticks. I also have a good number of lower end sticks. I've stopped hoarding the better ones and started enjoying those, like they were meant to be

[neoflex]

I have gone through this before and I would almost say it's normal to just kind of get burned out from time to time. I have gone through this cycle a hand full of times myself. Like others have said taking some time off from smoking and maybe a little more from buying and smoking through your current inventory will usually have you back in the saddle in short time. Try for two or three weeks and see how you feel and if you still just feel meh, than give it some more time. If not than maybe you have just reached your peak and are done with the hobby. Hopefully not but never say never. I tend to do this with most hobbies and some I have stuck with while others I just walk away from. Hell, I got pulled over twice in 10 minutes on my bike last weekend and was keeping it all legal at the time. Just had two different LEOs who wanted to break balls that day I guess. Plus the joys of riding a supermoto I suppose too. After I got home I was so pissed that I was ready to sell the thing and be done with it. The bike has been parked since and I have no desire to even go out and ride this weekend. I think it's normal for all hobbies. Hope to see a post in a month or so telling us your back in the saddle and back to your old routine. Worse case scenario hopefully is you get past it and may have some age on your smokes.

if you are quitting ive got dibs on your stash Walt!

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by whodeeni

if you are quitting ive got dibs on your stash Walt!

Seconds!

You got all the info you need. A break is necessary once in a while. No point in smoking if you don't enjoy it.

One suggestion is to smoke an old favorite, if that sucks, then it's break time, if it's still one of your favs, maybe your profile changed a bit and time to pick some more favs up.

Originally Posted by whodeeni

if you are quitting ive got dibs on your stash Walt!

It's all dog rockets.

As far as being negative lately...that was only in regards to the Dirty Rat selling for $12 a stick (box price makes these reasonable). That came on the back of outstanding releases from Andre and Pete in the $8-$10 range, and my finding out that 858 Sungrowns sold for $6 a stick. In all honesty...I'll still take a Pork Tenderloin over almost anything right now. I only wish I could find more to buy at that price.

Originally Posted by klipsch

It's all dog rockets.

As far as being negative lately...that was only in regards to the Dirty Rat selling for $12 a stick (box price makes these reasonable). That came on the back of outstanding releases from Andre and Pete in the $8-$10 range, and my finding out that 858 Sungrowns sold for $6 a stick. In all honesty...I'll still take a Pork Tenderloin over almost anything right now. I only wish I could find more to buy at that price.

just wait... in a year he'll put them out as a regular release... you heard about
what's happening to the t-110 blend right?