â„–81243[Quote]
My whole life has been wasted on mindless entertainment and addictions that were forced upon me since I was a child.
I've tried to fight these things partially over the last couple of years but all my attempts ended in failure. I couldn't stick to new routines and I kept giving up or getting distracted. But I think this time I have a chance. If things don't change now, I see my future to be grim.
These are the rules I will follow:
>I cannot provide entertainment for myself from my phone or computer unless it's reading a book or studying.
>I have to follow a healthy diet, no sweets, fast food, things like that.
>Everyday I must do at least 30 minutes of exercise, 30 minutes of meditation, 2 hours of studying or reading books, 30 minutes outdoors.
>I can only listen to music while working out
>No gooning, obviously
>Everyday, go to sleep before 11pm
I will be allowing myself to view this post once a day to write an update, I'd be thankful for any tips or ideas.
My main goal of this is to try to get back the potential that I've wasted for years, truly discipline myself, get rid of unhealthy habits and calm down my mind.
If i fail this I'm destined to become a goycattle slave with a minimum wage job at mcdonalds for the rest of my life.
Tommorow my journey begins.
â„–81244[Quote]
this seems like a good thread, best of luck to you
â„–81248[Quote]
good goals but dont be too hard on yourself or itll end in burnout and failure. it is cliche but take small steps. write a realistic thought out routine of what you want to improve on every day/week/month
â„–81249[Quote]
also sometimes you might fail to meet a goal, but dont see it as a reason to quit entirely. just move on whenever you think u failed
â„–81272[Quote]
You should spend a good chunk of your time outside walking/exercising. It will keep you away from the phone, prevent you from gooning (unless you are a jeet that does it in public geg), and you will sleep like a rock when 11pm comes. Godspeed 'teen
â„–81284[Quote]
This is good but find something fun to do in your mean time so there is no burnout like learning an instrument or some raisin
â„–81286[Quote]
>>81284>>81248tsmt, get a creative hobby you enjoy like painting, music or scale modeling. Also things like movies and singleplayer video games (multiplayer games are all niggerhell and addictive) are good for weening yourself off doomscrolling when starting out.
â„–81317[Quote]
Day 1:
I followed all the rules i gave myself.
Studied for 5 hours and read one chapter of a book.
Spent 1.5 hours outdoors working and went for a walk.
When I was working out, my lower back started hurting while doing squats. I need to work on my form and actually create a viable workout routine.
I tried meditating but half of the time I was falling asleep or drifting into random thoughts without realising it.
I had one urge to goon today because I thought about porn but it disappeared quickly.
Overall it was a good first day.
>>81244Thank you
>>81248I've tried taking small steps before but what I've noticed is that all my urges are like a net, doing one thing leads to another and eventually I would be back to doing whatever gave me the most dopamine.
>>81249>>81272Good advice
>>81284>>81286I might try getting into writing.
â„–81374[Quote]
Day 2:
Had a 2 hour walk in the forest.
Did studying/reading for ~7 hours, i should find something else to do because this is getting tiring.
Did a gpt generated workout.
Meditation went slightly better than yesterday.
I definitely feel a lot calmer, I didn't have any urges today. Forgot to mention that I'm using grayscale mode for all my devices, I recommend it if you're trying to focus on something.
â„–81508[Quote]
Day 3:
Forgot about the outdoors rule, only went outside briefly.
Studied for 6 hours, didnt read any books.
I tried writing today for an hour. I just wrote whatever thoughts came into my head, it was interesting.
Did a workout.
I'm going to medidate for 5 minutes today because I have to go to sleep and I read it's better to start at shorter times, then progress to longer.
I'm able to understand and remember the things I read better, in fact reading has become entertaining for me and doesn't feel like a chore. I no longer have any desire to browse social media or stuff like that, though I see myself in my dreams scrolling on tiktok or posting on this website.
â„–81513[Quote]
how can you study for so long?
â„–81592[Quote]
Day 4:
Studied for 5 hours, then did 2 hours of reading and 1 hour of writing
I went on a 30 minute walk.
I was going to work out my legs today but I couldn't figure out how to do any exercises and just gave up because I didn't have time. I'm gonna try to learn the exercises or change them tomorrow.
I'm going to meditate for 10 minutes.
>>81513I study only what I'm actually interested in. Usually, at 8am I wake up, at 10am I study for 2 hours. I eat dinner, go outside or something, then at 2pm I study again for 2-3 hours. It's a lot easier on a dopamine detox because there's not a lot of other things you could do.
â„–81627[Quote]
>>81243 (OP)Interesting, i might do something similar
â„–81697[Quote]
Day 5:
3 hours of studying, 4 hours of reading.
Went on a walk.
I worked out today but I pushed myself too much during the last exercise and ended up getting a headache
I won't be meditating because of the headache
Hopefully I'm gonna feel better tomorrow.
â„–81699[Quote]
what are you studying lil bro?