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BigPete247
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Day 11:
@Vlad, thanks man, hearing that from you...it means a lot. Sometimes, it's important to respect yourself first before respecting others. Good seeds, man, good seeds.
Everyone where i live is preparing for the solar eclipse in a few hours, might be able to see it; might not, hopefully they might be able to show it live on TV . I finished my homework assignments for today reacting to Thomas Jefferson's autobiography and The Declaration of Independence, feels good to be reminded of our rights to fight for freedom and democracy. It didn't take me long to read and write a page for each, should be enough for my professor to read since he didn't give us any clear way to do the assignment. Or post it online.
But afterwards i awarded myself with reading Tom Clancy's book Threat Vector, so far i'm about 25% into it and its not a bad series if you're into wartime strategy, espionage, and covert military operations. I want to get more books like this one for the following months to enhance my visual thinking, because i'm bad at memory and CT atm.
I oddly started to have relaxed feelings of gaming, even when i sold everything, like i had a mental trigger to play my system now. Instead, i drew it out, literally drawing how i felt at that time. So, all in all i'm having a good day so far.
I'm grateful for my expressive creativity and multitude of books.
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@BigPete247, when I'm at home I usually study in the same room using my notebook and small table. Now that I don't spend time looking for game I started catching up on some topics.
Sorry, I don't quite get which way exactly do you mean? If it's ddr then it mostly helps me to unclog my head after office.
Yeah, keeping space between my study and game helped keep me focused on my schoolwork more and gaming less, but in your case, you really need it to relax, don't blame you.
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It's ok man, it was hard for me to quit gaming until I joined these forums, At first I couldn't believe it , I was like 'wow, people are actually doing it, they're actually quitting games on here'.
So, after years of trial and error, I gave it up, every single game in one week. Trust me, there are some good people on here who will help.
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Hey Fern, BigPete here, being scared is normal, take it from these guys before you, quitting games gave them more freedom to express themselves, learn who they are, and lead happy successful lives.
The key to this is consistency, like Cam says in his videos, the more you keep doing it the better you will see your life improve. Good luck and welcome.
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Well, srry @Vlad , i'm afraid you don't have to do the HITT workout...Mettermrck you're up! But seriously man, keep doing what you are doing, just imagine how far you are into your life now vs. back then.
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Thx, mithras, looking forward making that big decision when the time comes. Your journal entry sounds like me when i was about to crack at day 3, blowing up my deathstar nearly ensued until i watched this.
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Back into the fray. Yesterday and today were social days, and I expect tomorrow to be similar. It's a great way of disconnecting from home and think from a non-desperate position.
Loads of sad stories. People around me have it tough, tougher than I believed. I "knew" it, you understand? I rationally comprehended they were struggling. But I didn't feel, act, live accordingly to that reality. The same introspections, insecurities, fears. Worse, illnesses and death involved, something I don't have to face yet. So yes, tougher. Makes me think. Not as an idiom. I truly felt something changed this weekend, witnessing a constant succession of my loved ones showing themselves vulnerable instead the usual other way around. I'll save you the drama.
I can relate...people came and went in my life without even hearing their stories, at first I tried to lean on my family to comfort me and say it's ok, but tough love always prevails over logic. I realized my parents were right, some just don't have time for it.
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@giblets Nice, what kind of work do you do?
@Mettermrck 1996...That's how my gaming started, my older brother took his stuff from college and plopped it right in front of my face, it contained a PS1 and a copy of Doom, Iong story short, I got addicted to shooters.
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I think you have a tremendous self-awareness of what you're trying to accomplish. You're only going to improve at reading people and hiring through experience.
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I understand you Zala, you feel heavily unreliable in certain situations as people around you starts to question 'omg, can he/she think?', then make you do what they used to do to me when I was in Basic training...which was troll. So gaming put a dent in my common sense, Tbh.
Good luck and just be yourself for your first day in school, people are there for attention anyway, remember that.
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Glad you had a great day, BigPete...I've been starting a new church these past couple of weeks and it's good to be around a new community.
Getting active with a church can improve on your reliability as well as being social within the community, glad you found a church home Mettermrck
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Good insight, keep it up Vlad
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@AlexTheGrape, What's up?, Good starting out man.
@Mettermrck I've tried it a few times, no dice.
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@BigPete247 I don't wanna spoil it for you but it makes me think about survival in war times and how we in western countries we live in abundance hence modern day problems such as addiction to games.
Also watching a good movie a good way to distract oneself from playing.
I am now almost 1 week now into this detox. Its funny when family ask what I've been up to on what I am up to on my phone and ask "are you playing pokemon"? I can proudly say no!
I do get cravings though, but I have surprisingly been able to stay away.Aw, well, i guess its beneficial to look at it that way too, how easy they had it back then. No electronics, no online play, would be nice to open up my board game in the 40s.
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Keep going, eshi2000, you're doing fine!
@Mettermrck, feels like that for me now
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I know it's hard to find something fun to do when your working hard, needed it, but it only exacerbated my gaming instead of decreasing it, leaving me to play on my off days when i was working at Walmart (not fun). Keep going man, it'll get easier to fight the more days you commit!
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Nice, HappyCat, do you have a separate place to study or do you study next to your DDR? Also, great way to stay committed to your goals!
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Day 10:
Services was great, I tried to be nice to this one deaf girl in church as she isn't big on social interactions, but she looked really good looking, sad i don't know sign language. Had that nasty cough and my nose was still congested today, slightly felt better afterwards. It's also getting even harder to monitor everything my grandmother does but she moves around constantly (if she isn't sitting on the couch), but the challenge is to hold on and be patient with her.
She can't really cook or do things herself so she gets me or dad to do round the clock stuff, even if it doesn't make sense, still its a challenge. Had no urges today, guess it was like somebody turned off my ambition for gaming. I checked out my online assignment planner and there was no assignments posted yet by any of my teachers, might be a good thing, won't actually know until i go back to school on Monday.
I'm grateful for my sense of humor and being an usher.
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@Vlad James Brown you say ... interesting choice
. Not sure if I was ever happy enough for his music though 
. Trying it out nonetheless.Day 4/90 Learned German for a couple of hours. I've also read a couple of papers I had on my desk for a long time. First time I checked everything on my to-do list. I hope I'm on the right track setting this kind of schedule for myself. I guess some self-guessing is normal. Like Am I doing the right thing? The right amount? Is the order ok? Should I be doing something else? Funny thing is, those questions never arose during gaming. Not even when it lasted 8+ hours. Not that I was doing the right, smart thing. It's like I knew it made no sense and I was just for passing time, enjoying it. Or maybe I was just too sucked into it to actually start thinking.
Luckily in a foreign country learning national language can't be a bad thing. I do want to integrate more into this new environment. And I do have a lot of reading to do before I even try to start writing my essay, that's due till mid September. What I need to work on is exercise. Might be best if I do it in the morning. Let's try this gratitude thing one more time.I'm grateful for reaching my daily goals.
I'm grateful for a lovely new dish I made.
I'm grateful for a lovely walk I had with my hubby.
You won't believe how many times I've had that 'oh crap' feeling when I was competitively gaming and I had something I needed to do, good luck on your goals as well as school @Zala
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When I said physically smaller, it was a cute way of saying I was losing weight and there was less of me in the mirror. Sometimes I try to be too clever for my own good. ?
@Daniel, yes my night ritual is primarily prayer and meditation. It helps calm me down and separate myself from technology.
Day 74/90. I slept like a log, surprise. I had weird dreams which is a sign that I was sleeping deeply. I had read a book a couple weeks ago about Krakatoa, the volcano that erupted over a century ago. So naturally my dreams had a volcano in it haha.
I got my car fixed this morning. I'm actually patting myself on the back because I didn't blow all my money on games and food like before and I was able to take care of my responsibilities. But man alternators have gotten more expensive over the years!
I ran into the priest from my new church at the grocery store today. That was a nice little sign that I was making the right decision to move on spiritually.
I haven't been thinking of gaming too much with the 90 days approaching. Once in a while...but I can't see video games and my podcast project coexisting.
Gratitude
1. Taking care of my responsibilities
2. Bought a new smaller pair of jeans today...yeah!
3. Air-conditioning when the heat index outside is over 100
This is a prime example of what i wish to accomplish in my life, starting with my car, nice @Mettermrck!
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I am on 133 hours
I am feeling tired and bored today bored because I have visited my grandparents and to be honest the past 3 years I have been gaming at every time I went to them..
It is feeling weird not to game especially when I am thinking about my last meeting 3 weeks ago when I was gaming Clicker Heroes big time...
As far as today I have been going on Google play store checking whether there is a new update on CH until I noticed what I was actually doing....
I felt a little more tempted after that.
Gratitude
I love to see my grand parents
I did an extreme plank workout and managed about 1 set
cold showers are the best.
My grandad passed away 3 years ago, when I gamed I honestly didn't hear news he passed until my pops came home from the hospital. It put me in a crappy mood. I was able to attend his funeral but had no words to say, I just had a moment of silence to myself as I didn't get a chance to see him before he passed because I didn't have the motivation to go with my dad to check on him.
Your doing the right thing dirkj3.
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Yes, I like DDR. Unfortunately, there's only a few cabs in my general (very general) area. I play on a soft mat at home sometimes.
I always wanted one of these, it looked like a lot of fun and a nice way to stay active, I guess sparked by the original NES fitness mat. I know the fitness mat got a lot of bad reviews though, so what is the soft mat like? I assume it would have the same challenges by being a bit harder to move on and not having quite the same feedback.
Let's just say that Nashi Con taught me a few lessons
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So true, Zeeko, your right about being forced to play, it's a nasty feeling but yet can be supplemented with a hobby. Like me, i'm thinking of playing Solitaire with the deck of cards i never put to use when i was deployed. Just a suggestion, continue the fight!
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Are you majoring in linguistics and public speaking, Skaliq? If you are, that's pretty cool.
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