NEW VIDEO: Why You MUST Quit Gaming in 2025
Cam Adair
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Hey Marcus! Thanks for sharing and joining us here! Always love your updates.
If you relapsed this weekend make sure you keep this in mind.
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Hey man! Good job keeping up with your song list! I love how you're using meditation as a grounding force when you come home and seeing the power of how showing appreciation is a pathway to connecting more with people.
Instead of the karaoke mission, let's think of something else that would push your comfort zone. What ideas do you have?
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Dude! Love the moves! Get low... get low... get low...
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Hey! Some days this will happen, no big deal. Come back stronger tomorrow. I like the improvements you made to your wallpaper. Makes me think about doing the same to mine.
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I checked out the Higher Purpose Project
?Definitely apply! Tell them you know me.
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Day 7 Challenge (Day 8)
?Boom! I love how awesome your day was. This is only one of many more to come.
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Day 7
?Hey Matthias! It happens, it's all about how you bounce back tomorrow. Looking forward to your next update.
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? well, i have like the challenge unitl now, at it has been a great experience.
Day 6
?Haha that's totally fine! The mission was just to ask and be open to the possibility for rejection, it wasn't about whether you got the discount or not. Can you see how her saying no had nothing to do with YOU and everything to do with the request? It's an important distinction to make.
To really live our life to the fullest we need to learn to be ok when we experience feelings of rejection or tension or anxiety or overwhelm or anything like that. Some of the missions will put you in that emotional state to help you learn how to overcome them.
Have a great gig!
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Day 5
?Hey! Love reading today's update. Your vision board looks awesome and I love seeing the Game Quitters logo on there! Maybe we will end up in Japan at the same time.
Or... I'll be back in Los Angeles when you visit Hollywood. Either would be cool!Excited to hear how your band practice goes today.
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I wouldn't mind seeing an article about other related "distractions" to watch out for after you quit games, for me that was surfing news websites, social media, and even watching other people gaming on streams.
Wondered what perspectives you had for people on avoiding this pitfall after quitting.
Awesome, I can do something for this. Question, does this video answer that question or is there another angle it's missing?
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Yes, that's absolutely right. A famous quote I believe in is that you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with. So if you want to really take your life to the next level, you want to be around people who inspire you (and hold you accountable) to being your best.
That's been one of the single most effective ways for me to really level up. This forum will be one way to do that and it will continue to build over time and we each have the opportunity to contribute and support each other. I hope to host a live event some day where we can all hang out and go through different exercises. I took part in five summits from The Higher Purpose Project last year and they were powerful, not only for learning and growing yourself but also meeting other likeminded people.
When I first quit gaming I didn't have very many friends and I didn't even really know how to make friends. So I went on this crazy journey to learn it, and I want you to know you can definitely learn it. The challenge will be a good way to start learning some of the basics, and then I can share with you some extra concepts once you're finished. Tyrone on the forum is a good example of someone who managed to really take his social life to a new level by applying some of the concepts I share in both the challenge and others we can talk about afterwards.
BTW, your profile pic is slick!
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Hi Sidsel! Thanks for sharing your story and joining us here! We're happy you're a part of our community.
Congrats on 5 days without games. Even though 5 days can seem small, it's a meaningful accomplishment and you should feel proud.
You want to focus on getting to 90 days to allow your brain chemistry to rewire back to normal dopamine levels. We're here for you, let us know if we can help!
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Day 4
Nice! I love your morning routine. That's definitely one that will set you up for success in the morning. Headspace first thing is a great way to start your day feeling clear. Also, having a whiteboard is always a nice addition to your room. ?
Also great that you are already into the 7-minute workout.
Looking forward to day 5.
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2) Hard to be a God by Strugatsky brothers - the best analogy on western world invading east
?I'm gonna check this one out.
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Zane!
Thanks for sharing your story. This is awesome! I read both posts and really enjoyed getting to know you better through your story. I definitely relate to many of the obstacles you spoke of, including having a tough time after a breakup.I checked out FightMediocrity and definitely think it's a great resource! I'm a huge fan of reading and have actually read over 50 books in the last 2 1/2 years! Reading is one of the easiest ways to become smarter and more successful.
When it comes to the videos or forum, it's important to remember that although my article has been around for over four years now, it's only this year I truly started to focus on building Game Quitters and putting more of my content out there. Up until now (other than that TEDx talk), I had really only been replying to comments and emails. It would have been great to start my channel or the forum earlier but the last two years I spent in a sabbatical working on improving myself to where I am now.And now that I feel much more confident in myself, I decided this year I am going to go after Game Quitters full force, not for myself but for the community. That's why you're seeing all sorts of new content coming out and products like Respawn and the Challenge.
The concepts and missions I share in the Challenge are really what has allowed me to get to the point I am now in my life where I'm more confident and happy than ever. From reading your story, it's definitely a great next step for you. Respawn is perfect to take the initial steps of removing games from your life, and the Challenge is built to focus on how to really start living your life to the fullest.
I really appreciate you being here and sharing your story. The forum and community will continue to build each day, so remember these times when there were only a few of us, you're one of the original members!
Let me know if I can help in any way.- Cam
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Day 3:?
Nice! Love the video, great job. Just like you're going to focus on slowly improving over time with your songs, you can take the same approach to your videos. My first video was with my iPhone in Portrait, and because of the poor quality it encouraged me to learn how to use my GoPro and improve my editing abilities. It's all about KAIZEN baby! (Kaizen means constant improvement in Japanese.)
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?I'd like to, but I played it 2 times with a friend of mine without recording and then I got my Dota2 invite. So my bass skill went down slight edge curve
I hope to restore it till an end of summer?Sounds great! I've found by posting my weekly video on YouTube it's really held me accountable to improving my ability to speak clearly in front of a camera, and improved my videography skills (slowly, haha!)
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?Don't really know. I'm more a metal basist. The hardest thing I played was this song
?You post any videos of you playing your songs? Could be cool!
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Day 2:
Hey! Great job today! Love your ambition.
Make sure you schedule the time to play and learn your song each day so you have the time set aside for it. I'd recommend spending an hour or so getting together a song list for you to start with, so you can spend more time learning each one and less time trying to find new songs to learn.
Looking forward to your day 3.
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Hey! Love seeing your journal up here. I'm excited to follow along each day and will be here to support you.
Austria is a beautiful country. I had the pleasure of making a stop there in my tour across Europe two years ago. I can't wait to come back!
Some of your friends will understand, some won't. That's a lesson in not pleasing everybody and remembering to do what you feel is best for you, instead of always being influenced by others. If you haven't seen my video on How to Stay Friends With Your Gamer Friends it's here.
It's good that you have a few supportive friends (and your parents) in your corner. For now focus on these people in your life and give the others some space.
In the upcoming Social missions we will start to build more of your foundation to improve your social skills, but a great example is Tyrone (he can come and comment on his story) where he was in a similar position (going to school and wanting to make new friends) and a year later he's doing really well!Hope you have a great day! Looking forward to day 2.
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Great list, Ed! Thanks for sharing.
I'm going to add Wired for Story and Write, Publish, Repeat to my list. -
Reading the Slight Edge now. If you guys are interested in some interesting psychological (and economical) effects check out "Predictably Irrational" by Dan Ariely.
?Awesome! Let me know what you think of The Slight Edge. I'll add Predictably Irrational to my list.
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No 4HWW on there man? ;-)
?It's a great read. I want to read it again soon too. Been like 5 years or so.
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Hey! Thanks for sharing.
It's definitely a good sign to see how your relationship with gaming has begun to shift with your time away. That doesn't mean you wouldn't come to enjoy it a lot if you did start playing a lot again, but it's great to see the difference between "I want to play because I enjoy it" and "I want to play because my brain enjoys it."
There's a difference.
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?Take 10 is enough for now. You have a longer one coming up.
Keep your mind open to a challenge you can design for yourself that pushes your comfort zone like Karaoke would for most people. We can come up with an idea. BTW, did you call that girl!?
?Cold showers can be very challenging, but they are such a great easy way to build more of your discipline and tenacity. And after you do them more often, they really start to be more enjoyable... kind of. Haha.
NoFap is good. Keep us updated on that, it can bring up different emotions like what happens when you first quit gaming.
Everything looks good. This challenge is also meant to help you develop more independence and self-awareness, because things in what's happening in your morning routine are basically what happens every day in life. Even today, I woke up in a new country (Singapore), tired, hungry, dehydrated, I couldn't find the kind of food I wanted to eat (within my diet), I'm frustrated for a minute, then I get to Starbucks to work for a bit and even though I charged my laptop last night, I turn it on and it's at 35%. It's easy for these kind of things to cause mayhem in your day, OR to accept them as is (such as you have to work in the morning so you can't wake up at 5am to get it done)... when really how we respond and the solutions we find are up to us most of the time.
It's all about learning to be aware of what's happening and then adjusting/adapting to optimize ourselves moving forward to our desired goal.