Robin

Plus Ultra man! Don't focus on too many things is my suggestion. That way you will maybe get burned out yea and escape from reality in gaming again. Just do what feels right for you. Stopping with gaming is the first step. That way you will have sooo much more time and you can experience what life really is. We will be here along the journey. Just don't give up. Ever. What the hell would Deku do huh? HE WOULD FIGHT FOR IT! hehe - Velzen

Simply amazing! Gratz and now keep going and make something beautifull out of this life <3 - Velzen

Hey man, Great to hear that you're still away from gaming. That's the only way you'll find your true purpose my man.It sounds like you are on a journey trying to find your way. I guess just follow your heart and do what makes you happy. Please stop by sometime to let us know how you're doing! - Velzen

I agree with the post above me. Gaming is fun in the moment, but once you get out of that world you'll get depressed because you have nothing in the real word. This is what I experienced at the beginning, but now that I'm working on improving myself in real life I will never go back to gaming. I'm reading a book currently called ''Maximum Achievement by Brian Tracy'' and 1 of the things in it got me really thinking. 1. Life is hard. For you and me and everyone else. 2. Everything you are or ever will be is up to you. 3. You can learn anything you need to learn to become anyone you want to become. This really puts the power in your own hands. Go out and stop wasting you life in video games. Make this 1 life everything you ever wanted it to be. * The things I started doing when I stopped gaming was going to the gym and going throug pain and suffering. Everytime I did something I thought I couldn't do like a 5K run and I did it anyways I felt more alive. If you want to find out what kind of things you'll like and what your purpose is in the world you got to stop gaming and go out and find it for yourself man.

Thanks Cam. I hope your doing well in life :)!

Day 1 No GamingNo TwitchNo Youtube (Except educational/Music video's)No HLTVNo TwitterNo PornNo FapActivities - 85 Push-ups ; 85 Sit-ups ; 22 Pull-ups (Missed 38) - 60 KM Bike ride 22-23 KM/H - 5.08 KM Run 11.0 KM/H * Today was one of the most active days in a long time. My legs are super painfull and it was hard to complete the run. A year a go or so I was also addicted to video games, but Cam and these forums helped me a lot. I don't struggle with gaming anymore since I just really don't like it anymore. The reason why I came back to these forums is to have a sort of system to keep myself disciplined and maybe help others along the way. * Someone who really inspired me in life is David Goggins. And I will work hard and follow his lessons to better myself.

Daily No GamingNo TwitchNo Youtube (Except educational/Music video's)No HLTVNo TwitterNo PornNo FapWeek 1: Running: 25,6 KM Pull-ups: 250 Sit-ups: 1000 Push-ups: 1000 Running Day 1: 5K - Medium (10.5/11) Day 2: 2,7K - Fast Short (13.5/14) Day 3: 7,5K - Long Slow (9.5/10) Day 4: 2,7K - Fast Short (13.5/14) Day 5: 5K - Medium (10.5/11) Day 6: 2,7K - Fast Short(13.5/14) Day 7: / Strength Reps Day 1: 85 Push/Sit ; 60Pull Day 2: 250 Push/Sit ; 25Pull Day 3: 85 Push/Sit ; 60Pull Day 4: 250 Push/Sit ; 25Pull Day 5: 85 Push/Sit ; 60Pull Day 6: 250 Push/Sit ; 25Pull Day 7: / These are my daily objectives. I'm training for military bootcamp (Dutch Marines) and I wanted to journal it to see how my progress wil go and if I run into problems I can maybe find out why etc. Feel free to respond/follow along! - Velzen

Hey guys! My plan was to start my training program for 16 weeks and after that apply for the military. The problem is that the docter diagnosed Glandular Fever which is the reason of my overall fatigue. I can't do a thing at the moment. Does anyone have experience with this? And when should I expect to be able to run again? 3weeks -> 3months? It's such a bad timing since my school ends in 3 months. I need to be able to train so I can prepare for the army but the fever destroyed that vision.

Day 3 out of 90 Done!! Day 4 out of 90 So far so good!

Joined as well! Great idea

Just checked it out thank you :)! Awesome! I think we can all make a GQ group(s) for many different streaks! Btw. also coach.me is an awesome one! Chains.cc is easier however and there is a possibility to check your goals from any time ago, and on coach.me you can go only 7 days ago Just checked it out thank you :)! @ hycniejsy, do you also use it ? Great you spread the message about it! I've created today the GameQuitters group on chains.cc. Join me there with your gaming-free chain https://chains.cc/groups/lmai5LEWSUeeOzS I used it before but now I'm using this https://www.best-you.pl/ However, I made an account and joined you on this streak! I think everyone from GameQuitters can join it! Just checked it out thank you :)! @ hycniejsy, do you also use it ? Great you spread the message about it! I've created today the GameQuitters group on chains.cc. Join me there with your gaming-free chain https://chains.cc/groups/lmai5LEWSUeeOzS Awesome guys! I've just joined as well Cool to see eachothers progress!

Just checked it out thank you :)!

Day 2 out of 90 1. Meditated <02> 2. No Fap <02> 3.No Gaming <02> Also the first day of my calisthenics journey. I decided to go back to the basics. This is incredibly hard, but will pay off in the long run. I know it for sure!

Thanks man! I don't think that's my problem though. It is true that the winter sucks right now haha. I would like to see a bit more sun so that I don't have to wear 10 sweaters

Hello Robin, I've done 110 days myself (just about 3.5 months roughtly), so I can relate to your struggles. I went back to games last year sometime Februry. I guess for me it was different. I did my meditation and took better care of myself (sleeping habit was waaay better), but I guess for me I thought I could go back and not get trapped. But that of course wasn't the case. For me it was like I was on the otherside of the fence. Games to me felt like a waste of time. At the time I was converting all the energy I would have spent gaming on my business designing board games, so I guess, for me it worked. But for you, I'd consider diging back into your meditation and trying to focus on why you wanted to stop in the first place. Sure you can say that it was the better yourself, but it appears to me the stress of continuing your betterment lead you to short-circuit of sorts. Try not to place so much stress on the aspect of achievements. Maybe this was something you pursued in games? Were you an Achievement hunter in WoW or elsewhere? Most importantly - don't think about your new good habits as gone. Consider this a checkpoint of sorts. If you've been gaming for a long, long time. It's going to take some trial and error. If you come up with anything in regards to reaccuring your motivation, let me know because I can use some pointers myself haha. You got this. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me with my struggles hehe ^^ I was definitely super addicted to achieving new goals and levels in games. I always wanted to be the best in the games which led to so much time wasted. After I'd quit gaming I kind of had the same mindset in real life. I wasn't allowed to skip a training, I wasn't allowed to eat unhealthy stuff etc. etc. These are all good things, but I had put so much stress on myself by telling me this every single day and never taking the time to reflect on my self where I was. I didn't see any progress (in my opinion) and it was burning me out. This time I will rather enjoy the process. I will not put so much stress on myself and I will not be mad at myself if I don't reach a goal fast enough. I will just simply reflect on myself and do better next time. I've sold my PS4 and bought a Calisthenics course for 1 year. I'm planning on learning new skills such as Muscle Up, Levers, Plance etc. The army is really what inspires me and I want to be better for myself and so that I can contribute to a safer world.

Thanks guys! I really appreciate the support <3 It's day 1 of the 90 day challenge today 1. Meditating <01> 2. No Fap <01> 3. No Gaming <01>

The biggest lie ever put to Maslow's hierarchy. This is an excuse and I'll explain it easily, proving it by science. "The lowest" needs from Maslow's pyramid are these that our survival depends on them. In other words, you will die if you stop drinking, eating, sleep, breathing, maintain homeostasis or excretion, it's only the matter of time how long it will take. However science proves, that nobody ever died due to the lack of sex or masturbation (which these two are obviously not the same!). So, this is not a survival need. Obviously it is important to cohabitate to maintain the whole species. But you won't explode/become blue on your balls/face/get a prostate cancer etc. This is all bullshit and justification for people. That's a mistake my friend. Something that will make you weaken in social situation. You'll be just less likely to "achieve" one of the goals on your signature - finding a girlfriend. And even if you find a girlfriend and will have a sexual relationship with her, by doing masturbation for a long period of time you will be focused on yourself (that's act full of egoism) instead of your sexual partner. And that will hurt as hell once you will wake up from this state you're in right now. The most important is to get your literally sexual energy into social interactions with people and especially woman, so this way you'll become a real man and will feel much better with it. Instead of getting this sexual energy out of your body. About wet dreams - if you're not in stable sexual relationship, this should be a normal physiological reaction of your body to maintain the level of hormones and semen. However it was destroyed nowadays by wrenched from context sexual acts. That's the brutal truth and nothing else. No excuses, no justifications. You can accept it or deny it. The choice is yours Think about it and let me know what you think. I relate to so much you've posted. And I really agree with your points.

Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I really love the swimming idea which I'll definitely take action on. I have a swimming pool just 4 minutes from my house haha!

Update: Just sold my PS4 with games and headset for 250 euros. Will be using that money to expend my home gym and buy a training program which I can progress in.

Day 01 So a few months back everything was going super good for me. I worked out 6 times a week, tracked all my macro's, had a girlfriend etc. etc. The problem was that I focused my energy on way to many things at the same time and I can't stand it when I'm bad at something. So I wanted to be better than average in all the things I did at the time. The next problem was that I was never proud of myself or never satisfied with my progress. I simply didn't see the purpose anymore in what I was doing, because I thought that I did everything for nothing. All of this led to a burn out which I haven't recovered from till this weekend. My dance teacher came up to me and told me she saw that something was wrong with me. This really got to me because she is one of the most important persons in my life. So as I got home I began to look on the internet for what could have went wrong. I came across the word Burn out and started searching more about it. It turned out that that definition/explanation of a burn out was almost identical with what happened to me. So I took the first steps again. Deleted all my games and joined the Discord chat group. I really want this journal to be chill and relaxed since that's the most important thing to me right now. I don't want to put any pressure on myself. I simply do what I feel like for a while and try to sleep/meditate as often as possible. We'll see where it goes from there. Although I don't want to pressure myself I want to complete 3 things each day and that's also where you guys should hold me accountable for: 1. Meditating every day 2. No Gaming 3. No Fap / No Porn To begin with I'll start with a 90 day challenge. Just 90 days doing these 3 things every single day. And if I feel like writing more in my journal I'll do just that.

So much respect for you! You've inspired me to start counting the good days again and bettering my life.

That's sick! Good luck with it ^^ I've been dancing for 7 years now. I do Hiphop/Streetdance instead of bboying and it's a ton of fun. I also go to competitions with my crew and stuff. You can check some clips out here if you're interested: https://www.instagram.com/robinv.velzen/ And let us know when you got some moves down!

This was incredibly helpful! I can't thank you enough for these kind words. I will save your comment and review it as often as possible. I think that I'll start by committing to meditate daily, because it sets me in a good mood which will snowball the rest of my day hopefully! Thanks again <3

Hey guys! So for the last few days I've really been looking for reasons why I'm feeling so depressed and have no motivation to do whatsoever. I think I've had a burn out, but didn't know it was called like that and I'm still in the burn out mood. Already for 3 months or so. 3 Months ago I was the best version of myself. Literally everything went great in my life. I worked out 6 times a week, tracked all my macro's etc. didn't eat unhealthy a single time. I also had some experiences for the first time with a beautiful girl. I was so determined to becoming better and better. And I remember telling myself: "Soon you will relapse to gaming and fall into the deep again''. And it happened. For 3 days in a row I played WoW non stop, but I didn't think of it as being burned out from all the stress from never doing enough or over achieving. So right now I can only remember how I was like before that relapse and everything after that is just a blur for me. Right now I'm gaming, I have no motivation to workout, to read, to meditate. Basically all the things that I used are gone. All the good habits I'd developed. Do you guys have experiences with this? Or do you know how to recover from this? Thanks in advance!

HI Robin, it's good to see your new YT viodeo. Would you also share your daily food besides of the supplements? Rest is very important, in this few days, many people get sick including me. Take care! Hey! Thanks for your reply Rest is indeed super important especially while I'm on this mini-cut. My energy is really a lot lower than before. Here is what I eat on a daily basis for the most part: Breakfast: - Oats - Milk - Water + Black coffee Lunch: - Whole wheat bread - Cheese 20+ (Low fat High Protein) - Chicken filet (For on bread) - Apple Dinner: - Brown Rice - Vegetables (Broccoli for example) - Chicken or Lean Beef - Some kind of sauce like sweet chili Snacks in between: - Low fat Yoghurt/Quark - Frozen berries - Banana - Kiwi - Rice cakes with peanut butter And I drink loads of water :)!