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DAY 05

Same as day above

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DAY 04

Same as day above

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DAY 03

Same as day above

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DAY 02

All went well yesterday; my internet use was mindful and I did not touch video games. I worked 10 hours, so not having much free time probably helped.

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DAY

#01 

Have done list:

• Deleted my Steam accounts (did this quite a while ago but it had little effect on my gaming since most games had their own launcher)
• Uninstalled all games (Heroes and Generals, World of Tanks... and the rest)
• Deleted my video game acocunts
• Configured 'Cold Turkey Blocker' to block distracting websites so that I cannot browse sites mindlessly (although I can still access them, when necessary, using my search engine's built-in proxy)
• Bought a used camera and lens (Nikon D5300 for £200, lens was £80)
• Set my computer to automatically lock me out after 10pm so that I no longer have late night gaming/browsing sessions
• Blocked internet access to my smart TV
• Added page loading delays for this site, gmail and some others so that I'm no longer checking them continuously. 

 

[Addictedtoo's Daily Journal]

Hello everyone, over the next few days I will be spending more time on this site as I try to correct my bad habits. For me, those bad habits are: 

• Gaming all day.
• Mindlessly browsing the web.

Now that I will have lots of free time I hope to:

• Meditate daily
• Draw
• Read
• Get into photography
• Exercise and workout
• Learn to program
• Learn to play the piano
• Learn foreign languages

 

[DAY 0]

Tonight, I quit.

I've had enough of this abhorrent lifestyle; it cannot continue - for I shall not allow it to. 

I want better from myself.

Tonight, the games and the surfing ends. 

[About me]

Hello everyone, I'm addictedtoo and I'm from the UK. I work [40 hrs/wk] in a warehouse and in my free time, rather than trying to progress in life (like get a better job), I spend my time playing video games and surfing the web - these are not activities I would like to be doing but I do them anyway out of habit. I feel like I don't have much control over myself when the computer is on and when it's late at night I seem to want to play more instead of go to bed. 

I didn't have work today so I played video games for 5 hrs and surfed the web for 5 hrs or more. I don't think I've even left the house today. The time is now 11:30 pm and I quit. I've had a enough of this lifestyle. My parents wanted me to become an accountant or lawyer - and honestly, that's what I wanted too - but I pushed everything aside for video games and even dropped out of school. I really want to get my life back on track. I quit tonight and wont play video games ever again. I have installed 'Cold Turkey' on my pc and so i also wont be mindlessly browsing the web either.

Now that I have quit I have a decent amount of free time. Here's what I plan to do with it:

• Read more.
• Meditate daily.
• Exercise and workout.
• Do photography in my free time (I bought a used DSLR + lens today)
• Learn a foreign language (or more) using Duolingo.
• Learn to play the piano.
• Draw more often.