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Hello! Today was quite a weird day. School was pretty basic. I slept very well so I've had very sharp mind today. After school we trained our performance for Thursday. It's gonna be a good show. I used the afternoon by studying history. At some point I started to feel quite frustrated so I took a walk which was good since it helped me clear my thoughts and process my emotions. The best moment of today was playing with my band, seeing another great performance and some random moments of shared emotion. Now I'm sitting here while U2 is playing. Life is pretty good. Today I'm grateful for: Critical thinkingSweatpantsStarting to get better coldwiseU2The autumn is coming, it has it's own feeling to it, can't say I wouldn't like it!

Hello! Today was okay. School was pretty basic. After it I worked which was rough because I have a cold. this evening I have studied plenty of Swedish and learned new important words. The best moment of today was talking with my employer. It's a bit harsh to get sick now that my ability to work relies heavily on my physical condition. It's something that I just have to deal with. Luckily I got a substitute for tomorrow so my body can rest a bit. Reflection helped me understand my approach to work today. This is a good example of supportive reflection. Today I'm grateful for: Don McLeanCool workplaceTortillasQuizletHyms

Hello! Today was a cool day. My work shift was fun. In the evening we went cruising on a boat with a couple friends of mine and our old classmate who came here all the way from Japan. It was great to show the Finnish nature for him in a fun way. It's very hard to say one specific best moment for today. Overall a very fine day! I'm probably going to start to make a diary of my hours slept since I feel I've not slept enough the last few weeks. Today I'm grateful for: Getting my GPS to workRelaxed and engaging weekendSleep is going to feel very good after fresh airCold shovers – much easier to go swimming in Finnish lakes after themStretching – no more back pain

Hello! Today was an awesome day in Helsinki. The best moment of today was the puistis-park event. It's very late. Today I'm grateful for: My friend who I had tons of fun withCompleting the holy trinity of eating hamburgers, pizza and kebab during the same dayReading book on the busDelicious avocadosHaving a nice conversation.

Been there too bro! I was going through something similar in my first 100ish days after quitting gaming. I had not found new hobbies that interested me. I spent most of my time studying, staying home, listening to music and going for walks and I've got to say that it was one of the hardest 3 months of my life. I had the feeling that my life was somehow going downhill and there was nothing I could do. Slowly I started getting up from these negative feelings. Here are some things that helped me: Talking to my father. One of the most important thing I did. I talked to my father about how I felt bad. Sharing these feeling with a dear person took some weight off of my shoulders.Starting Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. A friend of mine suggested martial arts to me and for some reason I got a spark for something I hadn't felt in ages. This is of course what worked for me, it might not work for everybody. If I could suggest some activities they would be Stronglifts 5x5 – a really good gym program. It helped me understand why some people want to go to the gym. I'm still loving it, give it a shot if you want to. Another one is BJJ. Getting some regular activity out of the house helped me feel better and more active. It's also very much fun.Reading books. Books are a good way of using your time well. I actually don't know how much you read, but books like The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, Daring Greatly, by Brene Brown and The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson helped me get perspective on my lifeHanging with old friends. It just helped me get back to the social world after living in a kind of social isolation outside of school.It will take some time and it sucks, but after it life will feel better and you'll be to enjoy activities other than gaming more than you could've thought. Keep going, exploring new activities and meeting friends. I'm rooting for you!

Hello! Today was a cool day. I'm getting a little tired from all the work, school, gym and 8-hour nights. This weekend I'm able to sleep longer so that's great The best moment of today was playing chess with my friend Mikko and improvising flute music with my teacher. Tomorrow I'm going to Helsinki to a park event where I'll meet my friends from camps. It's going to be awesome to see everybody again. And bus trips are generally very nice, you can read, sleep and write in all peace. Today I'm grateful for: Chinese foodDebussy's impressionistic music & Leonid Afremov's impressionistic artHaving random fun moments with friendsHaving a good reflective writing about a tough topicTomorrow is free from work and studying

Hello! Today was a good day that started out quite weirdly. I woke up before 6 am stressed out, but it eased throughout the day since I was able to work with the thing that stressed me, share my feelings with my friends and family and generally have a great time. The best moment of today have been the social moments definitely! I have recently got a little more negative perspective on reflection. I feel that I have overdone it a bit. For now I'm going to reflect – at least on my personal journal – whenever I feel that it's necessary, beneficial and helps me move forward. I've been overdoing it by analyzing everything too much which leads to unpleasant effects as well. Balance is important! Today I'm grateful for: My mom making a miraculously good food out of leftoversGetting good book suggestions. I feel that I somehow need to read Hermann Hesse. I remember @Tom enjoying them!Making some steady progress with my studying todayGoing to Helsinki this weekendMorning routine – a very good base for the day

Hello! Today was a good day overall. I got a reminder that I can't go too overkill on my studying today since I began feeling very anxious during the math lesson. Just too much work. The evening was well balanced between friends and studying and I'm not feeling overwhelmed at the moment. The best moment of today was going to the gym and lifting it all. Deadlifts and squats were very good. It was also nice to meet my teachers at the gym. I read the first chapter of Covey's book and in that chapter he talked about Production/Production Capability balance. Essentially keeping both your productivity and yourself in shape. When in good balance you'll be happy and able to be productive. Easier said than done, but keeping this in mid will already help a lot. I'll maybe do little association pondering in my journal to wind my thoughts off a bit. Today I'm grateful for: Juice Leskinen's sharp and entertaining musicGym is a cool hobbyNot leaving all the work for my finals to the last monthSeeing my friends, cheered me up quite a bitThe network allowing many possibilities for training you language skills

Hello! Today has consisted of intense studying. It feels my life before finals is pretty much study, study, study. I feel like there is a project that I'd like to work on. It is relationships and making good connections with awesome people there are on my daily life while they are still here. Also working on Stephen Coveys habits. He has really impressed me with spot on philosophy. These projects are going to realize after my finals, since I'm going to put mot of my effort in studying for now. I feel like I've planned my studying to be a rather intense experience so I need to watch out for a burnout. The best moment of today was meeting a friend of mine in library. I'd like to get to know her better! I'm pretty much in habit of making a post every day. These are probably going to be mini peeks to my daily life without games even though they might not have very much reflective content. Today I'm grateful for: FishFinding good books to read in libraryI'm not the only one going through the furious finals-studyingMy thighs having time to rest today since I didn't have working shiftFresh vegetables

Hello! Today I felt both down and up. I was tired during school but in the evening I managed my businesses effectively. The highlight of today was definitely my work shift. It was a casual shift, not too busy, not too boring. During the shift I met an old employer and chatted with him for a good while. I had another great conversation on a Thai restaurant. A random woman initiated conversation with me and it ended up being very fine a conversation! Also while I had no orders I managed to do some progress on maths. Today has been pretty good day. I feel like there have been some new observations about my feelings. Today I'm grateful for: Organizing and schedulingRandom conversationsClub for Five – an awesome Finnish bandNew progressive history teacher4 cartons of sour milk waiting to be drunk in my fridge

Hello! Today was a very productive day. I studied worked through a couple projects and delivered some food. The best moment of today was eating at my grandma's and celebrating her birthday. Also listening to the Beatles! Keepin' it short today. Reflecting a bit more to my personal journal. Today I'm grateful for: The Beatles – A hard days night, Bob DylanCool customersOpetustv, a channel that helps students learn, sadly only in FinnishFresh juice my mother made out of redcurrantShort day tomorrow

Hello! Today was an awesome day! I studied worked and spent my evening with my friend. The best moment of today was going to see the shooting stars and spotting a dozen for the first time in life. This moment was also great because I had the girl whom I had a bit confused thoughts about with me. I feel that spending this evening with her relieved my anxiety and worrysome thoughts. I did some reflecting in my personal journal, because I felt a need to reflect without censoring my thoughts at all. Today I'm grateful for: Cat StevensThe awesome starry sky todayStudying history – My God it is awesome to see how the dominant ideologies have shaped our history – Loving thisThis shift went wellStephen Covey having smart and relatable ideas

Hello! Today was okay. The best moment of today was seeing my friends and making new ones in the evening. This morning started out quite roughly. I woke up with a big anxiety about my health and a relationship with a girl. The health concern was about whether the mold in our school causes a long lasting sinusitis. I'm not really sure about this one, but I'm hoping that I'm just wrong. Girls are girls, I kind of feel like I fucked up my relationship with an important girl in my life, but I'm probably being very strict and unrealistic about the objective situation. Anyways these kind of things made me feel annoyed and I let the annoyance just be there. It eased out a lot towards the evening. Self-improvementwise I feel that I'm doing a lot of work educating myself with history and Swedish. There is very little time to hassle around with anything else, so there won't be as much time for reading self-help books, luckily there are other ways to improve yourself. I scheduled some raw plans to guide my studies, Hoping I will be ready tomorrow. Also managed my money so that it won't be inflations victim, but grow in an index fund. Little shakiness in my love life. Hoping to make progress in that area. Otherwise life's good. Today I'm grateful for: No drinking todayMeetin a plenty of peopleGrandma's awesome juiceRoutine that school bringsA lovely chat with my oldest friends

Hello! I was pretty tired today. I've slept about 7 hours the last two nights combined. No wonder I'm getting a little drowsy. Going to get some good sleep in tonight. The best moment of today was celebrating our abiturient year's beginning. Lately I've been doing quite much reflecting with my personal journal and it has been very helpful! I feel like it is something that helps me improve myself at a consistent pace. +1 Great to hear that! Today I'm grateful for: Chicken Stronglifts 5x5Wrestling with my friend last nightQuestioning values and thoughtsMy phone screen breaking in a way that doesn't limit it's use

Hello! Today was a good day! The best moment of today was the time I spent together with my friend Alisa. Due to the way I see my self-improvement-goals at the time my posts might not contain a lot of text most of the time. I'll see if there is another way of posting my journal a little fewer times a week. Today I'm grateful for: No need for drinking tonightProtu-campsSour milkMaking progress with renovating my roomproximity

Hello! Today was a good day with mixed feelings. I felt a little down since I'm not at my camp environment anymore, but today was filled with cool activities for example hanging out with friends and going to see the Suicide Squad. The film wasn't good in my opinion. The best moment of today was dining with my friends. Today I'm grateful for: TortillasBench press going wellPeer supportMy family being very sweet todayHaving plenty of food today

Hello! I’m back from the camp! It was an awesome week. I made a lot of new friends, had tons of fun and questioned some principles I guide my life with. The atmosphere was very supportive and I received plenty of useful feedback. I’m missing the awesome people at my camp already. The best moment of today was singing and having fun with friends at a fireplace. A few revelations that I figured apply to my life at the moment: · I need to slow down. I’ve been trying to improve myself too fast to keep it sustainable – Reading book after book and not really making the improvement for the long term. · Focusing on developing my values and character instead of focusing on perception-based improvement. I want to be a real person a person from who you can trust stands behind his words. At the moment I don’t want to read books about tactics and such. I want my actions to be real and have my success derived from my values. · I need to recognize my neuroticsm, I’m very susceptible to it. For example I easily get stressed out while thinking about minor details about for instance drinking milk or NoFap I’m quite touched by the Camp and all the people I met there. I’m going to take a shover and sleep my debt away. Great to be back here once again! Today I’m grateful for: · Meeting awesome, mind-blowing people · Salmon · The acceptive environment at the camp · Getting feedback · Having the chance to get out of my rut so that I can view it from a different perspective.

Hello! Today was a good day! I worked for 5 hours which was hard but also rewarding. I've used this evening eating all the kcals I spent cycling. I'm off to a Protu-camp tomorrow. I'm very excited about it! I know it's going to be an experience to remember. I'll check on you guys whenever possible. See you next week! The best things that happened today were meeting my friend who works for a rival bike courier firm on a yard and also drinking tea my mom brought from China with my family. There are many thoughts running in my head – where should I go when Finnish military drafts my generation, how will the camp turn out, the enormousness of life and the world we live in. Today I'm grateful for: Bach helping me to concentrateWorking at FoodoraNot having to worry about lack of food in this countryLord of the ringsMy piano teacher Ritva – I should go see her

Hello! I'm writing this late in the evening. Today was a good day. Work went well and I was able to improve my average cycling speed. I spent the evening with my friends at a fireplace.The best moment of today was seeing another bike courier on a street and high-fiving him on the move. Today I've gone through a lot of feelings of annoyance and I don't really know why. Trying to accept them and focus on what I need to do. Maybe the best thing I could do to deal with these feelings is to get a good sleep. I've been going with a couple 8 hour nights to which my brain seems unsatisfied with. Today I'm grateful for: My friend hosting the eveningLaid-back conversationsHugsDining with whole familyMeeting a good ol' friend of mine

Hello! I'm writing this unusually early today. Today Was a kind of a resting day. I felt that gym and jogging had taken their toll and being spiced up with a little flu I was good to rest. My job broke the restful expectations though. I had a ton of orders and cycled for 4 hours all around the town. Once my legs started warming up the shift went along smoothly. It was awesome to come home with a dinner and a hot sauna awaiting. The best moment of today (so far) was bathing in sauna and listening to great music. I read Stephen R. Coveys preface to the 7 habits and it already blew my mind. There were two pages with philosophy and ideas worth very much time and application. Now that I think of it I could write all the philosophies that I'd like to implement and make a page or a tape of the ideas I'd like to be the base for my self-development. Everything seems to be running alright. Today I'm grateful for: Dire Straits, U2, Eric Clapton, ABBA, Don McLeanOven-cooked salmonSummerBugs buzzing in the Sun's evening lightLight

Hello! Today was a good day! In the morning I trained at the gym, then I studied and hung out with friends. The best moment of today was watching a colorful sunset with my friends while having an interesting conversation. I'm experimenting with drinking milk. I feel like it increases the amount of phlegm in my respiratory system. This is sad because I really enjoy drinking milk with all good calories from fat and protein. It is quite hard to really figure these kind of allergies out since there are so many random variables. Maybe sour milk would be better for my system. It's not too rare on Finland which I'm very grateful for. I want to find a solution to this question so it will no longer bug me. Feeling quite happy with how my training in the gym is going. I was able to spot getting better at my deadlifts. Today I'm grateful for: Making progress with historySeeing another old friend of mineBeautiful sunsetGood food my mom cookedGoing to experiment with my friends tomorrowSimon and Garfunkel

Hello! Today was another great summer day! In the morning I did my basic morning routine and jogged – I've never been so sweaty in my life. During the day I studied history and wrote an essay to practice. I spent the evening with my friends and met some old high school buddies and hung out with them. It was cool. The best moment of today was playing volleyball with my friends. @Cam Adair Your new video was great! I like the way you divided confidence and self-esteem. I'm going to put effort into noticing when I do things that I'm proud of. Maybe even start a journal about it into my phone. Looking forward to tomorrow. Today I'm grateful for: Fresh carrotsThe essay turned out all rightHaving fun time with friends at the beachHaving time to reflect my thoughtsScreen time devising app for my phone

Hello! Today was a great summer day. I went to the gym, studied and hung out with friends. The best moment of today was playing football with my friends during the night. Today I met in the gym a friend of mine who told me that he trains 7 times a week. It's awesome that somebody can train with such consistency. The competitive spirit inside me encourages me to train harder as well. I guess this is good as long as I find motivation from other peoples' success, not compare myself to them. I'll find out what works for me and give it my best. My matriculation exams near at an alarming rate. I've started studying a good while ago, but still there is so much to learn. Exciting! In the end it'll be the hours that I put in that really matter. Today I'm grateful for: Sunny weatherHoney and teaCool showersA balanced dayMy index funds are finally getting set up

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