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Hello! I've been a bit unproductive today. I thought that I'd go to a party this evening, but I decided that it's wiser not to go as I had school tomorrow. I'm a tutor-student so I believe it's wiser to be fresh. Plans change, it happens. I've got to just try to make this day as good as I can from now on! As for green tea, I'm more of a drinker of Black tea so unfortunately I can't really suggest anything. Well, I generally enjoy Clipper's teas! My meditation was good today. Quite to usual route and result. Gratitude journal Having nice time with my friends in a cafeCooking good food!Going to a camp this weekend, always boosts my mood!Being able to talk about thoughts and emotions with friendsOne of the teachers in my school seems to have made a complete turnaround in how she treats her students! I really appreciate her for acting more friendly towards us!

Whats up? Today was a good day! School felt relatively easy. I went out to meet my pals to a suburb. I had a pretty decent conversation with my friend. He is someone who I enjoy hanging with. For some reason it's just a natural sync. I'm currently reading Dale Carnegie's book "How to stop worrying and start living". Haven't really got into it, but I've heard that it's a good book. The idea of not carrying unnecessary worries on your shoulders doesn't sound bad at all! Today marks the fourth day of morning meditation. I think I'm a bit calmer throughout the day. For some reason I'm able to calm down during the day by just focusing on my breath similarly to meditation. Morning is so awesome time to place habits! There are usually all kind distractions and changes in the afternoon which might disturb the consistency of these habits. My goal is still focusing on social skills and relationships. Today I'm grateful for Good British tea!Having energy todayBananas! They are tasty and can be eaten quicklyOasisStudying history! It's awesome to learn how we got to this state of world

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Thanks! You gave me good insight on this phenomenon. I totally agree with this!

Been real busy today! Wrote the application for the CERN trip Today I'm grateful for Getting the application doneAwesome fall weatherbeing interested in the courses in schoolGoing to a camp next weekendHaving a cozy bed

Hello! I'm not entirely sure whether it's wise to bring up this quite a controversial topic. To be clear I'm not talking about watching porn, I'm talking specifically about masturbation only. I'm not really sure about NoFap's effects. Back in spring when I quit gaming I also started a nofap-streak and went with it for 130 days. That is the first reason why I'm a bit unsure about the effects. I was undergoing many changes then, so I'm not entirely sure should I give credit to NoFap at all. One thing I notice is that I'm naturally thinking more about sex. I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. Having sexual tensions disturbs my ability to concentrate. If somebody masturbates for example 4 hours straight I understand that it might cause some problems. I know it's a bit of a risk discussing this topic, since I know that there are people who say it's rubbish and people who praise it. I hope and believe that the Awesome community of Gamequitters can still discuss this topic sophisticated and not turn upon others. Positive, Neutral or Negative, BroScience or Solution, What do you think?

Thanks! I'll look into it

Hello! Today I have been feeling okay. Somehow this day feels like a day where nothing particularly extreme happened, but I'm still going in the right direction. The Big question now is about setting new goals. I will keep working on my social skills and relationships. I'm going to to work on romantic relationships too. As many of you have suggested meditation, I have dedicated 20 minutes for meditation in the morning. I think I'm going to try meditating in the morning for 40 days and see how it affects me. Thanks Joe!!! I have a long list of books to read (The Slight Edge, Gorilla mindset, Daring Greatly and so on). Really excited to read and learn new things. :^) Meditation went quite well today. Sitting and breathing comfortably was a bit of an issue, maybe I could try a little shorter chair with a back support. Today I'm grateful for Music from my favourite childhood films.Seeing the Lunar eclipse Having more time thanks to an easier phase in schoolEating well todayHaving had plenty of sleep

I posted it there too now :^) Or is that what you meant?

Wohooo!!! This is my 90 days game-free post (I made a similiar one on r/Stopgaming too). Quitting gaming has lead to huge change in my life. Little background story. This is actually my second time trying to quit. I was able to go 88 days game free the last time. I relapsed for five days but realized that I'm better off without games. The relapse was important since it sealed the deal with my previous decision. The second attempt to quit gaming went a lot smoother than the first one. The first time I hadn't sought new hobbies I was pretty much stuck home watching videos. I was feeling depressed and powerless. The second time I made sure to focus on new activities and habits, and it has really payed out! I got a job for a month, started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and begun to read books. Suddenly I was busy and not doing nothing all day long. My self confidence started to improve rapidly. No longer did I have to fight with the counter, the days just flew by. These things have helped me and I hope that they will help you too! Keeping a journal! My journal helps me understand my situation. Writing things and feeling on paper makes them feel easier to handle.Books. Really didn't know what to expect first. For instance I thought that reading books about social skills was going to somehow turn me into an unnatural weirdo. I made the decision to give them a shot. Turned out that my stereotypes from self-help books were completely and utterly wrong. They are Awesome!Having hobbies and projects keeping myself busy helps me. I don't mean that packing my calendar full of stuff 24/7 would be beneficial for me but having things to do helps me feel progress.Meditation. I was a bit prejudiced when it comes to meditation too. I guess I was afraid that it will turn me into a person with no feelings. I was wrong once again. It has helped me dealing with troublesome feelings really well!Taking care of my sleeping eating and doing enough sportsAnd last but not least I've got to give a shootout to this website! The people are so awesome here. You guys have given me a myriad of encouragement and adviceI'm definitely going to stick to my Gamequitting journey. It feels as if I have just scratched the surface of this whole thing. My goals currently are to take care of my current good habits and form new ones, to improve my social skills and get better with relationships, and to read more books! Thank you for reading this and thank you for helping me in this journey. I would like to end this with one of my favourite quote from Duhigg's "The Power of Habit". Once we choose who we want to be, people grow to the way in which they have been exercised . . . If you believe you can change, if you make it a habit, the change becomes real. This is the real power of habit. The insight that your habits are what you choose them to be. Once that choice occurs, and becomes automatic, habitual, it's not only real, it starts to seem inevitable.

I feel exactly the same! The attempt to quit gaming has turned more into finding meaning and fulfillment for me.

Hello! This is my 90 days game-free post (I made a similiar one on r/Stopgaming too). Quitting gaming has lead to huge change in my life. Little background story. This is actually my second time trying to quit. I was able to go 88 days game free the last time. I relapsed for five days but realized that I'm better off without games. The relapse was important since it sealed the deal with my previous decision. The second attempt to quit gaming went a lot smoother than the first one. The first time I hadn't sought new hobbies I was pretty much stuck home watching videos. I was feeling depressed and powerless. The second time I made sure to focus on new activities and habits, and it has really payed out! I got a job for a month, started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and begun to read books. Suddenly I was busy and not doing nothing all day long. My self confidence started to improve rapidly. No longer did I have to fight with the counter, the days just flew by. These things have helped me and I hope that they will help you too! Keeping a journal! My journal helps me understand my situation. Writing things and feeling on paper makes them feel easier to handle.Books. Really didn't know what to expect first. For instance I thought that reading books about social skills was going to somehow turn me into an unnatural weirdo. I made the decision to give them a shot. Turned out that my stereotypes from self-help books were completely and utterly wrong. They are Awesome!Having hobbies and projects keeping myself busy helps me. I don't mean that packing my calendar full of stuff 24/7 would be beneficial for me but having things to do helps me feel progress.Meditation. I was a bit prejudiced when it comes to meditation too. I guess I was afraid that it will turn me into a person with no feelings. I was wrong once again. It has helped me dealing with troublesome feelings really well!Taking care of my sleeping eating and doing enough sportsAnd last but not least I've got to give a shootout to this website! The people are so awesome here. You guys have given me a myriad of encouragement and adviceI'm definitely going to stick to my Gamequitting journey. It feels as if I have just scratched the surface of this whole thing. My goals currently are to take care of my current good habits and form new ones, to improve my social skills and get better with relationships, and to read more books! Thank you for reading this and thank you for helping me in this journey. I would like to end this with one of my favourite quote from Duhigg's "The Power of Habit". Once we choose who we want to be, people grow to the way in which they have been exercised . . . If you believe you can change, if you make it a habit, the change becomes real. This is the real power of habit. The insight that your habits are what you choose them to be. Once that choice occurs, and becomes automatic, habitual, it's not only real, it starts to seem inevitable.

May I ask for one?

Hello! Finally completely finished Dale Carnegie's "How to win Friends and influence people". It's a good book full of good general advice. The most common tip was really being aware of how the person you are interacting with feels. Definitely a good read! I ordered the Book called "Gorilla mindset". For some reason It just sounded good. The Slight Edge is definitely on my to read list. Maybe I'll order it too. Grateful for New journals! It's always nice to read stories and find new ideas from others success!The fact that only Ringo is missing; We already have John, George and PaulMy snack-habit has proven to be effective. Helps me have more willpower towards the end of the dayBlue belt that gave me good advice todayThe fact that it has been already 88 days since my last relapse. Last time I relapsed on my 88th day. I'm really happy that I did though, since it gave me insight and helped me decide to stick with my conclusion to move on from playing games!

Gratz on the 90 days!

Today I'm just grateful Tried morning meditation and enjoyed it!The video Cam made about learning new things; helped me to understand the process betterLiving in a country with good social security and health careLiving in a city! There are so many available activities.Music! For some reason I've really enjoyed listening to music lately

Hello! Today was a really nice day! Enjoyed my school day. We performed a play and it went well. Had a pretty nice conversation with a girl. Maybe I should ask her out! I've known her for some time but I haven't really made any bigger contact to her. By the way do you guys know any good books written about dating? Of course it might be a good idea to just go for it and learn that way. BJJ training went well. For some reason I didn't feel as lost as I usually do. Managed to get nearly as much taps as I tapped. Well, the most important thing was that I had fun! Today I'm grateful for Doing a sport that I enjoyGetting my drivers license in 4 monthOrdering books on the internet! It helps since our libraries tend to not have books written in english, especially the newer ones.Having energy todayMy school for teaching performing arts!

Hello! Today I wasn't able to attend my BJJ class due to having a long school day. Well tomorrow I'll have time for that. Today I decided to apply for my school's trip to CERN. It would be totally awesome to see the Large Hadron collider! My physics teacher said that I'd have near zero chances to get chosen due to not having completed enough courses last year. (I just recently decided to study physics.) Well there is a huge difference between near zero chances and none! I'll try to use all the skills acquired from "How to win friends and influence people" to convince that I'm capable of going to the trip! Traveling would be so awesome! I think that I need some sort of plan or goal with developing my social skills. It would be easier if I would for example try to hang out with a person 1 on 1 once a week! For some reason it feels hard to invite someone, but really it's much more simple than I'm making it sound for myself. For the fact that it's hard means I'm on the right track. Doing new things always has this feeling of stepping out of your comfort zone. Today I'm grateful for The fact that there is so many good and informative books written about so many topicsToday has been quite a productive dayI'm so pumped up about the idea of traveling to SwitzerlandBeing able to learn Physics once againInitiating a conversation with a random girl today

By the way I need to ask you about meditation. I usually meditate in the afternoon whenever I feel stress or emotions that wear me down. Is meditating in the morning somehow different/have you found it better?

Hello! Today has been a typical hangover day. Not really too motivated to do anything. I tried to make the best out of the day so I cleaned, rehearsed driving and went out to see my friends. After all the day was pretty good. Yesterday I went out to celebrate with my friends. Had a really nice and quite intimate conversation with one of my oldest friends. As it was a party we drunk a little. I want to have alike conversation with someone when I'm sober too. Currently I'm grateful for This weekend's social interactionsHaving had time to wind down.The conversation I had with herThe headspace video where thoughts were illustrated as cloudsThe good sleep I'm going to have tonight.

Hello! Today we celebrated the end of the first sequence of the year with my friends. Had fun time! We listened to good music, danced and sang the Beatles together. Also switched from studying russian to physics since physics will grant me easier access to my preferred post-graduate studies. My goal to improve my connections on personal level still is, and probably will be for a long time, my main goal. Another goal is to find a way improve the way I look at my self worth. Valuing my self worth by circumstances around me is not beneficial to my mind. I believe that having the general trust in your self worth no matter the circumstances is wiser. My current feelings are positive. Meditation helped me to calm and let go of the negative feelings! Today I'm grateful for My musical friends! It's awesome that someone can just improv play a song! (My vocabulary is not wide enough to explain that)Going to train tomorrow!The colours of Autumn!Scoring decent point on examsHaving caring and understanding family!

Hello! Got all my exams done! I'm generally happy by the way they went. Anyways the worst is all over now! I had previously planned on going to my schools chess club. I finally had the time to execute it. I had pretty nice time. Enjoyed playing the Chess but the group is maybe a bit too hardcore for me. I tried to attend a BJJ class that is meant for a little more advanced. You probably guessed but I ended up pretty much tapping the whole training, but that doesn't really matter. Made a new friend too . My current goal is to improve my social skills, especially trying to create deeper relationships. Another good goal would be to create a solid habit of training BJJ. I'm thankful for Having fun training todayGoing to spend a nice weekend with my friendsThe week of exams is finally over, Yay!Tried cooking some veggies today and fell in love with broccoliWatching Arman Alizad's traveling series called the Last Crusade, always helps me to realize how good my things are

Thanks! By the way the Stickers arrived

Yeeeeah! 80th day game free Today has had its ups and downs. I didn't do so well in Maths, but in the end it's just an exam. There are a plenty of worse things that could happen. I'm not feeling totally confident about my Biology exam tomorrow either but I've tried my best and that is enough for me. I took a step today on my quest on improving my social skills. Agreed to hang out with a friend one on one which is thing I haven't done in ages really. Guess what? I had awesome time. There is something different hanging with only one person. Went to his house and drank a nice cup of tea. Then we took a walk to the city and just chatted about all things possible. I was able to just to enjoy myself and just relax. Tomorrow I'm going out with two of my old really good friends. That will surely be fun too. Writing this, while Oasis is playing on the back, is really calming. Currently feeling positive about life altogether.

Good point with the veggies, my diet consists of mostly from carbohydrates and meat.