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Hey welcome, good job on having an idea on what you need to do. I wrote an Article a while ago on in-depth goal setting if you want to be super efficient in everything. Link is below. http://falkysolutions.com/how-to-set-your-goals/ If you need help with writing, just shout. I write article and books for a living, so do other people here. Good luck and all the best with the detox mate! It gets so much easier down the line.

Day 13 - D.I.Y Crazy Day 13 has come around and today so far has been pretty choca-block full with D.I.Y projects and other stuff. I've only really just sat down and now have a chance to write in my Journal and do some business work. But so far so good in regards to gaming, haven't gamed at all and im not too far away from breaking my previous (without trying) record which is 14 days. Any cravings that I do have quickly passes. After I write in this journal I need to edit and upload today's VLog to Youtube, I will probably link it here tomorrow If anyone is interested. What I'm Grateful For: 80's music.Spirit Levels (been putting shelves up lol)CherryadeToday's Goals: Put shelving and picture up.Write In JournalEdit & Upload VLogUntil next time folks, take care.

Good job on creating your journal and setting some fantastic goals! Your halfway there now. If your serious about kicking games it may be worth investing in a separate computer for work duty. I did this last year, because I find it easier to write on a Laptop (well Chromebook) and it's now becoming useful for quitting games because I'm not always on my main computer where the temptation is. Besides even if I tried I cant install any games on this Chromebook because it doesn't have a big enough hard drive . I'm looking forward to your next journal entry.

Welcome Milan and good luck!

Day 12 - Damn Facebook Games! Blimey these days are going quick! With the recent news of me becoming dad towards the end of year, I've had larger things to think about besides gaming which has been good. Yesterday instead of gaming I found myself working without actually realizing, which was weirdly awesome . So I managed to do work which wasn't exactly planned. Today's agenda will comprise of going round my mum and dad's for Sunday Dinner and relaxing, perhaps a whiskey later on when I get back and I don't think i'll even switch on my main computer today. In regards to game cravings...there has been many the odd few when browsing Facebook with the Ads and such. I've just been closing them down and such. So eventually I wont have any ads pop ups or invitations. What I'm Grateful For: Sunny Day.Waking Up.Family.Today's Agenda: Have Sunday dinner round my parents.Relax & try not to work!Until next time folks, take care.

Thanks buddy and yeah haha!

Welcome! You're quite lucky that you only found games at an older age, most of us have been gaming since we were toddlers haha. You'll smash you goals and this detox, just keep your mind busy. Good Luck.

Welcome and let me tell you it get's so much easier.

Day 11 - A Big Surprise! It's day 11 and im feeling pretty good, I managed to do my video uploaded which you can see below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caCPO9qruew In regards to yesterday, I didn't manage to get any book work done though...because I kind of had some big news dropped on me half-way through the day. My fiancée told me she was 2 weeks pregnant and that I'm going to be a dad! At this early stage this will be the only pace I share this information. Then around 12 weeks I will probably do a video and blog on it, but I'm so excited and just wanted at-least one place to express my emotions haha. My gaming cravings have been non-existent and I'm now finding it surprisingly easy. I've found the main tactic is just keeping yourself busy and motivated to do other things. Your brain then has no time to say "I want to play games". I'm Grateful For: I'm grateful for Whiskey.I'm grateful for MacDonalds.I'm grateful for My Fiancée.Today's Goals: Do some work research.Relax and have some alone time.Tomorrow will be more work than today, I just wanted today for a bit of relaxing. No problem, I always source quality and credible content on my site. Thanks Dannigan you sure will! And yeah I suggest you watch the power hour by Tony Robbins (well listen) It's around an hour long but so enlightening.

Day 10 - Feeling Productive! I've reached Day 10 and I feel pretty good now, which is awesome. I just finished shooting my VLog and I'm feeling pretty productive. I still haven't touched a game and I'm surprised how I haven't had any cravings. I've had the occasional two here or there but not to the point where I'm ripping my hair out lol. Before I used to have the cravings so for instance I watch a war film...after this film I would play a war game like Battlefield or Settlers. I just say no to myself and no more cravings arise which is pretty cool. In regards to yesterday I managed to smash all of my goals I set and it was a pretty good day. Below is a link to my article that I wrote http://falkysolutions.com/gaming-play-games/ I will be doing more gaming articles down the line, since I'm doing this 90 day detox I thought It would be relevant lol. Today so far I've exercised and done my daily affirmations, shot my video and nearly finished this Journal. Oh and I did a bit of maintenance on my Bonsai Tree, that's another hobby of mine. Picture of it is below. What I'm Grateful For: I'm grateful for Burger King (lol)I'm grateful for Sugar Free Energy DrinkI'm grateful for the sun beaming down on me whilst working.Goals For Today: Shoot, edit and upload Video.Write in this journal.Work on my next book.Until next time folks, take care.

Good job! I used to be a mega WoW gamer I've recorded around 1 years worth of game time...it's amazing how a game can suck up so much of your life. Ahh yes. That's quite a long time. I don't even want to know the amount of hours I've put into WoW. Basically I've been playing for about 9-10 years so it used to be a giant part of my life. And it really did suck up so much. And I kept coming back to it as well, even though there were plenty of times where I wasn't even enjoying it. Or there were sooo many things I SHOULD've been doing. It's just so addicting. WoW has some sort of gravitational pull. And even now, after not playing for a while. Whenever I see WoW-related stuff or think about the memory's, I just get the urge to install it again. This only confirms the fact that it's so incredibly addicting. It can't be healthy.. Thanks for your response. Yup agree with you there lol, I haven't played WoW since last year now and never will now. I used to play it religiously until MoP came out. Even then I only played it to level up and complete acheivements, I think the reason we come back to it is because of the memories and social aspect. It's hard not to go back, but it's definitely doable.

Good job! I used to be a mega WoW gamer I've recorded around 1 years worth of game time...it's amazing how a game can suck up so much of your life.

Good luck!

Day 9 - Two Little Birdies Sit By My Door Step So it's day 9 and I'm feeling a lot better than I have been feeling recently. Yesterday was pretty much a day of learning (which I like). The majority of the day was spent watching Tony Robbins' videos and Cam's. At the end of the day I ended up with a whole document on what I need to do to shift my mindset. Even though I did spend the whole day on the sofa...lol. On the plus side though, I didn't go on my main computer which meant no gaming. Also yesterday I spent quite a while on this forum just browsing people's journals and seeing how their journal turned out and what they did. Things like writing down what i'm grateful for, use a program called Trello for goal and task setting and that I'm not going to get anywhere if I don't help myself. I'm currently relaxing listening to the Vice City Fever radio station, writing my thoughts down here and was just watching the Red Robbins out of my window tweet and fly about. I recently moved out of my parents house so it's been a completely fresh start for me and in my old house I never had this sort of view of birds. It's amazing and I'm looking forward to the summer so I can do some gardening and make the garden a birdie haven. Then I can hopefully get some cool pictures to share with you all . Anyway I'm going off on a tangent...today I managed to get up at straight away when my alarm went off. Then I went on my bike for 10 minutes and did some morning affirmations and breathing exercises. I also did a bit of house work too. My plans for the rest of the day is do some book work and finally write the article I've been meaning to write! Also If Cam is OK with it, I'll link it here because it's pretty relevant to what I'm going through ^^. Annnnd I'm back from more tidying up lol, just put away my games...those are just my hard copies not even including my steam, origin and uplay games lol. That's it for today, below will be my goals and what i'm grateful for. I'm Grateful For: I'm grateful for my loving Fiancé.I'm grateful for waking up another day.I'm grateful for having bird singing outside.I'm grateful for this forum and everyone here. Today's Goals: Write In my Journal.Do The House Work.Write My Article.Do Some Book Publishing Work.Until next time folks, take care.

Couldn't find this question anywhere else, so I'll ask it here. What is classed as gaming? Are games such as quizzes on films etc allowed. (the type that gets shared on Facebook for example) "Name these 50 films by the picture" etc. I've always classed traditional gaming as PC, XBOX, PlayStation, Gameboy etc. Just wondering how far of a spectrum gaming applies to.

This is a pretty comman effect don't worry too much about it. These phases come fast and dissappear fast. If you manage to do stuff without energy you can make it go away faster though. One thing I learned at the last month is that action leads to motivation. Just do anything active despite what your brain says. It doesn't ahve to be the optimized most effective task of the year. Just do something wich is simple and needs some effort. And check always if you drink and eat enough. I get often tired and realize afterwards I just didn't drink all day. greetings Mario Yeah since writing that, I've put on some music and wrote out a plan for the rest of the week and currently I'm learning ways to increase energy and mood without gaming. Thanks for the tips

Day 8 Yesterday in regards to gaming was fine...emotionally was a different story though. I felt so down and lethargic, I had no energy to do anything. I didn't manage to get anything done apart from watch Netflix. I'm just hoping these feelings shift and I start to gain more energy. Today will comprise of me just reading through people's journals and finding ways to combat what I'm feeling. Catch you guys and girls soon.

Welcome mate :), I'm pretty much the same...always looking forward to that gaming session. Good luck!

I normally write, suppose I can try to channel it into fitness now too. I just need to create a different mindset after years of gaming and lashing out.

Sorry that your life is the way it is. Sounds like moderation is key for you? Why not try a month detox and then write out some goals to accomplish in that month. Things such as hand out a record amount of CV's and run every day? All the best and you're definitely in the right place By the way yeah I agree back in my teens and late school years were the best times of my life with gaming and social life. It's non-existent now!

Day 7 Yesterday went pretty well in regards to not gaming, I didn't touch one game and managed to stick to my healthy lifestyle. All though I came up short on my actual business goals. Today may be more of a emotional test for me, I woke up feeling pretty good but my fiance has managed to make me feel agitated and angry. It's times like this I would pop onto my computer and play games. Anyways I'm going to write this entry then put some music on do what I was meant to do yesterday in regards to writing my article. My mind has been so unfocused lately I'm not sure what I'm doing and not sure what direction I want to go with my business, I spent all day yesterday just learning about Advertisement and other stuff. Today's Goals are: Figure out what I should focus on.Write my articleKeep up with my healthy lifestyle. Thanks for asking Cam, here it is http://falkysolutions.com/ It's all about self-improvement and tech help. Catch you all soon. Nick.

Thanks guys ^^ and yeah I agree Escapist...there's only so much TV one can watch everyday before getting bored lol. Day 6 It's day 6 and I'm feeling pretty good at the moment. I managed to find a spare mouse so I can now do some proper work such as video editing and stuff. My plan today is to do the following: Uninstall all my PC games.Do a minimum of 4 hours work. (this includes research and learning new stuff)Publish a new article/blog on my website.Stick to my healthy lifestyle change.Update my Game Quitters Journal.These are the sort of goals I would normally write in my normal journal, doing this has allowed me to do so much in regards to my online endeavors. There's no harm in logging it here too I must admit though, not playing any games has let me ponder life and what I want a bit more. So good going so far, I'll catch you all tomorrow! Falky.

That sounds good i'll give the link a check in a second.

Hi all, naturally im quite intrigued in many things and I'm wondering what your own experience has been like when you quit gaming. Ever since I could remember I've played games...was wondering what its like at the end of the tunnel so to speak. If we can get a good list of something like: EmotionalPhysicalSocialFinancialPsychologicalIt would be a nice thing to look at when feeling the urge to game. We can then sticky it or something and have great reference point to come to for any newcomers etc. I've yet to see something like this on these forums, so i'll carry on looking just in case. I'm not sure if this is in the right area either.