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Day 33 - Lazy Sunday My head is rather foggy at the moment since i haven't had any caffeine yet, so I shall keep this entry short. Yesterday went great in regards to not gaming and I spent most of the day doing work on and off whilst learning Spanish and watching YouTube Videos. Today I will be going round my parents for Sunday dinner and watching the cricket, It's the World 20/20 finals and England are in it. So I'm going to write this and make a move. Exercise was tough to start today but I managed to just get on with it. (trying to build my willpower up) Anyways I'll catch you guys and girls tomorrow What I'm Grateful For: FamilyStuff? hahaToday's Agenda: Write In JournalExerciseChill out

Yeah if you are going to learn a new skill, it has to be fun for you.

Welcome mate hang in the for the first couple of weeks, it does get better. Try to keep your day's busy and I would suggest not to go cold turkey on everything...start with gaming first then transition into no fap, tv etc. All the best.

Welcome friend ! I suffered with severe agoraphobia and was pretty much like you, so i can relate a lot. I quit games for a totally different reason from you, for some people though games can affect their anxiety and it seems like it does for you. I made a video on what things helped me to overcome my anxiety. (obviously they don't totally cure you anxiety, but they eased my anxiety) Anxiety Video Looking forward to your journal. Best of luck and remember were all here to help!

Day 32 - Another Sunny English Day It's another sunny day in England, I'm blasting some music with the sun shining in through the windows and I'm feeling great. The more I sit here, the more I want to just go outside and chill lol. Before I do that I need to finish off some work first, it shouldn't take too long though. I had a good day yesterday, I managed to do a little bit of work whilst around my parents for my mum's birthday. In the evening we went out for dinner and had a great time there too. We managed to get in around half 11pm and I squeezed in around 30 minutes of Spanish lessons and a few language learning videos before bed. So i managed to complete all my goals, which is awesome Today should be a little less hectic. I plan to complete some website work and do a bit of other work, then fit in some gardening work. (I said quite a lot of work in that sentence lol!) What I'm Grateful For: MusicSunKrispy KremesToday's Agenda: Finish Off Some WorkLearn More SpanishHopefully Do Some Garden WorkWrite In Journal

Welcome back dude :D, I'm also a writer, what sort of stuff do you write? In regards to another secondary skill, why not learn a different skill such as a new language. If I would do a list like yours mine would look something like this... Primary: ExerciseMeditateWrite/ShootVideos/MarketingSecondary: Bonsai StuffGardeningLearning SpanishCleaning HouseD.I.YWatch Skill based videos e.g TedX, Tim Ferris & Tony RobbinsTertiary: Watching NetflixMindlessly browsing the InternetHang with friends (don't have many lmao)

I've already done the month and plan to do another 2 minimum! My commitment for this month is to not game at all, this includes computer and mobile games. I'm not stopping myself from watching gameplay videos or streams because I like the little willpower exercise and I can determine were my cravings are at etc. Goals For This Month: Become better at Spanish, than I was when writing this goal.To not play video games.To expand my business and gain at-least another 5 YouTube Subs.Be close to/or published my next book.

Hi all, considering we don't have many celebrate posts, I feel like this needs to go here. If it even inspires and motivates one person then that's great! A month ago today I decided to quit gaming and to never touch a game again for 90+ days. I've been true to my word and haven't touched a game since! How's It Gone? The first couple of weeks were great and I found it pretty easy by just watching Netflix and chilling watching YouTube videos. After the first two weeks though it became a little bit harder. I became a little depressed, lethargic and agitated and realized I couldn't keep on doing what I was doing. So with the help of me writing in my Journal and the support of Cam and the forum I managed to pinpoint what I was doing wrong. My whole morning routine was crap. I would get up, sit on the couch and watch TV. The difference now is I get up, exercise, meditate & write in my journal. I'm now feeling refreshed and clear headed whereas before I was tired, depressed and grumpy. I now feeling strong, full of willpower and aim to smash this 90 day detox! What I've Learnt This Month Establish A Good Morning Routine. - How you start your day is how the rest will likely go, so start the day strong! Don't Replace The Gaming With Another Distraction. - It's all well and good to use TV as a way of detaching from games, but make sure you have a plan to start utilizing the time you have on your hands. Don't fill the gaming void with another time filler. Conclusion Utilize your time well and start the day off strong, I've found this detox surprisingly easy in regards to cravings because I've kept my day's busy. If you are reading this and are just starting out, let me tell you that my life is ten times better since I've given up games. You'll develop willpower and also improve other aspects of your life! I gamed for close to 17 years and this is the longest I've not gamed for! I'm starting to feel like how I did when I was around 6 or 7, I felt free and played outside all the time. I will be doing these monthly posts here, to show everyone that it is possible and so I can compare feelings and how my life is by the end of the Detox.

Yeah I normally accidentally start playing games in my dreams, sucks big time...so yeah it is a Nightmare Day 31 - Reached The Month Milestone! (Woo) It's now the start of April and oh my what a month of no-gaming has it been! It had my ups and downs, especially the last half/quarter of the month. I started off strong at the beginning and as the month went on and I ran out of things to watch on Netflix. Even at this stage it was the hardest point, it was also the best thing that happened to me though. I realized I couldn't go a life with just watching the TV and I needed to change the way I spent my days. Now I'm getting up, exercising, meditating, writing in my journal before I do anything else. After my Journal I tend to chill out and wake up whilst having breakfast perhaps watch something on YouTube. As soon as I've finished it's straight onto what I need to get done. After around 4-5 hours of work, I relax a bit and have dinner. Then after dinner (when I would normally game) I learn Spanish, so I'm making sure that I try to make my day as productive as possible. Today is my mum's Birthday, so it will be a case of either writing more of my next book or writing a blog to accompany the video I did on Anxiety which I'll link below if anyone has anxiety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTnr12kfpB4 After I finish work, we are going to walk round to my parents and chill there before we go off for a meal to TGIFridays, so it wont be a real busy day, I plan to do a lot more work tomorrow and then take the Majority of Sunday off. What I'm Grateful For: My WillpowerMy StrengthCam & This ForumNot having to wake up to an alarm.Today's Agenda: Complete A Blog PostWrite In JournalLearn the time SpanishWatch Either a TedX Talks or something similar.

When you talk about games saving you I can totally relate. But the beauty of being human is that we evolve. We can adapt. When something is no longer of a benefit to us we can just ditch it in pursuit of something better and more productive. I had agoraphobia and depression and if it wasn't for World Of Warcraft and other games I wouldn't be typing this right now. I found lately games have been more of a hindrance than a benefit, disrupting my work life etc. It looks like you've found that out as well, don't be afraid of ditching something you've loved to do, so you can better your life. (I gamed for close to 17 years before giving up) I'm grateful for games, because I've met some fantastic friends too. You have plenty of friends here to help you with your detox. Don't be afraid to reach out! Just remember one thing...If you don't give up, you will never lose!

Day 30 - Dreaming Of Games...Literally! It's day 30 and I'm going very strong with the gaming Detox. Sometimes I dream of playing a game then for like 1 second after waking up I actually believe I broke the Detox lol. As soon as I realise It was just a dream, a wave of relief just passes over me. Yesterday I went on the bike, meditated, wrote in my journal, wrote a blog post and learnt some more Spanish. Apart from the bumpy start the day went well. I plan to do roughly the same today too. After I've finished writing this entry I will be shooting a video on Anxiety, re-potting my Bonsai and then doing a bit of cleaning/D.I.Y work. It should be a fairly fun day for me! What I'm Grateful For: Ebay.Sugar-Free RedbullNatureToday's Agenda: Shoot & Edit The Anxiety Video.Re-pot my Bonsai.Tidy the garden up and take out the bin.Re-wire the washing line.Write in journal.Learn & Practice more Spanish.

I think its due to because we are constantly around each other at the moment and need our space. So shes been in the other room most of the day and OK cheers Cam I'll check it out. :) I recently wrote this article too, it kind of arose from my argument earlier lol...may be a good topic for you to cover on your channel too? (that's if you haven't done it already) http://falkysolutions.com/stop-thinking-world-owes/ Something like the only person who is going to help you is yourself? (apply it to gaming etc.) Anyways now I wrote that...time to get back to learning el espanol ^^

I practiced Karate for 2 years (wish I carried on!)

Yeah I agree Cam, at the moment my morning ritual starts off as...Wake up - Grab a Drink - Mindlessly Browse the internet and watch Netflix. I believe If i can shift my routine into something like... wake up - Exercise - shower - meditate - grab drink & breakfast - start on a job task, my body and mind will thank me! Also I tried downloading the three chapters but nothing has come through yet? Exactly. Try this link. Thanks Cam, that link worked. Day 29 - Refreshed But Volatile Morning Day 29 has come around and still no games in sight, I think I've been too engrossed with my feelings that I haven't had the chance to even contemplate playing games. Yesterday I spent all my day just reflecting and listening to the audio book of The Willpower Instinct and thinking about doing the same today, but also write a little bit...whether its for my next book or on my blog is another question all together. This morning I woke up a little bit earlier than normal. I went on the bike for 5 minutes, had a quick shower and meditated for 5 mins. I'm going to do the same tomorrow then up my exercise time to 10-15 minutes. Now comes the volatile bit. Literally the moment I wake up is the moment I start becoming agitated by my Fiancee. She keeps making stupid remarks and the attitude is terrible, this carries on for another 15 minute or so. She mumbles under her breath "you're doing my head in" and that's when I Iose it. I yell at her and the she becomes all stroppy and keeps slamming the door...so I get angry again and end up yelling again! Anyways apart from the angry start I feel a lot more clear headed than normal and feel a bit better in myself. I'm going to listen to more of the willpower instinct, read Cam's Free Chapters and reflect more. Then tomorrow I will continue with a normal day of work. I think my mental health is a little more important than money at the moment. Lets see how today goes, one day at a time eh? What I'm Grateful For: The ability to write.This Journal.Today's Agenda: Listen to more of The Willpower InstinctRead Cam's Free PDFReflect On My Life and Feelings

Yeah I agree Cam, at the moment my morning ritual starts off as...Wake up - Grab a Drink - Mindlessly Browse the internet and watch Netflix. I believe If i can shift my routine into something like... wake up - Exercise - shower - meditate - grab drink & breakfast - start on a job task, my body and mind will thank me! Also I tried downloading the three chapters but nothing has come through yet?

Day 28 - A Day Of Reflection I'm not going to lie but yesterday was pretty bad emotional wise. I spent all day in bed either sleeping or thinking and I didn't socialise or even work. I managed to get out of bed at around 8pm and ended up watching Netflix and YouTube until around 5am. Today has been a little bit better...in the aspect that I've actually got out of bed and such. Still no work has been done, but today has been more of a reflection on my life and what I need to do to actually change. It's all well and good quitting games, but if I cant actually do anything with my life now I quit...I'd just be filling that void with other mindless crap. This is what's bothering me at the moment. It's the fact I've quit gaming and in the space of close to a month all I've done is just about get by with work and watch bloody Netflix. I'm currently writing this as listening to music, whilst thinking what I should do. I've always been fantastic at drawing up plans, goals, tasks etc. Not once though have I actually gone through with the damn things. I always run out of steam or trip up and make up an excuse to fail in what I'm doing. I suppose as a positive, I've stuck with this detox for close to a month now...I think it's the longest I've ever stuck with something lol. You see I kind of always go in head first with mountains of motivation and then in the space of perhaps a week, I lose all of that motivation and go back to what I was doing before. I know what I should be doing, but i don't do it. I paused for a moment whilst writing this and closed my eyes...It has dawned on me that the reason I've never stuck with something or worked out my issues has been one thing... ..Games. It all makes sense now all these years, Any time that I would fail, feel down, depressed, fatigued, hungry, angry, happy, sad or Anxious I would pull up my chair and play hours worth of games. The feeling would go and I would never address what I was feeling in the first place. I approached my anxiety this way and never actually thought to apply to the other areas of my life too...perhaps I need to do what @Dannigan has done and detach from Technology too such as Netflix and YouTube. Become a Buddhist Monk for a week or something lol , just sit here and do what my brain does best and think. Listen to some music, put my pen and pad down beside me and write whatever I need to address and conquer. No more escaping from reality anymore. I may finish watching the walking dead and perhaps stop watching TV altogether too. I've noticed that since I've stopped watching the stupid food review videos on YouTube and cleaned up my YouTube recommendations I've had less cravings for junk and for gaming. Its truly amazing how these advertisers tap into your sub-conscious to get you to feel something physically and emotionally. My food cravings and gaming urges have dropped by around 50% perhaps more since I've stopped watching crap like food reviews and gaming videos. So today could possibly be another day of no work...but instead of reflection and thought. Whoa, I just realized how much I wrote. Oh well that's what journals are for haha, I shall end it here. If anyone does read this then, thanks! What I'm Grateful For: This JournalMusicToday's Agenda: ReflectMeditateWrite In Journal

I'm always around, just send me a direct message You can also check out my book here - http://falkysolutions.com/my-ebooks/ One of the first steps is to actually address your root cause and your triggers, so you are on the right track.

Currently I'm doing no exercise, after a whole day in bed thinking about stuff I realise this is perhaps where I'm going wrong. The only sugar I eat comes from the natural stuff in food because we drink sugar free drinks and eat hardly any Candy. The only caffeine I have is x2 250ml cans of sugar free energy drink when I wake up. And no...until now that is, this thing is awesome . Thanks for the tips Cam, I seriously need to up my activity and perhaps do more mind-laborious activity.

Day 27 - Feeling Tired Another restless night...im not tired enough to go to sleep, which leads me to going bed early hours of the morning. Then I get woken up early by the postman. Then my fiancee ends up waking me up multiple times...feeling agitated is an understatement!! On top of all of that, I have to socialise with her family...now her family has messaged saying they aren't coming. So I woke up early for nothing, UAAARRGGGHHH!!!!!!! This is one of the reasons I quit my full time job, because lack of sleep makes Nick an angry Nick! Haven't got the energy, willpower or motivation to do anything today and my fiancee has just gone out.../sigh. I may just go back to bed or binge on Netflix. I have a few weaknesses and If I don't get a solid 8 hours of sleep, that's one of them. What I'm Grateful For: NothingToday's Agenda: meh

Welcome Nic! Good job on reaching 2 weeks, if you need any help we are all here.

Hello Fellow quitter! Welcome the forums, looks like you have started great with setting goals etc. All the best and don't forget to start a journal...it helps a lot with the detox. All the best!

Thanks Mario, I'll check that site out and yeah I totally agree with doing it regular. I have the sort of mentally, where I go all in sort of thing. If I rest...that rest turns into a week and then a month lol. Which is why the detox is working for me. I bet if I start gaming 'moderately' it'll go back to how it was. Anyways, gonna go and carry on planning.

Thanks Cam Day 26 - Happy Easter! Yesterday was a pretty good day for me. I went round my parents house again and chilled with them watching cricket and ended the day with them by having fish n' chips. Every day now my cravings are becoming less and less within me and it feels great! I finished off the day by watching England play Germany and watching Daredevil on Netflix. I think I've decided that I'm going to map out a fitness plan today and schedule the start of it on the 1st of April, this will be my month milestone on my detox. My reasoning and mind-programming is that If I've done a month without gaming then I can stick to a fitness and healthy eating regime. I know how my mind works and I believe If I can do the month's detox, It'll be sort of a snowballing-willpower effect. Today so far I've been out for dinner with my parents and Fiancee and now im stuffed lol. I plan to do some planning and spend the rest of the day chilling. Unlike most people I wont be taking the day off for a Bank Holiday but working instead (no work...no gain ). What I'm Grateful For: My ParentsLovely Food At A RestaurantIce-Cold Cola With Lemon In It.Today's Agenda: Go Out For Dinner (socialise)Write In JournalPlan Out Fitness Regime & Healthy Food PlanPlan Out Work For Tomorrow.Cya soon boy and girls!

Hi Ben and welcome! It's sounds like you had a pretty turbulent start to life and you've managed to come this far, so pat yourself on the back! It sounds like you have ambition and dreams which is great. Write some goals down to reach those dreams and remember nothing is impossible! As the other's have suggested...keep writing in your journal everyday, it's a great way to get your feelings off your chest. If you feel like rubbish...write it down. If you feel happy...write it down. If you are really struggling then post in the forums. We are all here to help. All the best, just remember one thing...You can do it!

Alright for some haha, it hasn't stopped raining all day ...anyways football time! C'mon ENGLAND!