chiliflavor

Welcome to the forums, @deadspider! Rocksmith seems interesting! Indeed! I am certain that it could be a problem in the future, especially when life gets rough. 😅 I'm playing guitar too, but was a drummer before in a rock band. Before, when we were active, we used Guitar Pro. I think it's they're in Guitar Pro 6 now. You might want to check it out so that you can refrain from anything that involves "playing games." Good luck and take it easy! Congrats on quitting. See you around! 😄

Welcome to the forums, @enyrgy! Congrats on quitting. 👏 Good luck and see you around! 😁

Welcome to the forums, @DW1909X13! With this goal in mind, I believe you can finish this 90-day detox! I felt the same way with Blizzard. 😅 It's also one of the factors why I quit playing games. Good luck and remember to always take it easy except when truly needed. See you around! 😄

Sometimes I feel this too. After all, it's only me who can help myself. I hope that you and your wife are doing fine, @GrainSiloEnthusiast. Stay strong, my friend. 😄

Haha!! I was thinking the same too! I'll try it later too. 😂

In days like that, I wish I knew how to do "astral projection." 😅 You can do it man!

Very nice! Keep it up, man! 😁 Glad everything is great! Nice vehicles by the way. 👌 Requesting for a rocket! 🤣

@Erik2.0 Indeed! At the age of 8, I already knew how to pray the rosary, know the parts of the mass, (almost) knew every story in the bible and (almost) the whole history of Catholicism. My friends be like, "How did you know all about that?" One word: Mom. 🤣 @alphadax Agree! I actually felt envious with myself looking at that picture last night. I was very innocent, no problems at all, and has no other goals besides playing playstation. 😂 I know sooner or later I'd feel the same way—without games this time. 😁 ---------------------------------- Remaining Days: 39 days (July 2-3, 2020 : Thursday - Friday) Quick Fact About Me: I like to be in control before—in terms of relationships. I tried to control almost everything before (as well as life in general) and it led me to frustration and depression. It could also be a factor why I keep playing video games. What's ironic is that I always knew that I wasn't born a leader, but a great follower. Now, my girlfriend is mostly in control except when we're intimate (lmao!) or when she's too tired to think. I don't know, it's in her nature—a law student. It's much easier to just follow orders, you know. 😂 Or it's just that, I've learned to compromise? Hmm. I hope so. 😅 As of today, when it comes to collaborations, I like to be in the sidelines—to help, to innovate and to critique. If I plan to start something, I'll do it all by myself. No subordinates. It's hard and will take a while, but at least I'm not acting as a leader. 😂 I need to improve this part of me in the future. 😁 Feels Today: No entry for yesterday because I was so lazy and sleepy last night. 😅 I should bring back my "nice" bed time. Lately, I've been spending an hour or two of watching tv series before going to sleep. Not good, Chili. Not good. I feel neutral today. Not hyped. Not feeling down. I just feel preoccupied. 👍 I want to trade again, using real money. But I'm still not ready... I need to be updated with the news, have a routine to check stock charts. I need to be confident first in trading in our local stock exchange before I trade in the global market. This can be fixed if I wake up early and have more time to study in the morning. I've got so many things to do; while my family, gf, relative, and friends think that I'm just here chillin' at the venue. It's real good that usually, I'm not affected by what others think of me. 😅 I think I need to make a weekly plan. Wow, a day is not enough now. Is this the effect of quitting games? Have I successfully channelled my attention to tasks and chores? 😱 Daily Quest: Yesterday: We got a booking for a civil wedding this July 27. According to the government, as far as I know, religous gatherings are allowed as long as the number of guests is only 50% of the maximum capacity of the venue. It's really scary because of the virus but I accepted this event because I need to earn for a living. Today, I woke up around 10am, workout a bit, made some oatmeal and traded. I earned $20 in less than 2 hrs. 😎 Well, virtually... hahaha! After this competition, I'll go trade with real money again. Today, since my cousin already approved the layout of her wesbite, I'll be adding mock details in it. This is what I'll be doing this afternoon. After dinner, I will print the instructions so that my sister can laminate it. She has that kind of machine. Haha! She's laminating once in a while because of her learning materials. Later before sleeping, I'll continue planning the chicken business. Tomorrow, I'll wake up early and study stock trading again. This is my priority habit as of now: study trading in the morning—regardless of what day is it. I'll continue to read the book. After that, I'll continue to do my cousin's website. It's about tax consultation services. Jeez, I honestly don't know anything about that. In the afternoon, I'll do the exponents module since my nephew will arrive for another tutor session. I hope I can finish it on our next next meeting. And tomorrow evening, I'll plan tasks, for the following days or weeks, for the development of the events place business. It's just kind of exhausting to think what shall I do tomorrow. I'll try to make a semi long term goal, starting with the main business first. Quest Log: ✔️ Checked the stocks (virtually). I've lost a couple of thousands yesterday because my stop loss was triggered and gained a few today. I'm now down by 8%—12 days remaining for the competition. ❌ I wasn't able to start typing the module because I was distracted with Facebook while waiting for my nephew. ✔️ My cousin approved the theme. ❌ I wasn't able to make new sticker instructions for the shower heater. I think it's nice if its laminated so that it doesn't get wet. ✔️ Workout today. It's almost been 3 weeks since I've started doing situps, push ups and squats every morning before I start my day. I can't believe that just by doing little workouts each day, I'd see some little changes in my figure. Now, I'm more motivated. Incomplete Quest: make images for the vlog (area of square), update google drive, sticker instructions laminate, exponents module Picture Picture: My cat, Chili. He's in heaven now. 😅 I want to have a pet but as I've said, I ain't a leader. I can't commit on taking care of a companion, as of this time. Maybe in the future. 😄 How Can I Be Better? Less talk, more work. 😬 ---------------------------------- Good afternoon! 😄 Til tomorrow, Chiliflavor

Congratulations, @gargamel!!! Wow! I hope I'd feel the same way too, that is, chores are almost natural to do. Thanks for the inspiration! 😁

Hey there @alphadax! I feel this almost half of each week too. 😅 What I do is I find anything—literally anything—that I'd like to learn or do just to keep me preoccupied and forget about loneliness. Happiness comes from realizing its existence! 😃 Good luck and take it easy as always! 😂

After googling it, this looks like a great read! Being mindful is actually my top priority in my personal growth. Thank you so much for the suggestion, @Erik2.0! @Marek, I was thinking about deleting it before! Glad I didn't 😅 You got the exact word man—liberate. I was a slave to my Blizzard account. In short, I sold my master. Hahaha! Indeed, the pictures are messy without the size editing feature. No problem! Thank you too! ---------------------------------- Remaining Days: 41 days (July 1, 2020 - Wednesday) Quick Fact About Me: My mother was an ex-nun. She went out of the convent after graduating from her "novice nun" studies, right before entering the full pledge nun (can't remember the exact term). 😂 I'm still confused but here's how I understand it: the novice nun is like a bachelor's degree while the full pledge nun is like the master's degree. She met my "cool" father a few years later. Sometimes I feel like I'm from heaven. Other times, I feel like I came from hell. 🤣 Feels Today: It's already 3am, I can't say much haha! I need to sleep! It's been a busy day. It's not good that I don't mind the time just because I am busy. I need to be considerate of my personal time. What am I saying.. I'll just go to sleep 😄 Daily Quest: Summary of today: Started the website of my cousin. That's all that had happen today. 😂 Tomorrow, since it's already late, most probably I'll be just checking my stocks before the market closes. I'll wait for my cousin's approval of the theme I selected for her website before I start developing. While waiting for her approval, I'll be doing a new module for my Math career lmao! My nephew is coming tomorrow. I hope he did his assignment. I'll teach him the concept of square root and exponents tomorrow. Okay, just for the sake that I follow my stocks(morning)-otherStuff(afternoon)-business(night) routine, I would print new instructions for the heater and toilet since the one that I made was, of course, destroyed by the water because it's sticker paper. Quest Log: ❌ I wasn't able to read nor study eToro; ✔️ I attended my cousin's webinar about Usana. I told her I can't commit to it as of now. I got too much on my mind and hand. ✔️ Started my cousin's website. Jeez, I spent the whole day for it. It's not because of the money she'll pay. This is just me, hooked up on a certain task. I don't understand this side of me yet—the one that I tend to purely focus on what I do until I finish it. ❌ No plan made for the chicken business. ✔️ Workout (I will add this daily to this section) Incomplete Quest: make images for the vlog (area of square), update google drive, start reading the stock book again Picture Picture: No other picture available. 😅 This is me when I was 9 yrs. old at my aunt's wedding. This is around the time I knew how to use the internet—miniclip.com, yahoo.com for browsing, and Runescape. Me to myself: Nice gums lmao...🤣 How Can I Be Better? By managing my time properly. By setting limits for tasks so that I could do other things in the day. If I let myself too deep in the task, wouldn't it be just like video game addiction? I don't know. ---------------------------------- Good night! 😄 Til tomorrow, Chiliflavor

Welcome to the forums, @Morrigan! Worry no more, you're in the right place. 👌 It's totally okay! Now that you've quit video games, the happiest stories are yet to come. Good luck and take it easy! See you around. 😄

Remaining Days: 42 days (June 30, 2020 - Tuesday) Quick Fact About Me: I'm very talkative when I'm comfortable with the person I am with. Otherwise, if I'm talking to someone new, I will just literally respond and observe. Once I get to know how to approach them with my thoughts, I start to make small talk. 😁 Feels Today: In the morning, I felt dedicated. In the afternoon, an unexpected message from a stranger—from a local website like ebay—changed my plans for the day. He was inquiring about my "gaming" account. Yes, I posted my account in the hopes of someone would be interested with it. My account was on sale, only $250. He offered $200. I accepted it. I felt excited because I would gain money today. 😊 Does it mean my account is only worth $200? No. 😂 If we'd sum all the gold that I've farmed, all the games I've bought with gold, all the gifts I have given to my guildmates and friends, and all my "effort at minimal wage," I'd say it's definitely more than $200. For me it's a great deal—it helps a lot in my progress of quitting and I've earned money during this hard time. I'm quite overwhelmed lately. I should learn meditation. I never read seriously about it before. Maybe it's time. 😅 Daily Quest: Summary of today: After trading, I went south of Manila with my college friend—my gaming buddy in WoW—because he lives near the house of the buyer. Then, I showed him my account by logging into his PC and changed the details (email, password and mobile number). He paid me through online transaction then we parted ways. I treated my college buddy with a drink and we smoked a cigarette. For old time's sake, I guess. I gave in to the cigarette calling. I relapsed in smoking. He doesn't smoke regularly tho. I don't want to say "I needed that" because it means nicotine is in control again. Smoking again after 2 months of nicotine free isn't pleasurable at all. It feels like my first time again. Even though it's the same brand I used to smoke, it was a heavy. This means that my lungs have (quite 🙏) healed. I'm glad to know that. Also, I didn't feel guilty after I smoked. I think it's because I know that I smoked for Chiliflavor. With all honesty, I became weak and gave in because I needed instant comfort for the fact that I have sold my account. It's just really sad to let go something you have worked for so hard. But finally, I have nothing to look back to—only forward, and I'm extremely happy for that. 😄 Tomorrow, either I'll read the stock book if I woke up early and study eToro's platform and it's fees. And, check my stocks too. I plan to use the $200, from the buyer, to fund my eToro. Since the $200 came from my gold farming (the buyer was so interested in my account because of the "gold" in it 😅), why not use it to start my career in trading the global market? It seems a fair trade. 🤣 Next, I'll attend my cousin's webinar at 1pm. She rescheduled it. 😄 haha! After that, I'll start planning my other cousin's website. It's good she has a model layout to be "mimicked." So probably, I'll choose a prospect layout and give her some questions so that I could select an appropriate theme for the website. Then at night, I'll plan the chicken business. Basically, what (else) do I need, what do I have, where can I get this and that, and what are my mission-vision for this new business? Also, I should make progress with the events place too—even if little things. Quest Log: ✔️ I made breakfast. Checked my stocks in the morning and before closing. And, I've read the stock book. ❌ I wasn't able to attend my cousin's webinar ✔️ After submitting this entry, I'll try to plan the chicken business until I feel sleepy. It's already 1 AM here lmao! Incomplete Quest: make images for the vlog (area of square), update google drive, start reading the stock book Picture Picture: Finally, adiós Chiliflavor! 😄 Please, be kind to your new owner. I hope he can handle your poison. 🤣 How Can I Be Better? By being faithful to my words whenever temptation teases; by being strong in times of weakness ---------------------------------- Good night! 😄 Stepping forward, Chiliflavor

Nice! Thanks for the motivation! Holy crap man, optimization, maximizing dps, adjusting gear for ideal stats = stress is real but challenging! Most importantly, rank #1 in details/skada hahaha! 😂 It's great you applied it to your business. I'll try to do this too. 😄 Good luck!

Thanks @mks! 😄

I do this too before. I sleep very early so that I could play as soon as I wake up. 😂 Yes, just keep the tasks coming to make you not think about games. 😄 Good luck!

Welcome to the forums @nanou! Achievement unlocked—acknowledgement of addiction! Check out the journal section! That helped me to stay away from gaming. 😄 I feel you man: "I remember barely looking at the screen, yet the account was ready." I miss playing WoW actually, specifically PVP and running mythic+ dungeons. The lowest point in my life is when I've learned to play WoW's auction house. I started playing WoW in Legion only and got sucked by gold farming—obtained the 9,999,999 gold cap (11.5 million gold across all toons) in less than 1 year!! I literally spent almost 3 years just playing WoW—jobless, no gf, literally no social life at all. Only me, my room, my laptop, my coffee, cigarettes and interaction with my parents and siblings during meal times only. Jeez, writing about it made me take a deep breath. I didn't expect this! 😅 I only see this on movies. Haha! You're very lucky to have her man! How I wish my gf bought me respawn too. 😭🤣 Good luck on your recovery and see you around! 😁

Remaining Days: 43 days (June 29, 2020 - Monday) Quick Fact About Me: I've started a new habit for quite a while now. Every time I wake up, I smile. If I don't feel like smiling while on my way to the bathroom after getting out of bed, I smile anyway. This act lightens my day in general. I believe that starting your day in a happy state will make your day enjoyable—most of the time. 😂 Feels Today: I feel nice today. Mondays are always my personal holiday. I work in the event industry which means most of my work are from Friday to Sunday. Monday is a day off. 😅 This journal made me (somehow) an organized person. I do planned tasks now—as much as I can possibly po. Planning my tasks for the day the night before really eases my day. My vlog was stuck. I can't create right now, I have too much on my mind. I just figured it out!!! This is my "possible" daily schedule. I've been thinking, for a week or two, how can I manage time everyday to do all of my tasks. Morning - Learn and trade stocks Afternoon - Time for sidelines (e.g. this new project, math tutor, vlog, etc.) Night - Business development (events place and chicken business) Daily Quest: My cousin, who stays in Germany, called through messenger. To make the story short, her husband's company need a website. And so, she hired me to do it! She said she's gonna pay me $400 for the website!!! Her problem is that she can't make/copy the layout of her "model" website. So tomorrow, I'll conceptualize my game plan for this project in the afternoon. Tomorrow, I'll make breakfast. Check the opening prices of my stocks (in virtual competition) and will check it again before the market closes. I will read the stock book in the morning. Reading educational stuff just before going to bed is kind of not effective to me. I'll attend my cousin's (other cousin) webinar about Usana at 1 PM. Starting tomorrow, I'll dedicate my night time—after dinner—to develop the chicken business. 😁 I like calling it "chicken business" for now. It sounds funny for an unidentified weird reason. HAHA. Quest Log: ✔️ Bought a stock today (in the virtual competition) because its price hit my entry price on the trade plan. Hmm. I should have reviewed the chart again before buying. Next time, I'll recheck the stock chart first to see if my trade plan is still valid in the current price movement. ❌ I forgot to eat an apple. ✔️ New laptop delivered. Jeez, I feel like I'm a tech guy now. 😅 No problem at all, I accepted wholeheartedly that I'm a geek in general. 🤣 ✔️ Exam result of my nephew 52%. At least it's more than half. Hahaha! Poor little kid... It's minor mistakes only like forgot the negative sign. But the basics, I think we're ready now to go to Laws of Exponent. ✔️ I'll be planning tonight for the chicken business. My inquiries to some wholesalers of chicken supply were sent. I need to make an outline of the chicken business first. After submitting this entry, I'll start writing til I feel sleepy. Incomplete Quest: make images for the vlog (area of square), update google drive, start reading the stock book and workout again (these two must be done everyday) Picture Picture: This is the competition that I've joined 2 weeks ago. Our starting capital was 100,000. I'm down by 5.7%... 😅 This means I'm still noob at trading. 😄 On the second photo, you can see how pro others are in trading stocks. They've managed to increase their capital by 30% in the span of 2 weeks wtf!!! 🤣 Note that, this is just virtual buy and sell but using the real time price of stocks. How Can I Be Better? By doing what must be done! ---------------------------------- Good night! 😄 Respectfully yours, Chiliflavor

Congrats!!!

Nice quote, very inspiring! Hoping for your quick recovery. Get well soon, @Icandothis! 😊🙏

Welcome to the forums @Christine! Indeed! I experienced this too. I decided to quit when it came to the point that I felt like gaming is meaningless to me, regardless of my in-game achievements and time spent playing. You may want to check out the journal section of the forums. It helped me to stay away from games. I'm still on the 90-day detox tho. 😅 Congrats on quitting and see you around!

You're right! I though covering my face is enough. I reuploaded my the photo with a cover on the details now. Hahaha! Kindly delete your quote but not your comments since the photo details is still there. 😂 Thanks a lot @BooksandTrees!

Don't forget nice speakers for movie marathons! 😂

Oh no!! What happened? I don't know how to fix mine if ever! 😬 How about home workout while gym is still closed? Hehe! I just started doing mine three weeks ago. 😄 Haha!! Indeed it would be very refreshing! It's okay, true friends will truly stay no matter what even if you didn't talk to each other for a long time. 😁

I'd say it's better to drink two than one... One bottle is not enough so our brain is "angry," it didn't get enough for the night. 😂 This is actually true for me. As soon as I wake up, I open my journal then look what do I need to do haha! I did what like others did, I started to plan simple tasks first. 🤣 This is nice! I should give myself one too. Thanks for the idea, @RB1! 😁