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hemonkey
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So today I want to ask about how to develop communication skills effectively. I always find myself either offending others or summoning a moment of silence after conversing for a long time. These happen between my friends and classmates regularly. I also find others making similar mistakes like me. If you have any suggestions for better talk/chats please leave them here for me. Thanks!
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Day 103
No gaming: ~2 or maybe 3
I am planning several meetings at the park with my friends to encourage them to go outside although only my neighbor several streets away came. Most of my friends are gamers, most of my classmates are gamers.
Something I learned this week is that being jealous is because you didn't use your gifts God gave you. Today's wisdom is about luck. Genetics are made to adapt to one's surroundings. A blind man in a dark cave doesn't need eyes because there is nothing to see but when the blind man goes to the bright city, he is at a disadvantage, but that does not mean other people with sight is superior. It only means he is not suited for this environment.
So conclusion? Your idol is not superior than you, you just wasted your talents and pursued the wrong career. That's all for today's wisdom.
hemonkey
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Day 99
No games: 1
Relapsed again, will learn from it. Some food for thought: I learned that 2/3 of our lives are spent sleeping and wasting time. For example doing homework without a strict deadline will result in wasted time. Before setting up my priority list, I spend 1 hour on homework when I can finish it in ten minutes.
So conclusion? God gave us a lot of time. We think our lives are short because we wasted most of it.
Hope you all are doing well,
hemonkey
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YouTube always troubled me too. One tactic I developed was a priority list. Although I collapsed due to me overdosing on dopamine over my birthday excitement, I'm listing my priorities again today on my phone.
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Day 98
Alright so yesterday was great. I had my mom's homemade cheesecake and enjoyed this birthday celebration even though in quarantine. I zoomed my friend and relapsed so back to day 1.
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Day 97
Today's my birthday!!!!! LETS GO!!! Not going to write anything much here today because I'm taking a break.
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Day 96
I know I am too old for this but... IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!
not gonna do anything though but just eating in my house with a few family members due to COVID.
Yesterday I finally made a time list so I can show that I matured after one year.
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Day 95
No games: I don't know for sure because I think I relapsed
Big news: My birthday is coming and I'm turning 13. I will use social media now but is somewhat concerned about social media addiction.
I did not write here because of many things: working on time management, piano, and detox relapse.
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Day 89
No games: 9 days
I have been playing with fire literally and cooking with a soda can. It was fun because my furnace made out of a soda can cooked my walnuts thoroughly and luckily the soda can didn't melt. The food however I tasted was not good, it was covered with black and disgusting cracks.
I also worked on time management and is doing pretty well so far.
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Day 84
No games streak: 4 days 🙂
Relapse has been pretty devastating for me right now and I'm also trying my best to control my temper on a lot of daily issues. Today my computer was not acting cool and got kicked out of zoom class every few minutes. I was so angry and almost broke my keyboard but I took some deep breaths to channel it out.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I relapsed.
I was celebrating Chinese New Year when I decided to take a break off my detox. I played for 2 hours today and felt bad. My wrist and hand hurt.
I quickly deleted my game but I think this might just be the beginning of a more bigger relapse.
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Day 78. Relapsed a little so starting over! No games: 1
Hey everyone! I have been a very busy bee the past few days working on time management and studying for my math test(mostly studying how to sleep well before the test).
I got a 99% on the test which I do not know how(there are only 25 questions). I drank half coffee and half milk for breakfast helping me stay alert and the past night took melatonin and did an exercise.
I also took about an hour or so each day to practice piano for the exam coming in April. I took still life drawing classes yesterday to improve my technique.
Overall, this has been a busy week and I will plan more exciting tasks in the future!
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Day 75, No games:17
I never blocked my gamer friend after last time he threatened to kill me. He decided to message me again and I found out he is jealous of my intelligence. I think it is because I keep sharing my stories about life and maybe somehow I have offended him.
I decided to distance myself from this madman and abandon this angry teen for good.
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Day 74
No games score: 16
I don't even keep track of my detox because time flies by so fast and I rarely care about gaming anymore. I have a test this week so I hope I can sleep well unlike last time. Even if I don't sleep well I hope I can remember to drink coffee.
Before tests I don't really study but I don't get bad scores(bad scores are below 95).
I also plan to take my classes outside to protect my eyes.
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Day 71
No games in a row: 13
No game streaming: a month or so now
I took drawing classes yesterday. Learned about shading and drawing still life. Still not very familiar with the new techniques I am learning because I used to draw with less shading.
Also I practiced piano because I am preparing for a piano exam in April. I am trying to manage my time now but it is still challenging.
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Day 68
Hey guys... I relapsed. That's why I am back on day 10 of my record. This was painful for me but I got to move on.
Some achievements: made clothing for my monkey toy, reading(tried to read and somehow did it).
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Day 63
About 5 days ago my detox score reset due to me playing for an hour of Minecraft. Days without games: 5.
My stocks are growing but some bad luck these days. All of my stocks except for NIO and MRNA have negative returns. One of them is 1000 dollars lower than my initial price. Hope some good luck comes!
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Day 62.
I have decided, my gamer friend is an asshole and I am leaving him for good. He is only cares about his game and has no empathy. Bad influence on me, I am leaving him for now.
One thing I did today was continue my film and start constructing a cardboard house. The trigonometry is bugging me though, I just figured out my calculation for the roof was a little off and now I have to redo the whole roof. 😞
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Day... 61! A memorable day for it marks my 2 month journey into my detox.
Sleep deprived today, I think because of a growth spurt but that's alright. I flunked my test because I didn't drink coffee before to combat my sleep deprivation.
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Day 59. You probably read yesterdays journal entry. I was on the edge of no return, the moment when I will relapse and 60 days will go down the drain.
It was a dark and rainy night. Shadows crept toward my computer as I remained quietly on my chair. The cold atmosphere chilled my spine as my frosty hand stroked the top of my mouse. The cursor starts to move. I can feel the temptation, the anxiety that has troubled me for 50 full days.
The steady ambience of raindrops struck the ground outside. It was cool and peaceful outside but something sinister was stirring in the depths, behind the windows. I clicked on my installer, the installer that I never removed. It felt like it was beckoning me to cordially welcome it in to my fragile mind.
Minutes passed as the game installed itself. I could hear my heart beating.
Thump.
Thump.
Thump.
This was a mistake, I knew this was going to happen but it was preventable. If I had used my intelligence to judge my choices, I would have prohibited my foolish actions. Uncontrollable dopamine surged through my body as the game flashed on my face. It was addictive, and deadly.
I had to do something. Minutes turned into an hour as I sat there, possessed by my own subconscious. "I need to stop this chaos," I thought to myself. My mouse clicked the red "X" on the top of my running application. The game was over, but this was just the beginning of something more dreadful.
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Day 58.
I can't take it anymore. I have too many urges. AHHH. So many cravings. Too many cravings. I can't take it any longer.
Day 58 is a great achievement but I am on the verge of collapse. I feel like a mountain balanced on an invincible chopstick, ready to topple over any second now.
A lot of difficulties these days. One reason might be that my classmates and friends are acting like temptations to me right now. I just want to play for 20 minutes, but no. That would end my journey but start my suffering. I just can't help it, I need help.
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Hi Ale! Welcome to gamequitters community!
Studying becoming a boredom has been a long-time problem for me so I would recommend every 20 minutes take a small break and every 60 minutes (3x20mins) switch to a new activity.
Quitting Youtube and gaming has helped me achieve my goals in studying and etc. and I hope it might benefit you too as not everyone functions the same way. Although Youtube and gaming has distracted me entirely, I still watch Youtube in moderation when I am done with work and sometimes play small games with my friends with I have the time.
Good luck!
monkey
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Day 56.
Doing great so far. I completed all my school assignments but that one group mate pissed me off. Last night we were working on a project and she told me she cannot do the project because she did not listen in class and has other homework to do. Welp, I will hope for the best of my project then. Hope it gets an A.
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Day 55! today can be divided by 11 and 5. ~61% through, I have a D- on my detox so far.
Just watched the inauguration and wish the new presidential cabinet good luck.
Doing great so far. Haven't watched a single gaming video for a month. Not very productive, bad time management.
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hemonkey's Journal
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Hello, hello, hello! It's day 109!
I finally decided to start my meaningful quarantine plan: time management and self management. School is going back to in-person in my area so I plan on making new friends. There won't be much students on campus due to covidphobia so I am going to make the most out of it. Although I will be cautious and stay 6-feet away, I am planning to meet my classmates and hopefully make some new friends that like to exercise.
Adding to my previous paragraph, I cut off the "dangerous chat methods" off. I won't be texting/discord voice calling them now much. I hope in this brief moment of friendship transition I won't relapse into depressive gaming or anything of the sort. And I guess that is all for today as I am busy these days.
hemonkey