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Lemynaded
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Objective 01, day 11
Still good! Still good, I want to do MOOREEEEEEEE.
But I know better, every time I give myself too many objective in one go it all come crashing down and then I have to restart, step by step, day by day, I can do this.
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Objective 02, day 02
Day 02 of doing something in the morning.
Not going to lie, it feels great!
After
After doing the routine, during it, it feels EeuuuuuuuheeeeeeeeeeewwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaCOLDeeeeeeaCOOOOOLD, iwannasleep
But it's working, I might even add an other objective on day 15 or something if I feel like I've got the hang of this.
Toodles
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Objective 01, day teeeein
Same old, same old
No game, no internet.
Didn't mind as much honestly, starting to rediscover a passion I had for reading fantasy books
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Objective 02, day 01Ah HA
It worked!
I did a THING this morning
Fuck you morning laziness, my love for money OVERPOWERS YOU, HIYA
So yeah it went well and I am happy, cheers
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Not necessarily, I don't want to overload myself with goals until I feel comfortable with them, that whole getting up thing might take longer then 10 days, I've been having a hard time with that one
But the objective is to eventually add more goals, yes
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Day 09
Today I'll update the rules for tomorrow, I feel like this is a good idea, it might actually push me to change for once!
Aside from that, nothing to mention, today was nice
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Damn, that part about procrastination... I feel you
Try to take it one step at a time, one little change on top of one little change can make for a big difference over time, or so I was told
Hang in there! You being here is already a pretty good thing in my opinion
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Hey Nick!
Keep it up! You're doing great!
Also, if you're interested, there's actually a daily journal section on this forum
Cheers!
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Day 08
Mhhhhhok, day 08
Nice
Nice nice nice
Still bored, but honestly I am getting used to it, or at least I don't think it's affecting my mood as much, so that's nice.
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I read an interesting idea when I was skulking around on this forum, something about a written contract/ engagement that you and an other person would sign. If you ever broke said contract, you'd be forced to give a set amount of money to that other person.
I was thinking that I could try to do something similar, but here, I mean it's possible to make donations on this website, so why not?
It would something like ''I engage myself to give 5$ each time that I fail to accomplish the goals that I've established on this forum for a period of 90 days'' or something.
I mean, it would certainly be a good source of motivation, and I'll need that when I add objective #2 on day 10 (the one below)
- Wake up at 6h15
- Make and drink coffee
- Brush your teeth and get dressed for god's sake (added that one)
- Do 15 minutes of work
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Yeah... waking up is not easy for me... but I did wake up at 6h15 today, as a form of warmup, didn't do the other 3 things though... or at least not right after waking up
So yeah! That's about it for today.
Bye bye
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Hey! Welcome aboard!
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Well nice!
Welcome back!
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Day 07
Welp, it's now been a full week, hurray!
Things seem to be going fine today so far, should be able to hang in there (even if surfing on the web has been pretty tempting today)
Been thinking about being more active for some time now (yes, I know that's the easy part), and I think that I'll start by waking up earlier when I reach day 10.
Something like, 6h15? I usually wake up at this hour during the week when I have to go to school, but during the weekend or when I have a break... well it's a different story, and I would like to change that since it's been bothering me.
So the objective would be something like :
- Wake up at 6h15
- Make and drink coffee
- Do 15 minutes of work, just to make sure I don't wake, get down stairs and then just go back to sleep on the couch or something (yes I tend to do that, it's not the first time that I've tried to do this...)
Yep... this should do for now, I'll change the rule when I reach day 10, if you guys have any suggestions I'll be glad to hear them
Bye bye now
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Pixel art looks cool, not gonna lie
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Day 06
Hey!
Getting close to a new full week! Nice!
I have been bothered by some stuff though... like... I don't use my computer for any ''fun'' activity anymore (and that's good), but I still procrastinate... that's annoying.
I'll start to look into ways to deal with this, I mean... that whole POINT of doing all of this is to spend more time doing the things I need to do... so if I just avoid them, there's a problem.
Toodles
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Day 05
Worked a bunch, discovered some new tools on maya to do cloths simulation
SOooooo cool
And the quadDraw tool.
Fun stuff
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Day 04
Welp, it's day 04 now.
A bit less bored then usual, slowly starting to understand that fun doesn't happen on it's own, and that I have to actually DO thing...
still working on that (it's work in progress)
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Wait, hold on, did I read that correctly, you sleep 3 hours a day?
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Day 3
Threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Hurray, still bored, and so, so, SO tired.
So I am going to bed now, goood night
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Oh yeah, that whole justifying gaming thing is probably like a NO 1 characteristic that most of us video game addict share (unsure if that sentence made sense)
Stuff like
1. '' Playing video game is fine if it's done in a controlled maner, I just need to quantify the time I spend doing this properly''
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2. '' Hey I've done a lot of work, I deserve to lay back and enjoy myself''
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3. ''It's not that bad, I am just having fun!"
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4. " but I can't just stop gaming forever, what about all my friends online, what about the beautiful community?'
Exept that... you know
1. You can't control yourself when you start playing, and so forget about quantifying it
2. You can't concentrate on work cuz it's boring compared to playing games or looking at youtube videos, so you get distracted and don't end up working so well
3. It is that bad, because now every other task seems to be boring and tedious in comparison, giving you the impression that you lack motivation / passion. Plus you just end up bashing yourself afterward FUN AMYRIGHT
4. Fuck the others your well being comes first
Or at least that's how it was in my case... dunno about you
But yeah, it's completely normal, and it's a pain in the ass to deal with
Hang in there
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Day 02
11 hours ago, Wildermyth said:The issue, I've come to realize, is to start something up. When you manage that it usually takes very little to continue the activity. The brain has a good ability of resisting new challenges but when we're finally in them we also want to finish and gather something meaningful from them. At least that's my experience.
Yeah that sounds about right, just need to make it a routine somehow...
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Also, tis now day 02, I managed to survive today, with 3 hours of sleep, I am dead tired, and I really want to go to bed. Managed to take some advance in some project, so that's nice. Need to work more on some other stuff... not as nice...
Don't know how to fill those empty moments now that I am not surfing the web
Toodles, going to bed
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Day 1.1
Welp, it'll be day 2 in something like... four hours and thirty minutes. That's nice!
I didn't have a lot of sleep... was busy working on a late night project due for, well... now. I feel like I did ok, but I guess we'll see what 3 am me did and how badly he messed up if he did (was that even a sentence? I dunno anymore...)
You know... I really strive to do more... which is just a fancy way of saying I wish I could work more...
Like drawing! Everyday I am like, alright, tonight, I am taking 1 or 2 hours of my time to draw! Let's do this! And I've been telling myself that for like 2 years... I haven't drawn a single time.
Maybe the problem is that ''tonight'' bit, I dunno
But I am in a good mood I promise (Promise ye hear?) Finished some work, used a part of Maya I never used before and the result... well it looks alright, I haven't done a lot of texturing so the result is still rough but it looks like whats it's suppose to look like.
So toodle, I'll be posting something else later tonight
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Day 1
It's day 01! Haven't been on day 1 for a while now so that makes me happy. Feels good to stick to something, it tends to hurt when you give yourself an objective just to end up betraying your expectations by doing the thing you weren't suppose to do. It kinda... makes it hard to appreciate yourself.
So yeah, hurray! Day 01
Still bored, guess I'll have to learn to live with that again. I'll try to just... I dunno... concentrate on the things I can do right now or something
Toodles
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Day 0.2
Welp, it is now 10 pm
I guess that means it'll be day 01 in 12 hours, since I restarted at 11 am
Worked a bunch today, and that makes me happy. Didn't break the rules, and honestly that's good, since it's usually more difficult during the weekend.
Bored as hell though, but that was also the case two months ago when I first started this challenge so I guess it's to be expected for a time.
good night now
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day 0.1
Updated the rules, no more avoiding work through the internet from now on
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On 9/20/2022 at 9:30 PM, Lobares2 said:
I really feel like nearly all of us go through the same when starting a detox. Your post about wasting time reading news, even wikipedia. So relatable! And I read many people writing hear the same.
At a certain point I was happy about staying sober with so many things. But at the end I was just sitting on the chair thinking about stuff - even that was a way for me procrastinate. All this is wasted if you dont follow your actual goal. I mean all those things, stop gaming, stop watching netflix etc. all those things are only happening because we want to have time for fulfilling our goals. But if we dont do that - than most of the hustle was/is pointless. Therefore rule Number 1 must be: Do what you are supposed to do! BUT dont think you can fall back into your addiction after you did your daily job. Because if you start gaming after doing xyz then tomorrow you might say ‚one game before I start is fine‘ and you all know how that ends. However Rule Number 1 is important, otherwise you will fall back into addiction. You need the dopamin rush of succeeding in what you are doing otherwise your cravings will be extremly high with the time.
We must force ourselfs to be productive in some way for the whole day. At least for a few months until all this gets a habit AND makes fun. Meaningful things will always end up being more fun than wasting time on games etc.
Stay strong bro
Day 0
Thanks
Honestly things haven't been going so well these past few weeks... I think I slipped back into some old habits and I realize just now how badly I want to get rid of this.
I'll update the rule on the first post for something more adequate for my recovery.
I'll try to post here more often, I've been avoiding this place more and more and that might have had an impact on me.
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Hey!
Good going, keep it up!