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Entry 02.11 (03.11 in the afternoon) Day 45: No Useless videos Day 43: (Mistakenly wrote in previous post) Following Food Schedule Loooool, in the previous post I fell asleep on the keyboard probably, that's why it has such a long space ^^ Anyway, today I only worked one hour(generally run) and the last two days I also just ran for half an hour each day. The reason for this is that I woke up at 12:45 after not sleeping more than 24 hours, and wanted to go to sleep early aswell. So to fit at least some marketing project work and going to store and eating, and meeting a potential sublet renter for my flat, I decided to do only a very minimal workout again. I then fell asleep without completing my evening routine at 02:00. Then accidentaly woke up at 06 30, and decided it was an awesome opportunity to complete my 5 hour workout before a call I had scheduled. So I skipped almost the whole morning and evening routine, and now completing it. (Edit)P.S.(Nutrition details for next period) I changed up my schedule a little bit today because I went to store today for the next week and a half until my flight to Spain at 15.11. Instead of just 200g Broccoli, I will first consume 50g kale, 50g spinach, 50g broccoli, when the kale runs out I will consume only 100g and 100g broccoli, and that after today, when I will still eat just 200g broccoli. Also if the spinach will run out I will again eat just 200g Broccoli. When I will fly to Spain changes will have to be taken into account so I will update here what my plan is.

Super glad to see you posting here again, what an honor that I helped you even a bit! Regarding your "Why". There's somethjing in you that made you buy the respawn book and join the forum. It's because you know that games are a time waster and that you can do something useful and great with your life. And a man doesn't need any more in his life than fulfill his potential, in fact, there is no more. Just think what greatness you could achieve if you follow through with one thing at a time. You could become the next Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Neil Armstrong. (Those are just examples which might not relate to you much, but the point is if you keep going in this direction you could become someone super awesome) Hope that makes sense, after all i didn't sleep for 24 hours and ate very little... See you tomorrow!!

It means a lot to me that you've checked in. Thanks!!

Entry 01.11 (02.11 in the night) Day 44: No Useless videos Day 41 follow food schedue Despite being working for the whole day and waking up at 03: \00 and still not asleep 24 hours afterward Only ate 2 meals, and didn't give in to cravings. Great day with about 19 hpurs election job, 30 minute run and 1 hr blog. Testing my willpower I guess. Sleep eems to be top priority again.. 🙂 \\aaaa

What do you mean escape from a bigger issue? The gaming is the escape 😄 if you escape the escape it's not an escape 🙂 Anyway it's not a small triumph it's a big triumph. And treat every day like that! Every single day you held strong is a triumph of itself. 90 is a triumphx90, so give yourself some credit here mate!!! Stay strong, you're not alone!

Please elaborate once more, what are those objectives exactly?

Entry 31.10 Day 43: No Useles Videos Day 41: Following Food Schedule( Accidentally wrote 39 instead of 40 in previous entry) Tomorrow I'll be at work from 6:00 to 22:00 (At the political elections in my country) that's in addition to my other obligations(also I have to prepare my meals in advance for the day), so today I had an extremely short day. Only half hour run, 1 meal and 3 hours marketing project. Feeling hungry. And a lil' bit dreading tomorrow. But as Eminem says - "'Till the roof comes off, 'till the lights go out 'Till my legs give out, can't shut my mouth 'Till the smoke clears out, am I high? Perhaps I'ma rip this shit, 'till my bone collapse"

Awesome dude! But don't rest on your laurels. 90 days is great, but relapsing is still an option, I suggest watching out for those "Just this once" excuses lurking around the corner and keeping the momentum going. "Stay hard" -David Goggins

Come on Jon. You either grow or you die.

Entry 30.10 (Written at 31.10) Day 42: No Useless Videos Day 39: Following Food Schedule Today when I woke up my subconscious has been racing to improve my life and analyzing what I could learn from that bike accident for about an hour. A few things I concluded: Buy a whole helmet (Like a motorcycle) Not a half like I currently have - Asked two couriers I met on the street about it, will ask a couple more and will buy A.S.A.P. Buy Life Insurance perhaps Buy Elaborated Insurance and Sign a card which Permits donation of organs after death, and puts yourself and relatives at priority of receiving ones in case of need ( I just did ) I tried to make a change and eat after the bike riding shift instead of during. And right after it fell asleep for 4 hours which is unfavorable and unhealthy. The experimentation continues. (I think I might need to find a way to finish working until 20:00) Weight vest to make workouts more intense and shorter has arrived, without the 20kg of weights I thought it would have, so probably will need to return it and purchase a replacement from another place.

Three days. Still fixable. One line for each day and you're back on track

Entry 29.10 (Written at 30.10) Day 41: No Useless Videos Day 39: Following Food Schedule Slept about 3 hours after yesterday so that I could complete my minimums in marketing and couriering. It's a bit not fabvorable that I broke my teeth, but I am making steps to learn from this mini-crisis so I'm grateful for this learning opportunity, so it could also be a great thing because without it maybe I wouldn't come to the emotional state to grow. I ate 1 meal today, which was a bit unusual with broken front teeth. I mixed everything up to eat quicker also, but the biting itself takes more time of course, because I try to bite with the side as is sort of recommended by entist ( She said not to bite iintially with front teeth, after first bite I can, and that I should do for a week. So I'm trying not to bite at all as much as I can, just to make super sure that i'm not doing anymore damage. Gaming cravings, very subtle if any.

Mr. Jon? I see you've missed two days. Here's a suggestion: Write about these two looking backwards 🙂 If you're not writing because you broke the streak, it's okay. Start again today. Not tomorrow, and let's go on with it! LESSSSS GOOOOOO

Don't let it become an excuse. Do only what is directly related to your work. MEaning: When you have a task at work for which you need to open a game, do it and nothing more. If you really want to quit gaming in the long hall, I would surely consider being in a job that does not include anything gaming related. Because you know what they say... "If you hang around the barbers shop long enough, sooner or later you'll get a haircut"

Entry 28.10 (Written at 29.10) Day 41: No Useless Videos Day 39: Following Food Schedule Two significant occurrings today: 1. I fell from the bike and broke my front teeth, then went to ER to see that no further damage was done (They said that I'll need to check with a dentist further but there are no jaw damages). 2. My steam account got deleted after the 30 day waiting period. If you're reading this, keep fighting. If you woke up today, god, or the universe is not done with you yet!!!

Awesome on achieving 90 days, spot on! You deserve a pat on your back! Changing routine is the hardest thing in life in my opinion, it's all about using your willpower to mostly focus on one change at a time, gain confidence and repeat. So way to go on staying honest with yourself, not telling yourself excuses, and continuing to experiment. Glad to see the progress you've made and hope you keep on, who knows what heights you may achieve... 🙂

Entry 27.10 (Written at 28.10 night) Day 40: No Useless Videos Day 38: Following Food Schedule about one hour late from workout and eating in relation to what I planned in schedule ( Continued workout about 30 minutes beyond planned time, and then lack of focus in preparing and eating food, also about 30 minutes). As a result I only got 1 hour work on the marketing project, in comparison to the planned two. On the other hand I didn't slide more on my workout as I previously did, so that's also a start. In any case on Sunday I am working at the elections in my country (06:00 am to 22:00 pm) So I really want to prioritize 8 hours of sleep today and tomorrow. Because I still want to fit 2 hours of marketing project and 30 minute workout, my morning routine. and in the evening there's a very high chance I'll have to work at least until 23. So alltogether I will probably sleep about 4 hours. All those things may seem a bit unrelated to the topic... But hey, If I sleep well, and don't be late on my schedule I'm a lot more likely to stick to my values in general, feel more confident and thereby stick to my commitments. So they are somewhat related after all 🙂

Definitely a great practice to plan your day out. I have almost all notifications disabled on my phone. I have no whatsapp message noises, no news, surely no social media. As far as I'm aware I only get notified from Duolingo, calendar and alarm clocks. That's what works for me now. Feel free to use this method too 🙂 I've also had a challenging day today. But let's be thankful that we do. The hard days are the ones that shape us. Stay strong, stay in touch 🙂

Hey, Amphibian. Thanks for checking in on me. Way to go on getting out of your comfort zone and trying better practices for your health. A software that helps me is CronoMeter, in which you can plan your meals so that you hit many daily nutritional needs. As you've probably seen, I planned a daily schedule with no changes for two weeks with it, then I measure everything I eat on a kitchen weightscale , and so I am getting quite close to certaiin that I'm getting all the nutrients I need. (Though I'm not sure about the volume, I'm pretty confident about the nutrients) Maybe you could try the same. In my opinion watching TV in general and Sports in particular is for most people a quite non-productive activity( Unless you want to be a pro player, and even then probably not) So I wouldn't suggest that. Instead if you're feeling hungry, maybe you could try higher volume foods. (That is if you eat 3 meals, not 1 in the case of 1) I consider Rice, Lentils and Oatmeal as my higher volume foods. Stay strong and keep on telling yourself the truth and working toward your higher values 🙂 Edit: P.S. Another thing you could do is replace TV with audiobooks, cheers.

Entry 26.10 (Written at 27.10 night) Day 39: No Useless Videos Day 37: Following Food Schedule Today was a super challenging day. Mainly due to the fact that I planned for two meals again and cut dinner in half and added it to both meals. The problem with that is: That with the ammounts I eat, I'm getting full even with the three meals. When I add dinner to it I get SUPER full, and tend to doze off. Which hinders my schedule, is unhealthy (Sleeping on a full stomach) and makes the emotional side stronger ( Because I give in to the super strong feeling of tiredness) So after I did doze off, I then woke up feeling terrible both physically and mentally, which made the cravings of wanting to eat something comforting even stronger at 2 am when I accidentally woke up. Which would make me need to wait 3 hours again, and again, would lead me into giving in to emotions even more. With gratitude to the universe, until now I have withstood the temptation (Although it wouldn't count as breaking the food schedule streak - because it's a new day and I could eat stuff from the new day's schedule, it was still the right thing to do. Also, I skipped my 3 hour planned shift as a courier. Conclusion: I should think of how I really make time for 3 meals. Because if I keep on with 2 I increase my risk of falling into bad habits, and even if not, hurting my health because of dozing off with a full stomach. Also making it a habit, and a stronger and stronger one in the process.

Thanks for checking in on me and the nice wishes 🙂 For me eating correctly is key, because it's associated with the useless videos. So it's like two in one. Hope you'll get to it soon as well!! Keep at it!

Super glad to hear that, sounds like a plan! Give 'em hell

Entry 25.10 (Yet again really 26.10) Day 38: No Useless Videos Day 36: Sticking to Food Schedule As expected, I was close to the slippery slope of overeating today, I also got a double slap when I was ready for the public speaking meeting at 09 am, but then figured it was at 09 pm which messed up my schedule a little bit and got me emotionally eating - A part of dinner with breakfast (Or maybe it was something else, who knows ) also it might be because I didn't have a plan of when I'll eat dinner, so I was afraid I won't (Always happens). 3 good thing about handling the day: - 4 hours on marketing project - 4 hour workout (Better completed the full 5, but I slept for 2 hours because I'm a dud, so will complete it tomorrow, still any workout is awesome) - Getting well out of my comfort zone and going to the public speaking meeting 1 Thing I could do better today: Weekly schedule..... As always thank you for this community, and you the reader which saves me again and again!

Good luck!

Entry 24.10 (Already 25.10) Day 37: No Useless Videos I'm a bit dreading tomorrow because I've found a public speaking meeting which is going to occur at the hours I usually work out on tuesday in the morning. Not sure I even need this, but oh well I already comitted, so let's try once. Then I'll do my marketing project so as not to get out of the time frame I allow myself to work on it. Day 35: Sticking to food schedule Saw some foods outside while doing bike delivery and had small cravings, but I ate a big meal before and it helped me. And of course as always, you guys and this forum. Thanks