Yan

Nice job! Now try writing out what you will get in terms of your long term goals if you keep working on those instead of every minute you'd do gaming. How that will slowly and gradually bring you there, bit by bit in relation to how you feel when gaming [because this is the real life and not some pumped up artificial sh** that was made by people to get you addicted quickly) but, in leaps and bounds in comparison to the progress people who game do in the direction of their goals. [which is getting close to 0] "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it" - Quote from Sober Time app. "What is it you said to the kid? It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward." -Rocky Balboa, Rockie Balboa Movie

Entry 2.3 Day 46: No Useless Videos Day 878: Sticking to Food schedule Day 481: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 29: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Wake up at 4 am -75% effort run -11 focused units 1 Thing I could do better -After falling asleep on the table make calls regarding garage instead of using 50 minutes to research whether beaches work at the end of April for my half--brother's possible visit Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 46

AAfter reading everythingI still don't understand why your safety is at risk...

Entry 1.3 Day 45: No Useless Videos Day 877: Sticking to Food schedule Day 480: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 28: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Morning Workout -6 Concentrated work units -Monthly review session in a group 1 Thing I could do better -After hanging up the call with father's wife, re-focus on content instead of looking for length of route to beaches etc. Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 46

Here's a list of benefits of cold showers that result from the search term "cold shower benefits" in Google. If that doesn't change your mind, all is cool, but I felt I wanted to share it with you. Improved circulation Hair and skin Immune system Increased metabolism Decrease muscle pain Improves immunity Faster recovery Reduce depression Reduced pain Weight loss Boost alertness Boosted mood Cold shower health benefits Reduced stress Before bed Cold shower tips Lower inflammation Cold showers calm itchy skin Mental health After exercise Clears your skin Increased willpower Bolster immunity to common colds Boosts happiness levels Edit: P.S. While it seems that some of those repeat themselves and others are not very clear, like the benefit"Cold shower tips" or the benefit "after exercise" which i assume is referring to calming the muscles, a research I've done couple of years clearly showed me that cold showers have a boatload more benefits than hot. Consider reading an article or two, it might change your mind 🙂

Yeah but the site needs to be up for you to access them... I'd like to have an independent copy.

Thanks for replying and taking care of the problem. Do you mean a business process system, or some tech system? Would love to hear more details 🙂 Would also be waiting for an update regarding the backup part. Many thanks in advance.

Entry 28.2 Day 44: No Useless Videos Day 876: Sticking to Food schedule Day 479: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 27: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Morning Workout -8 Concentrated work units -Completing 4th day challenge within the SPI community [ 20 minutes of writing my new system of production ] 1 Thing I could do better -Having left a space of 8 hours for sleep including preparation when planning the current day yesterday Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 45

Entry 27.2 Day 43: No Useless Videos Day 875: Sticking to Food schedule Day 478: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 26: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Morning Jog -5 Concentrated work units -Completing 40+ hours fast 1 Thing I could do better -If I'm more than 30 minute delayed, rewrite new schedule under old one without removing the old one to accommodate for the change and get back on track. Otherwise I lose track of time and it ends up very very very ineffective, like today's 5 work units instead of the planned 13 Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 44

I agree. Stay vigilant to these sneaky lizard brain thoughts as you already are 🙂

Maybe some cold showers may help 🙂

Food Schedule update 27.2-13.3(Not including 13.3) 1. Coconut oil still instead of peanut butter (Since I still assume peanut butter is frequent in having negative effects on skin, and with coconut oil the micro and macro nutrient goals are still achieved, so even though it's more expensive, I give that less weight than health.) 2. Raisins still instead of dates from now on (Dates simply ran out and that was the plan when i bought a stock of both) 3. black sesame increased from 8 grams to 25 grams (because i suspect i don't have enough calcium) Note: If I see some negative health effects I may change the second week (starting from 6.3 Thursday and till the end of this bi weekly plan)

I think it is a big deal. We must watch our thoughts and take the weeds out or else they will take over... "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he" "As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called "spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those, which are deliberately executed." -As a Man Thinketh, Woody Allen, First page That said, you shouldn't judge yourself for your thoughts in my opinion as they appear without our control at times, but once you notice a "weedy" one, simply try to replace it with a new, desirable one. Do not fall into the trap of trying to NOT think of something though. Replace it with another positive thought. It is just like trying to NOT think of a pink elephant. Try telling yourself "Do not think of a pink elephant, Do not think of a pink elephant, Do not think of a pink elephant" Guess what you're going to end up thinking about? You guessed it... A pink elephant. So think of a "brown cat" or something instead 🙂

Gotta' analyze your routine to see what you might have done to be sick 🙂 From my experience the two are often connected 🤔

Entry 26.2 (Written on 27.2) Day 42: No Useless Videos Day 874: Sticking to Food schedule Day 477: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 25: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Morning workout (Back, shoulders, stairs) -Having set a lofty goal for next week's mastermind meeting -Made calls for doc. appointment even though i didn't end up scheduling one yet 1 Thing I could do better -Wake up as scheduled or do not write it in the schedule, one of the two. I'm writing it like this because thoughts like "Maybe I don't have to wake up earl on fast days" creep in. No, I still do if that's what I planned. Waking up like an accident is a nono. Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 43 Grateful for the forum being up again. It's been a part of my life for a significant amount of time now. Thanks @Cam Adair Also, does anyone know whether there is a way to download all the comments in this topic for backup purposes? If so, how? Thanks to anyone who is reading and possibly replying in advance 🙂

Entry 25.2 (Written on 25.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 27.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 41: No Useless Videos Day 873: Sticking to Food schedule Day 476: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 24: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -75% effort run -Visit court to pick up message and found out whether there is a tax on me for missing the session -Waking up at 4:00 am for the run despite sleeping 2.5 hours twice with a break in between the previous day 1 Thing I could do better -When i saw I'm above 30 minute delay - Having started documenting how much time each activity takes anddocumenting it so 15/15 30/20 etc. starting at visualization time [ use watch stopwatch to document the steps before that because i'm not next to the computer ] Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 42

Entry 24.2 (Written on 25.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 27.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 40: No Useless Videos Day 872: Sticking to Food schedule Day 475: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 23: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -10 pomodoros and 2 spis -morning workout yet again -finished first blog post draft choosing a simpler exercise rather than geting stuck on "extra good exercise" but no finishing because of trying to nderstandhow to apply it [4 weeks max space posting exercise, rather than money out money in exercise with publishing some product and using gogle ads or somehting like that] 1 Thing I could do better - Remembered to plan sleep at 4 since i plan to wake up at 4 tomorrow Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 41

Entry 23.2 (Written on 24.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 27.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 39: No Useless Videos Day 871: Sticking to Food schedule Day 474: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 22: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -10 pomodoros and 2 spis -morning run with hector -Writing pomodoro summary of mastermind for oday and yesteday 1 Thing I could do better - try putting heating device further away from me to see how it affects sleepiness Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 40

Entry 22.2 (Written on 22.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 27.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 38: No Useless Videos Day 870: Sticking to Food schedule Day 473: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 21: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -11 pomodoros + 2 SPIs -morning workout -Apartment meeting finished within dedicated timeframe 1 Thing I could do better -Set a strict shipping deadline for the blogpost by tomorrow for example(?), and better ship and fail than wait for perfection Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 39

Entry 21.2 (Written on 21.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 26.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 37: No Useless Videos Day 869: Sticking to Food schedule Day 472: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 20: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -morning workout -as planned turning heating device off which allowed me to stick till the cheduled sleep tie without dozing off -Doing 14 concentrated work units! Although some included eating, and in one i dozed off on keyboard, that's still a wow! 1 Thing I could do better -Give the calendar a look when i was planning the day yesterday to include meeting with moses, so that the amount of planned poodoros would correspond to daily time plan Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 38

Entry 20.2 (Written on 20.2 [Day counts updated today] Posted on 26.02 because of no access to the forum the last 5 days or so) Day 36: No Useless Videos Day 868: Sticking to Food schedule Day 471: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 19: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Turning off heating apparatus after 20 min as written in schedule, which somewhat contributed to reduced sleepiness probably. Fact is i stayed awake in contrast to the last few days [ i even lost count how any since i dozee off early and therefor do not start evening routine and do not write exact sleep time -75% effort run -it seems i'm about o be in bed at 22 00 as planned in 20 minutes 1 Thing I could do better -Get out of bed at 3:15 wen i woke up accidentally. not drag it till 5 40 Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 37

Hi Kam, was the forum down for you too the last 5 days? Also what book did you finish reading? Which are you reading now? As David Goggins says: "Stay hard"

Entry 19.2 (Written on 20.2) Day 35: No Useless Videos Day 867: Sticking to Food schedule Day 470: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 18: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -Attended mastermind meeting on time -Rewrote daily schedule upon waking up -Morning workout 1 Thing I could do better -Start evening routine earlier, when I start it later it needs to begin after sleepiness kicks in and it seems I drop off to sleep in this case and skip it altogether Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 36

Entry 18.2 (Written on 19.2) Day 34: No Useless Videos Day 866: Sticking to Food schedule Day 469: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 17: Being in bed before 23:15 3 Things I did well no matter how small -3 Pomodoros and 2 SPIs which is more than 0 =\ Out of planned 10 and 2[I actually accidentally planned 12 since i calculatedthe time of my run wrong, putting an hour less on schedule accidentally. So realistic only had enough hours for 8 and 2 -Morning jog -No writing focused units to apartment mate even though it gives me the scare 1 Thing I could do better -Turn off heating machine for 15 minutes if it has been turned on for more than 15 and i feel sleepy Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Death, Slavery, Regret, Disease) - 5 Yan (Life, Individuality, Freedom, Purpose, Self-Fulfillment) - 35

Here's a reply I wrote 23 hours ago and which is awaiting moderation because of inserted links. I thought I'd post it meanwhile without the links until the moderator approves it: Welcome! Here's some wisdom from the "Sober time" app I used to count days without ________. "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it." -If you're serious about this I'd also suggest you completely delete your Steam account as suggested in the Respawn book by Cam Adair, and as I did in my september 29 2022 post, and possibly Battle.net if you have the option. -I think there's no need to hope it will become permanent. Just go ahead with the 90 days. It's hard as it is. Even if you just accomplish that and then return it will have been 90 days more than 0. -If you're not already making these 9 habits you wrote here, I would not commit myself to any of them, perhaps one at best. It is a trap that many people fall into with new year's resolutions. It's like saying that by next month you will run a marathon when you never ran before. Setting any habit requires willpower, quite a lot of it. So just stick to your main 90-day commitment and if you really want you may do any of the other 9 if you feel like it, after these 90 you may commit to 21 on any of the other activities[that's just my opinion though]. -By the way you may use the Sober Time app I mentioned earlier to have it count the days you've been clean from gaming and gaming videos Let's see how it goes for you. Remember you may fall at 5 days at 2 days or at 1 day. But what counts is how fast you'll stand back up again. "Rocky Balboa: What is it you said to the kid? It ain't about how hard you're hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward."