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Days without gaming: 33 Craving: 2/10 Social: 7/10 GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 39 /50 (+3.5)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 36/100 (+0%) Exercise: 5/16 (+1)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 16.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 33 Craving: 0/10 Social: 7/10 GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 35.50 /50 (+2)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 36/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 5/16 (+1)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 16.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: NoneWhat a day it has been! Today me and my friend went to the guitar shop. Since I was going to get my goal already next week I wanted to order my guitar already. Well to make a long story short, I came home with the guitar already... It was cheaper if I bought it now and to be honest, giving my effort, I did earn it. I will still complete the 50h challenge obviously (which will be easier because I love to play on my new guitar). When I came home I did some adjustments to the guitar but I couldn't play. Someone in the house was sleeping. I played a bit with my headset on but that doesn't sound nearly as good as it does when the sound is coming through the speaker. So I decided (given the nice wheather) it was a perfect day for cycling. I took my bike and went to a nearby forest. I saw a lot of beautiful nature and a lot of other people cycling. I really like to ride my bike where I've never been before, so like usually I got lost .. kinda .. I still knew where I was but not really. This lead to a longer bike trip than anticipated. I think I was almost away one hour and I did at least 15km, but it was probably further. When I came home it was time to play my guitar ... oh man, she sounds sweet and she feels sweet. In the evening I had an opportunity do to out with a friend. But I didn't feel like it so I stayed at home to play the guitar a bit and watch some informational videos. I also contacted a guitar teacher but I'm not really sure yet if he can help me. Unexpected things, but it was all fun!

Lol I just counted everything again .. it's day 33 already

Days without gaming: 29 Craving: 6/10 Social: 5/10 GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 33.50 /50 (+3)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 34/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 4/16 (+1) I didn't do anything today. I don't really have a good excuse. REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 1.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 29 Craving: 2/10 Social: 7/10 GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 30.50 /50 (+1.25)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 32/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 4/16 (+1) I didn't do anything today. I don't really have a good excuse. REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 1.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: NoneWell it wasn't exactly a killed day but I had fun! I need to step up my game though. Tomorrow I will exercise, no excuses, I will read and will play guitar a ton. If the weather is nice I'll go to the forest and maybe do some cycling. I should also start meditating again. I'm skipping it way too much. May do a new analysis again about my goals since the deadline is coming closer

Days without gaming: 28 (update from yesterday) Craving: 2/10 Social: 7/10 GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 29.25 /50 (+2.5)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 32/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 4/16 (+1) I didn't do anything today. I don't really have a good excuse. Tomorrow is another dayREWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 1.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 26 (update from yesterday) Craving: 2/10 Social: 2/10 (worked at home) GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 26.75 /50 (1.75) Since I'm only 0.5hour from being halfway I'll do an extra 0.5 hour today.REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 30/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 3/16 (+1) REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 1.2/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 26 Craving: 3/10 Missed it a bit today. Especially tight now. The day feels finished, so it would be a nice time to play a game. But I can't.. Which isn't really a big problem. I really believe I don't have a gaming addiction after all (which is good). I also believe I did have an internet addiction and a Twitch addiction. Both are really going better Social: 5/10 Well it's sunday. I don't want to be too social on sunday. What I have noticed though is that I'm having much more social contact with my family. Also yesterday I went to a party (birthday of a coworker) and I didn't feel annoyed I had to go .. which is surprising since I don't really like parties a lot. I also wasn't really worried about going alone. GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 25/50 (+4+0.5) Since I'm only 0.5hour from being halfway I'll do an extra 0.5 hour today.REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 28/100 (+2%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 2/16 (+0) REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None Truthfull thurday .. errr sunday? I don't really have a story in my head right now. I do remember feeling really busy and annoyed because I wanted to finish everything as fast as possible so I could do useless things on the internet of play games though. So I'd say I was busy while I really wasn't that busy (even though I believed I was busy) I'm failing on goals Exercising, Cycling , Online course and Cooking are failing. I need to step it up a bit I guess (even though I haven't been bored, which was the reason I did this challenge in the first place). Exercising I will start by applying some principles from 'the slight edge'. Every day I will work out. I will not follow my regular schedule. I will just do 1 exercise and do 5 sets (2 warm-up and 3 real sets with only 5 repetitions). Monday: Squats, Tuesday: Bench Press, Wednesday: Barbarian Deadlift, Thursday Overhead Press, Friday: Squats; Saturday: Bench Press, Sunday: Barbarian Deadlift, ... It's time to make this a positive story again! I can do these 'workouts' even when I really don't feel like it. It will only take 10-15 minutes I guess. I hope it will help my build good habits again! Cycling First step: I need to make sure my bicycle is ready to ride. So let's do that next week. Riding 100 km is easy enough. I still have time. Online course Meh I really don't feel like doing this, but in a way I do! I will keep it for the weekend though and this weekend has been pretty busy so l'm not going to take a special action here yet. Cooking Same as online course. NEW GOAL Something I wanted to do for a long time .. but I didn't because of twitch (this could have been the truthfull thursday story as well) I want to wake up fairly early again. I had a time last year where I would wake up at 5 am every day (let me tell you, it feels pretty awesome when you're used to it) Atm I'm waking up at 7:30 am. I have to get ready for work at 8 am. So It would be pretty cool if I could work my way 'down' to waking up at 6:00 am or something. In the morning I would have time to work on my guitar technique, do my meditation and a small workout BEFORE I leave for work .. Best feeling in the world to work towards your own goals before you have to go to work. How to achieve it? Well this week I have to work fairly late so waking up at 7:30 am will be hard enough. What I will work on is building a good evening routine. - 10 pm, shut of electronics and start reading - 10.30 pm brush teeth and go to bed - 10.45 pm use the headspace sleep exercise to relax Also it's ideal to build a really small morning routine already - meditate for 10 minutes If I get to bed in time I may even try to wake up at 7 am .. we'll see. I'm aiming for 8 hours of sleep.

Thanks @LilChenChen ! Days without gaming: 24 Craving: 1/10 didn't have time to think about games. Felt a bit tired then thought about it. Then forgot about being tired Social: 9/10 talked on the train to a stranger, talked a lot at work, was really smoot at a stoor against the cashier, family visted, instead of locking me into my room I had a chat with them. Then talked to a handyman who's fixing stuff in my house. I was a social beasst today. GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 20.5/50 (+3.5) Almost halfway after 2 weeks. Should get a lot of practise in sunday. Tomorrow will be harder but I'm aiming towards 2 hours.REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 26/100 (+1%) Need to step it up !Exercise: 2/16 (+1) Technically didn't really exercise but instead of taking the car to some place I ran. My legs were really tired since I was wearing normal clothes. Since this goal is so hard for me it's time to aim a little higher at what I consider exercise.REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 21 Craving: 3/10 on working days, this is so easy Social: 1/10 worked at home. Didn't want to have lot of social contact so I didnt GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 17/50 (+2)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 25/100 (+1%) Exercise: 1/16 (+0)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Love this one! One of the best you made so far. This video really spoke to me. I think it really applies to the real problem of gaming tbh. I realised that certain activities give the same of emptiness. I will not differentiate gaming from watching series, twitch or even learning recources that I won't actually apply.

Just watched the video about 'consuming' that Cam made .. For me personally I believe this was one of the best videos I saw him make. Really liked the content and now I obviously have to do something with it. I will start making my own music from now on. First I need to complete my challenge and then I'll start making my own music and start sharing it with the world. Starting new projects and stuff like that. It's just for fun, but it's also creating and it will allow me to learn new stuff! Great video @Cam Adair

Don't feel bad Cam .. it actually took me over a year ... lol :-D Days without gaming: 20 Craving: 1/10 on working days, this is so easy Social: 7/10 told some stories to coworkers, don't usually do this GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 15/50 (+1)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 24/100 (+2%) Exercise: 1/16 (+0, soooo tired today. I need to step it up if I want to complete this challenge.. 15 workouts in 31 days .. I think I already failed tbh. I don't want to work out 1 in 2 days)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: NoneGrateful monday - My job: felt extremely tired and I can decrease/increase my workload as I feel as long as i can finish my work (which I can) - My upcoming days off from work (even though I like my job) .. counting down. Still need to go strong for a month - My social life in the last few weeks .. it's going better and better - The sandwich I ate at noon .. DAMN soooo delicious - Having a comfy bed. Rule 1, never underestimate the power of the comfy bed - Training shorts .. Rule 2 never underestimate the power of comfy trainingshorts! - Friends n stuff .. yaaay - Free guitar videos on youtube .. entertaining and educational <3 - Tooth brushes .. gotta have tooth brushes man. DId you ever think about not having tooth brushes?Dammmn life would look a lot uglier! - Cleaning ladies .. I respect them, I really do.

Days without gaming: 19 Craving: 7/10 was actually thinking a lot about games. Washed my car instead ... Gave myself a pat on the back Social: 1/10 didnt feel like being social GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 14/50 (+3)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 22/100 (+3%) Exercise: 1/16 (+0, I wanted a lazy day, I got a lazy day)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None 1 person likes this

Days without gaming: 18 Craving: 5/10 Today I wanted to be lazy. I'm tired after 2 busy days and I really wanted to game the whole day today. Instead I mowed my lawn and watched some sports with the family. I didn't actually consider playing, not at all, but still I kinda missed it. If I ever resume playing games it will serve well on days like these. Social: 5/10 Stayed at home. Was social against the cleaning lady and my neighbour. Made some jokes, got some laughs, it's all good. GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 11/50 (+2.5) Back at it again!REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 19/100 (+0%) didn't read yesterday. Will read in a minute but I always fill it in the day afterExercise: 1/16 (+0, I wanted a lazy day, I got a lazy day)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None TRUTHFUL THURSDAY I almost forgot! Well I'll share one of my ways I justified playing games. I'm kind of a philosophical guy .. I guess ... I often think about the meaning of life. I believe life doesn't really have a meaning. The real goal seems to not get extinct as a species I guess, surviving. Which is not really a problem for humans (yet, it will someday if we keep living like pigs). Being happy is the real goal for humans. People can get happiness from a lot of things and it varies. It even varies within a person. I guess a major thing is fullfilment. But people get fullfilment from a lot of things. Having friends and a family + combining it with fun and a fairly succesfull carreer could be very fulfilling. Being good at things can be fulfilling. This could be a sport, games, human relationships etc... For me (and I still kinda believe this) games give me the opportunity to do a lot of different stuff in the calm environment of my home/chair. I can start a new life, I can be the best football player, I can be a criminal, I can be in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, I could run an amusement part, I can be a sports manager, a game developer, just about anything just from my chair. Am I actually being those things? No offcourse not, lets not act silly. But it gives a nice feeling nonetheless and I feel virtual experiences can be just as satisfying as real life experiences. That being said, real life experiences are more important, but only to the level where your life becomes fulfilling, and sometimes it just doesn't take much to feel fulfilment. Like I said, I still believe this is pretty accurate for me. The reason I wanted to quit games is because my priorities were shifting too much towards the internet and doing stuff that isn't meaningfull (mindless browsing) Social saturday I took a break .. read about my concert in the post above. It's lazy saturday ... I already typed too much for a lazy day!

Thanks man! It was th e best concert I ever saw BY FAR. I saw great bands like Radiohead, Pearl Jam and Queens of the stone age (twice) already .. but I have to admit. I don't consider myself a great David Gilmour/Pink Floyd fan .. obviously I like them but I don't know many of their songs and I was sooooo impressed. This was much more than just playing a c ouple good song .. it had everything, visual, sound, variation in instruments, a small break , just everything. I'm bored really fast, even at the best concert I get bored for about 10 minutes in the middle usually .. but now a concert of 3 (!!!) hours, didn't get bored for a single moment .. amazing!

Days without gaming: 16 & 17 Craving: 3/10 yessterday had 0 craving, day before it was around 4-5 Social: 10/10 Went to the David Gilmour concert alone. Didn't talk a lot (didn't want to) before the concert I talked to a guy who was going elsewhere. Yesterday I was very social at work, after work I grabbed some food with a friend. Planned on just going a couple of hours but in the end we st ayed for about 4 hours because it was serious fun. NEW GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 8.5/50 (+1.5) Didn't play yesterday, didn't really have a lot of timeREWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 19/100 (+1%)Exercise: 1/16 (+0, didn't plan it either so it's all good)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: NoneCHAINS All my streaks ended yesterday. No regrets though. Because of the David Gilmour concert I was home a 3:30 am , I woke up just in time for work and after work I did social stuff untill 12-1 am ... so didn't really have time and was really tired. It doesn't really feel like I broke the chains though.

Days without gaming: 15 Craving: 3/10 Got some cravings in the morning. Failblog had an article about my favorite streamer getting swatted. Since it was something so serious I had to see it .. there wasn't much to see but I felt pretty bad for him. Then I reminded myself I don't actually know him irl so I got over it Social: 8/10 I talked a bunch with coworkers .. a bit too much actually lol NEW GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 7/50 (+2.5)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 18/100 (+1%; didn't really feel like reading, was also really tired)Exercise: 1/16 (+0, didn't plan it either so it's all good)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: NoneCHAINS ☑ Reading: 10-day streak ☑ Meditation: 11-day streak (headspace told me this, I thought it was only 7 days) ☑ Waking up at 07:45 am: 7-day streak

Days without gaming: 14 (2 weeks yaaaay) Craving: 1/10 Talked a bit about pokemon go with my collegues Social: 7/10 Well I had meeting the whole freakin day so NEW GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 4.5/50 (+1.5)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 17/100 (+1%; didn't really feel like reading, was also really tired)Exercise: 1/16 (+0, didn't plan it either so it's all good)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None

Days without gaming: 13 Craving: 0/10 Gaming? What ? ooooh .. no didn't really think about it today. Social: 7/10 NEW GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 3/50 (+3 hours !! on a working day, letsgoooo. My wrist is starting to hurt a bit though so I need to be careful)REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 16/100 (kindle works in %) --> Always read before bed so I'll have to update this tomorrowExercise: 1/16 (+1, felt really tired, still did it)REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessons (enrolled, didn't watch any lessons yet since it start in a week)Go to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None. CHAINS ☑ Reading: 9-day streak ☑ Meditation: 10-day streak (headspace told me this, I thought it was only 7 days) ☑ Waking up at 07:45 am: 6-day streak !!!!Story time!!! So I woke up at 7:40 and I was really tired still. Ate a bit, drank some coffee and practised guitar. When I was finished playing the guitar I had still a small hour left before I had to go to work .. so I figured, even though I really wasn't feeling like it, the most easy and productive decision would be to work out.. I started working out, was kinda proud I made the decision to do it even though I didn't really want to ... and then I pulled away my towel and catapulted my smartphone again my power rack ... AAAAND MY SCREEN CRACKED. It's a good thing I'm doing meditation again and I didn't let it get to me. Also the crack isn't that bad (yet) .. first time I cracked my smartphone .. FeelsBadMan Grateful mondays Even though I really didn't want to go to work today I'm grateful for my steady income and having a pretty nice jobGrateful for the meditation starting to pay offFor my huge motivation to play the guitarFor being able to learn stuff pretty fastI feel good about myself, I'm grateful for that as wellI came up with some fun challenges, grateful for my sense of creativity in that matterEven though I'm not rich I can buy a lot of nice stuff! Grateful!Grateful for the fun coworkersGrateful for the nice weather and especially the nice clothes girls wear when it's warm :-DGrateful that I realise a good mood often is a choice and it makes life easier and random contacts more fun.

True! I don't watch gaming videos on youtube anymore as well, would make the cravings worse. Sometimes I do watch a 'twitch scandall' if one happened. But only a part of the video just to know what happened. In the end even that isn't that great because it makes me miss Twitch. I like the link, that probably what I needed. In a way I liked thinking as in programming, but the exercises were soooo boring and I couldn't see the bigger picture .. this link actually gives me some idea's what I can do with the stuff I'm learning. Agree on the social stuff as well btw! I don't like clubbing, but just making friends, maintaining friendships are definitely worth the time.

Thanks! I think the highest I got was ealier this year. I don't remember how high. I think it was close to 50 .. definitely more than 30

Even if your last neighbor thought you were weird .. he's probably convinced you're a nice person and that's way more important!

Days without gaming: 12 Craving: 3/10 Got cravings early in the day, got over rather quickly Social: 3/10 Stayed at home the whole day. Didn't lock myself up in my room for the whole day so it's something NEW GOALS Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: 0/50REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: 12/100 (kindle works in %)Exercise: 0/16REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5Cycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessonsGo to the blues bar at least onceGo to the David Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None. CHAINS ☑ Reading: 8-day streak ☑ Meditation: 9-day streak (headspace told me this, I thought it was only 7 days) ☑ Waking up at 07:45 am: 5-day streak

Brainstorm idea's Step 1: What do I want to keep or increase - Guitar (increase) - Meditation (keep) - Sleep schedule (keep, maybe make it earlier) - Reading (make it a bit longer) - Journaling here - Working out - Series/movies (keep but not increase) Step 2: What didn't I do and what do I still want to do - DIY Home projects (occasionally) - Composing own music (starting when the guitar gets a little more boring or when I want to start making/ recording songs) - Walking/Cycling (in the weekends) Step 3: What idea's am I ditching? - Programming (well actually maybe I just don't like the way codeacademy teaches things .. so may be I should start a video course or a real life course) Step 4: What are other skills/activities that look interesting? - Cooking (I can do it a bit but maybe it's a good idea to do it now and then) - Learn about positive psycholgy (major YES for me .?. definitely going to do this) - Learn about philosophy - Watch a TED talk Step 5: The new plan + CHALLENGES!!! I need a new plan to avoid being bored so here it goes... First of all .. I LOVE challenges :-) (duh I'm a gamer or at least I used to be). Start 25 july --- Deadline: 31 august Main Challenge : Guitar GUITAR: Get 50 hours of effective practice !REWARD: Buy a Fender Stratocaster American Standard (I was planning to do this anyway, but making a challenge out of it is better!)Challenge 2: Do productive stuff n things n such READ: Finish 48 Laws of powerExercise: 0/16REWARD: NoneChallenge 3: Explore new things and areas Cooking 0/5 --> Reward: The food I cooked .. let's hope it's a reward and not punishmentCycling: 0/100 kmEnroll in the online positive psychology course and follow the planned lessonsGo to the blues bar at least onceGo to the david Gilmour concertGo to the coffee shop at least onceGo to the forest at least onceGet to know 1 new person, doesn't necessarily have to become a friendREWARD: None