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Hey, I've been there. It sucks. Not sure whether you're asking for advice or just venting. Sorry for the unsolicited advice but here is what I think you should do, in short: Invest your time in yourself. Keep yourself busy. Value your time, yourself and stop tolerating low class behaviour. Get away from it. Don't try to reason with her. It won't work. This girl is trouble, you don't want to get more involved than you already are. Listen to your friends. I wish I had listened to mine. Keep strong, mate.

@AlexTheGrape Neither did I, but from what I've seen on movies and cartoons, you get badges knitted on your jumper for the challenges you win (kind of like the army where the the generals have their chest full of fancy badges). I'd rename it to "Real Virtuality" and try to get the hype on VR. The audio of the video was a bit low, you might want to look at it for the next ones!

@Piotr I see! I missed out the point completely! I'm writing it in Portuguese and I'll be using a pen name! 2000k words now. I might finish it at around 4000k.

Chocolate unhealthy?! Heretic! Heretic! Light up the fire pit! Sounds like a boy's scout club revisited. I liked it!

@WorkInProgress I see what you mean, but I find this focus on failure very dangerous. For me, failure is to not do something you want to get done. The result is either good or bad, but never a failure because you've done it. But thank you for your support. You always give great insights! @Cam Adair I shall remember @Piotr Thanks for dropping by! I don't fight procrastination. I welcome it, but I tend to get enough of it quickly. I didn't quite understand what you mean by 'my story'. You mean how I'm less tempted to procrastinate? It's very easy to me. Imagine yourself at the age of 40. How do you see yourself? How would you want your life to be? Maybe you own a nice house in the city outskirts, in a quiet nice suburb. You drive a nice car, have a lovely wife and two beautiful kids. You're a manager at the company you work. Maybe you chose a Y career and now you're a senior product designer or something like it. You might even have your own estabilished business, employing a few couple of people. You help. You are loved. You feel important. You play golf every weekend. You travel with your family every six months. Sounds reasonable, right? You don't need to be the next Bill Gates to accomplish that in life, do you? Now here comes the plot twist. Ready? Imagine you only have 5 years to get from where you are to that point. The clock is ticking. 5 years doesn't seem that long now, does it? Well, that's exactly where I'll be in a month. I'm 35 in February. 5 years to my 40th anniversary. That recommended video on YouTube doesn't look as appealing to me anymore. -------- Gratitude list: New penpalOlive oilClean waterbooks and kindle readerlaundry machineThe Ramones

Well done on beating those urges!

Congrats with your progress! (especially with the nofap on hard mode!) As for gratitude, I was skeptical at first, but then I asked myself: What have I got to lose? 2 to 3 minutes a day? Do it for 3 weeks. Then decide if it is worth it. Don't expect to find purpose right away. Be patient and keep trying new things out. You're already doing great, in my humble opinion!

I dare to say that the 'uncool fact' is human nature. If you keep working, you'll light the fire up. It will eventually lose its strenght again and you have to give it more fuel to feel it burning once more. It's like a sinusoidal wave, a cycle. if that's what you really want, don't give up.

You have always the option of starting something yourself!

Your journal has now a totally different vibe from the first pages! Keep it up, Tatu!

Lots of new people in the forum! Does the forum has a birthday? These last days were spent reading and writing. Today I started writing a short story without plotting it first and the result was terrible. I got 500 words in one hour of focused work and nothing I wrote is worth reading. Plotting makes things so much easier. It is like cutting logs on the right size before you start carving your work out. At the moment, I'm reading Brazilian classic authors. Even considering all the irregular verbs, Portuguese is still such a beautiful language. I'm stunned with rejoice when the beauty of a language and the skill of the writer steals the highlight from the story itself. I need a grammar book, asap. Gradually I'm becoming less tolerant to the power of procrastination. I believe that it is related to the sense of purpose that I have built in the last months. I welcome procrastination when I can still be productive (when I decide to exercise to avoid sitting down and starting working on my craft). Too much entertainment is just unnafuckingceptable. Awesome stuff: Job at the hotel.Fresh foodVegetable juicecozy socksPublic domain books

So is that the secret? I should get one of those. Many people have told me that they prefer winter than summer because in winter 'you just wear a lot of clothes and you'll be fine'. bs. Anyway, temperature varies from 0 to 8 here in Kyoto. I'm used to it, but that doesn't mean I like it! Happy birthday, Spinips!

Welcome, mate. Remember this day as it is the day you shall be taking back control of your life. Best luck!

The clothes don't look so warm. Mine look warmer (leggings excluded), yet, I'm cold!

That's a big one, mate. I'm having this approach everytime I pick my phone.

Welcome Abhilash! Make sure you check out the resources page and also the Youtube Channel. There is a lot of info out there!

Oh, the memories of my first marketing class! In modern society, the Maslow's pyramid model is easily messed up. For example, the workaholic husband who prioritizes work over family, friends. It also varies from different cultures. Gaming is not a need itself. You fulfil needs by gaming, probably the top levels of the left side pyramid. Nice post!

Welcome Danny! I'm sure you will discover a lot about yourself by journaling. Best luck!

Excercising makes me feel good about myself, no matter how fit I am. Good luck on your journey, Jon!

Thanks guys! @Piotr If you're still interested, have a look at the two pages that I wrote when I was studying code. I haven't touched it in a month, needless to say I was in the middle of something when I stopped (I think I was trying to make it responsive). But anyway, you said you were interested. Here are the two links. I'll pull back the links in two weeks https://thimbleprojects.org/renofacundo/162917 - Sample page, https://thimbleprojects.org/renofacundo/162921 - Simple name generator ---------------------- Today I talked on the internet with some old friends that I haven't talked in a while. Fun, but rather boring sometimes. We just don't share the same interests anymore. Still friends. Awesome things: SupermarketsTelephonesElectricityStephen King

Great read!

@hycniejsy Thanks for comming by. Haircut in a barber shop costs about 14 usd. Service is good in general, as it is in every other industry in Japan. As for goals, sorry but I haven't planned anything special for 2017. I've got enough to work on already, there is no need to include more stuff to that list. If I'm to inspire and lead other people, I'd like to do it by being an example. Setting goals and planning your roadmap is a very estimulating intellectual activity. You might feel a good deal of satisfaction by doing it. However, that won't lead to any results if it keeps you from start doing the things you say you will. I know. I've been that guy. I don't wanna be him again. -------------- So, I'm back from holidays. I got a cold while traveling. I can't remember the last time I had caught a cold before. It sucks. But I'm getting better. The good thing is that I spent most of my time reading. It was a good decision to not take my laptop with me. I'm almost finished with one book and started reading another one. I got my working shift for January. I'll be working half of the month. Doing it for the money, but there is always room for improvement. Besides, the cash will give me access to new resources and take some of the pressure that I had on me. Gratitude list: Trains: the best public transport systemWife's friends who became my friendsWife's family generosityBuetooth speakersJazz

That is a nice dog picture you got there!

@Simon E Roleplay is a kind of Collaborative Narrative. You've probably heard about tabletop RPG, right? You get together with some people, play some characters in a story made by one of the players, roll some dice, have fun with the results. When you do it over the internet, you can do it via audio+video or via text. If it is not live, you have of what is called play-by-post or play-by-email (pbem). Basically you tell a story together with other people through the point of view of one character. While many people use a tabletop rpg system to add odds to the story, I rather not use it and leave the odds to the creativity of the players. There are many sites around and you can see 'writers' of many different levels. @Cam Adair I do have, I'll reach out!

That yin-yang balance