chillenger Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I have been fighting with PC procrastination for 8 years. Sometimes I win and my mind is clear from distractions for months. But every time I have got less friends or less planned work to do I RELAPSE. I have relapsed a LOT of times. 2 month ago I relapsed to playing WoT. Luckily I managed to "destroy" this addiction with some articles and posts. But this didnt stop the addiction. I started reading too much news, then too much movies about war, and today ended up just binge watching netflix series. I want to stop the cycle. I have tried a lot of things. I ve build a good automatic protection layer with program called Freedom. I plan all my actions in my journaling software. To the point that finding this forum was a planned action by me. Nevertheless, I remain relapsed for 2 month. I need help. This thread may become one of the most powerful tools to stop my procrastination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Day 0. My goal: never procrastinate using any computer PC procrastination includes: 1) Gaming 2) Binge watching 3) Reading news more than once a week 4) Any movies while I am alone Let it die and be hated afterwards Edited August 10, 2022 by chillenger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 Day 1 Success: moderate I haven`t been procrastinating today. Until 23 pm. I am writing this post at 2:30 am after watching Advernture Time for way too much. Can I get better tomorrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostRiver Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Hope you come back and write more, whatever happens. Before I come here, I binged watch stuffs on my phone until 4am, telling myself I did not need to sleep anyway then spent my whole weekend in withdrawals. Keep coming back, let's take it easy one day, one morning, one hour or just one minute at a time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Day 10. On the day 2 I continued binge watching. I was forced to block most of websites on my PC but forgot to add this website to the white list. Today I`m back again. During the last week I watched on my phone, so I blocked my phone for 45 minutes for each 15 I use it. The same with the second PC and TV, I plugged them off and hid the wires as far as I can. It took me days to realize I have to do all that. But I continue to watch on my phone. Im planning to lower it`s usage time to 8 min per 30 min. Maybe than I stop watching finally and have time for texting with some girls Edited August 17, 2022 by chillenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Here is my current strategy 1) Block computers 2) Find girlfriend;Start hanging out with friends more;Better job? 3) Lower blocking level 4) Work with PC as normal person In my opinion, being social can naturally replace my gaming and watching. Maybe not only mine Edited August 17, 2022 by chillenger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 12. I didnt procrastinate the whole previous day. The blocking of devices + call to a girl solves my urge to play video games or watch series. Like literarly I wanted to break my blocks but after I talk with her I didnt want. It seems these things only work together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobares2 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 On 8/20/2022 at 8:22 AM, chillenger said: Day 12. I didnt procrastinate the whole previous day. The blocking of devices + call to a girl solves my urge to play video games or watch series. Like literarly I wanted to break my blocks but after I talk with her I didnt want. It seems these things only work together Having a life, in which you are successful in following your goals, everyone can stay strong and not relapse. But you dont always have those external motivators to stay on track. You are right tho 1) Change the environment is one of the most important point. Because some people try to do it the hard way, like having the pc infront of their nose and instead of touching it, they want to read in a book all day - thats obviously way tougher than blocking every website and studying in the library. But remember that you have to stay strong too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 (edited) Day 19. It`s a shame, forgot about posting. Adding this website to the taskbar so that I can remeber better this time. As for my addiction, I was completely free for only 3/7 days. This is due to gaps in blocking level and low sucess in dating (which apparently demotivates and causes to relapse). Yesterday I fixed the "blocking" part. Today I`m gonna do that thing called "Daygame". Trying to find a girfriend this way. Wish me luck, thread Edited August 27, 2022 by chillenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 Day 21. Last 2 days I was clear. Emotionally feel better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 Day 22. Clear. Im gonna take look at what others write when they are "clear" so that I know what to write next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted August 30, 2022 Author Share Posted August 30, 2022 I think it works for me, because I have 2 things I date women I like + I have blocks on my computers. Change in numeration It is actually day 5 I am clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillenger Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 Day 2 It was small relapse the day before yesterday. Got some rejections in my dating life + the gap in blocking in the same day. Watched some films about dating so it took me 4 hours. Yesterday I was clear, so my plan still works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faroe Islander Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Props for recovering so quickly, And good luck on your next attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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