3 hours ago, Pulse said:

of which you can't really argue

You mean can't argue the butterfly effect?

3 hours ago, Pulse said:

Day 85/90

Merry Christmas everyone, hope we are well!

I had a conversation today about video games and it felt good to say I haven't played them for almost 3 months!

I gotta say these 'stats' of the streaks look pretty cool - levelling myself up rather than some stats in a database feels really, really nice. With 90 days StopGaming/GameQuitters, it's kinda like I'm getting that purple item from the big fire raid boss deep underground, but it won't become obsolete in the next major patch, it will have a butterfly effect and drastically improve (and has already improved) other areas of my life until I die of old age (hopefully), of which you can't really argue with!

See you tomorrow!

5/90 PornFree

19/365 NoAlcohol

You're warming up my heart.
Cheers to your potential and beyond.

P.S. Just 5 more days! Let's see if you can (perhaps, if you so wish) get to 180 no gaming and 90 no porn, what say you?

Edited December 26, 2025Dec 26 by Yan
Added a P.S.

Day 86/90

22 hours ago, Yan said:

You mean can't argue the butterfly effect?

You're warming up my heart.
Cheers to your potential and beyond.

P.S. Just 5 more days! Let's see if you can (perhaps, if you so wish) get to 180 no gaming and 90 no porn, what say you?

Yes 👍

Thanks Yan, I'm really looking forward to hitting that 90 days StopGaming/GameQuitters, and yes I will continue on to 180 days!

I think I can get to 90 days no porn, but it's WAY tougher than quitting gaming (for me), so I may still fail on the road to 90 days PornFree.

One thing that popped in my head (to motivate us all): No one cares about your (my) dumb little pixels on your dumb little game except you (me), so stop wasting time, pull your pants up and STOP GAMING! WE CAN DO THIS! I guess the reason I say that is because in some of our minds we think 'If I get level 60 and show off my epic sword, people will like me, respect me, and I'll get a girlfriend!' - Nah man, nah dude, it doesn't work that way. Put that energy and effort into something that actually improves your life for you, no for some money-hungry game dev that just wants to suck up all your time, attention, and energy. It ain't worth it.

See you all at the TOP ⚔🛡⚔🛡

6/90 PornFree

20/365 NoAlcohol

16 minutes ago, Pulse said:

I think I can get to 90 days no porn, but it's WAY tougher than quitting gaming (for me), so I may still fail on the road to 90 days PornFree.

If there wouldn't be such a possibility and you were 90-100% sure you could pull it off, probably there wouldn't be a need to talk about or journal this streak in the first place.

IT would also not be interesting or challenging. So cheers to you for taking challenges on that get you out of your comfort zone and get you to in fact widen your comfort zone and abilities (probably :) )

19 minutes ago, Pulse said:

no for some money-hungry game dev that just wants to suck up all your time, attention, and energy. It ain't worth it.

I'm not sure they do it with ill intentions, some of them are gamers themselves. However intentionally or not, that is indeed the result (sucking up your time, attention, money[sometimes] and energy). A bit like a drug dealer who's using the drugs themselves.

Couldn't blame the guy can ya'?... ;)
That said, drugs is not my thing. And it seems like it's not yours either. (But don't judge the guy you just end up harming yourself, because it's not like you need to fight what his doing, but rather just focus on getting through your day. Which is the only thing under your control, or at least under the biggest amount of control, right?)

See you at the top (Maybe, if we'll keep it up and god allows it :) )

2 hours ago, Pulse said:

Day 86/90

Yes 👍

Thanks Yan, I'm really looking forward to hitting that 90 days StopGaming/GameQuitters, and yes I will continue on to 180 days!

I think I can get to 90 days no porn, but it's WAY tougher than quitting gaming (for me), so I may still fail on the road to 90 days PornFree.

One thing that popped in my head (to motivate us all): No one cares about your (my) dumb little pixels on your dumb little game except you (me), so stop wasting time, pull your pants up and STOP GAMING! WE CAN DO THIS! I guess the reason I say that is because in some of our minds we think 'If I get level 60 and show off my epic sword, people will like me, respect me, and I'll get a girlfriend!' - Nah man, nah dude, it doesn't work that way. Put that energy and effort into something that actually improves your life for you, no for some money-hungry game dev that just wants to suck up all your time, attention, and energy. It ain't worth it.

See you all at the TOP ⚔🛡⚔🛡

6/90 PornFree

20/365 NoAlcohol

Just deleted all of my P collection and the last remaining 'non-addictive' games in my PC and phone. Will join your journey in the P free hike up the mountain!

Day 1/90: PornFree for me

Day 87/90

20 hours ago, Yan said:

I'm not sure they do it with ill intentions, some of them are gamers themselves. However intentionally or not, that is indeed the result (sucking up your time, attention, money[sometimes] and energy). A bit like a drug dealer who's using the drugs themselves.

Couldn't blame the guy can ya'?... ;)
That said, drugs is not my thing. And it seems like it's not yours either. (But don't judge the guy you just end up harming yourself, because it's not like you need to fight what his doing, but rather just focus on getting through your day. Which is the only thing under your control, or at least under the biggest amount of control, right?)

See you at the top (Maybe, if we'll keep it up and god allows it :) )

Yes true, I think maybe the psychologists that work for these gaming companies are pretty bad people, though. They're not exactly upstanding citizens of society, in my opinion. But I understand what you're saying 👍

Well you're already at the top Yan with your streaks, so I'll see you up there eventually!

17 hours ago, allanjchiang said:

Just deleted all of my P collection and the last remaining 'non-addictive' games in my PC and phone. Will join your journey in the P free hike up the mountain!

Day 1/90: PornFree for me

That's great Allan, thanks for joining with me, it gives me more motivation to continue knowing I have other people with me!

See you all at the top!

7/90 PornFree

21/365 NoAlcohol

Day 88/90

Good day today, haven't broken any streaks, feeling good! Not much to chat about today, so on to tomorrow! We're nearly there!

8/90 PornFree

22/365 NoAlcohol

Day 89/90

One last day to go to hit the big 90! Right at the very end of 2025 as well! Fantastic!

See you all for the very last day tomorrow, reaching the top of the mountain.

I'll see you ALL at the TOP (tomorrow!)

Also I will be adding a brand new streak tomorrow as well, I've had it before but I'm bringing it back now that I will have reached 90 days StopGaming/GameQuitters.

9/90 PornFree

23/365 NoAlcohol

DING DING DING DAY 90/90!!!

We DID IT!

YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!!!!!

YOU GOT THE POWER!!!!!

WHEN ALL HELL'S BREAKIN' LOSE, YOU'LL BE RIGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM!!!

YOU GOT THE HEART!!!!!

YOU GOT THE MOTION!!!!

"What do we do now?"

"Now we can finally start NOT playing the game" 😂😂😂

I guess we now get to 180 days like @Yan suggested!

I can see people above me on the streak, and below me on the streak, but it's nice to be at the top of one of the mountains everyboody!

Big thanks to everyone on here, I couldn't have done it without all of you journaling alongside me, thanks for your kind words of inspiration ❤❤❤ We're all gonna make it!

10/90 PornFree

24/365 NoAlcohol

8 hours ago, Pulse said:

DING DING DING DAY 90/90!!!

We DID IT!

YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!!!!!

YOU GOT THE POWER!!!!!

WHEN ALL HELL'S BREAKIN' LOSE, YOU'LL BE RIGHT IN THE EYE OF THE STORM!!!

YOU GOT THE HEART!!!!!

YOU GOT THE MOTION!!!!

"What do we do now?"

"Now we can finally start NOT playing the game" 😂😂😂

I guess we now get to 180 days like @Yan suggested!

I can see people above me on the streak, and below me on the streak, but it's nice to be at the top of one of the mountains everyboody!

Big thanks to everyone on here, I couldn't have done it without all of you journaling alongside me, thanks for your kind words of inspiration ❤❤❤ We're all gonna make it!

10/90 PornFree

24/365 NoAlcohol

Cheers man, that is an accomplishment that no one will take away from you now. Let's see how far can you go, and what awesome things you can achieve. See you at the next mountain top, because that's what we humans do, wake up, face some challenges, go to sleep and repeat.
The more days we overcome the challenges, the closer we get to our self-defined (Some would argue divine) purpose

Best wishes!!!

Day 91/180

10 hours ago, Yan said:

Cheers man, that is an accomplishment that no one will take away from you now. Let's see how far can you go, and what awesome things you can achieve. See you at the next mountain top, because that's what we humans do, wake up, face some challenges, go to sleep and repeat.
The more days we overcome the challenges, the closer we get to our self-defined (Some would argue divine) purpose

Best wishes!!!

Thanks @Yan , and very true!

Just a quick one as I'll be busy this evening: All going well on the very first step on the NEW mountain to 180 days StopGaming/GameQuitters!

See you all tomorrow!

11/90 PornFree

25/365 NoAlcohol

Day 92/180

Happy New Year everyone! I hope we are happy and healthy this year :)

Okay my new streak is a sleep pattern streak. From a previous post I made I mentioned I tried to do it but my work discipline was lacking, so for every 15 minutes I go to bed earlier, I need to work 15 minutes so it makes up the time I miss working via going to bed early (if that makes sense 😂)

I like to get a better sleeping pattern by going to bed 15 minutes earlier each evening until the pattern is more suitable for my current needs. If I don't go to bed 15 minutes earlier the following evening and get up 9 hours later, I break the streak.

Here's to ya, 2026!

1/90 SleepStreak

12/90 PornFree

26/365 NoAlcohol

On 12/27/2025 at 4:59 PM, Pulse said:

Yes true, I think maybe the psychologists that work for these gaming companies are pretty bad people, though. They're not exactly upstanding citizens of society, in my opinion. But I understand what you're saying 👍

As someone who works in corporate, I can tell you these people only care about increasing shareholder value, at whatever the cost. It's a bad system and it breeds the type of business models that encourage addicting people to a product.

Also, congrats on 90 days free!

Day 93/180

3 hours ago, FDRx7 said:

As someone who works in corporate, I can tell you these people only care about increasing shareholder value, at whatever the cost. It's a bad system and it breeds the type of business models that encourage addicting people to a product.

Also, congrats on 90 days free!

Yes indeed, and thank you!

Not much to report today, but I'm managing to balance my streaks rather well!

See you ALL, at the top ⚔🛡⚔🛡⚔🛡

2/90 SleepStreak

13/90 PornFree

27/365 NoAlcohol

Day 94/180

Again not much to report, just the usual check-in, the streaks are going well, I'm feeling good, life is good right now.

See you ALL (You know where!) ⚔🛡⚔🛡⚔🛡

3/90 SleepStreak

14/90 PornFree

28/365 NoAlcohol

Day 95/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

Another quick check-in, very busy this week so my mind will be elsewhere, which keeps my focus on other things rather than breaking my hard-earned streaks, which is good!

See you tomorrow!

4/90 SleepStreak

15/90 PornFree

29/365 NoAlcohol

On 1/1/2026 at 11:51 PM, Pulse said:

If I don't go to bed 15 minutes earlier the following evening and get up 9 hours later,

So, is your sleeping standard 9 hours? Interesting. Why so?

Day 96/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

17 hours ago, Yan said:

So, is your sleeping standard 9 hours? Interesting. Why so?

Yes, my body just requires 9 hours, it's the sweet spot 😂

See you tomorrow!

5/90 SleepStreak

16/90 PornFree

30/365 NoAlcohol

4 hours ago, Pulse said:

Yes, my body just requires 9 hours, it's the sweet spot 😂

Interesting. I'd put a question mark on that assumption.
I am doing way more physical activity than the average person (So I assume.)
Some days I'm burning more than 5,000 calories according to my fitness watch, yet I think it has been years since I've slept 9 hours or more(Maybe in some very irregular occasions)
I think that the fact that your body allows you to sleep more, doesn't necessarily means you "need" to sleep more.
In fact, oversleeping is sometimes linked with depression in some articles I've read somewhere in the web.

I do believe 7.5-8 hours are optimal - because I know a sleep cycle takes 1.5 hours and we need about 5.

That is also the "extreme"(8 hours) that even Ariana Huffington reverted to after her "Losing consciousness and breaking the face because of lack of sleep" crisis, which she described in her book "The Sleep revolution".

I guess you tried sleeping less than 9 hours previously. For how long did you go with it? What did you experience as a result?

P.S. Again, the fact that you "want" or "feel like sleeping" is not a measuring stick for me to an optimal sleep amount, because if it were, then also working, not playing games or working out would make no sense. But they do. :)

There might be something I don't know about you however, or that I don't know in general.
Feel free to disagree. Would love to hear your opinion.

Day 97/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

20 hours ago, Yan said:

Interesting. I'd put a question mark on that assumption.
I am doing way more physical activity than the average person (So I assume.)
Some days I'm burning more than 5,000 calories according to my fitness watch, yet I think it has been years since I've slept 9 hours or more(Maybe in some very irregular occasions)
I think that the fact that your body allows you to sleep more, doesn't necessarily means you "need" to sleep more.
In fact, oversleeping is sometimes linked with depression in some articles I've read somewhere in the web.

I do believe 7.5-8 hours are optimal - because I know a sleep cycle takes 1.5 hours and we need about 5.

That is also the "extreme"(8 hours) that even Ariana Huffington reverted to after her "Losing consciousness and breaking the face because of lack of sleep" crisis, which she described in her book "The Sleep revolution".

I guess you tried sleeping less than 9 hours previously. For how long did you go with it? What did you experience as a result?

P.S. Again, the fact that you "want" or "feel like sleeping" is not a measuring stick for me to an optimal sleep amount, because if it were, then also working, not playing games or working out would make no sense. But they do. :)

There might be something I don't know about you however, or that I don't know in general.
Feel free to disagree. Would love to hear your opinion.

It's a good point, to be honest I'm not sure if I get 9 hours every night, some nights I maybe get 7 or 7.5, but then others I get 9 to make up for the lost sleep. So it might be that I kind of yo-yo between how long I sleep every night.

I probably am somewhat depressed yes, but I've never been officially diagnosed.

20 hours ago, Yan said:

I guess you tried sleeping less than 9 hours previously. For how long did you go with it? What did you experience as a result?

I think if I ever get less than 7 hours, I feel very irritable. I tend to be VERY tired about 2-3pm.

See you tomorrow!

6/90 SleepStreak

17/90 PornFree

31/365 NoAlcohol

Day 98/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

Streaks are ticking along nicely, not much to report, just the usual check-in today.

See you all tomorrow!

7/90 SleepStreak

18/90 PornFree

32/365 NoAlcohol

Day 99/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

Day 100 tomorrow! All ticking along smoothly. My sleep streak is coming along well, I'm definitely getting more adjusted to a better sleep pattern. The only thing that will break it is if I get sick, and because it's winter season here, that's going to be quite likely in the next few months. But the best thing to do is to try my best to stick at it, go to bed at the specific times, get up at the specific times.

See you all tomorrow!

8/90 SleepStreak

19/90 PornFree

33/365 NoAlcohol

On 1/6/2026 at 11:53 PM, Pulse said:

Day 97/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

It's a good point, to be honest I'm not sure if I get 9 hours every night, some nights I maybe get 7 or 7.5, but then others I get 9 to make up for the lost sleep. So it might be that I kind of yo-yo between how long I sleep every night.

I probably am somewhat depressed yes, but I've never been officially diagnosed.

I think if I ever get less than 7 hours, I feel very irritable. I tend to be VERY tired about 2-3pm.

See you tomorrow!

6/90 SleepStreak

17/90 PornFree

31/365 NoAlcohol

How old are you by the way? This might affect the amount of sleep you need.

In regards to being depressed - Sleeping is just a natural way to escape things, just like avoiding workout. Nothing that good old habit building can't fix :)

Day 100/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

Day One HUNDO!

Not much to report, the neural pathways are getting stronger by the DAY! Those streaks are coming along really nicely.

4 minutes ago, Yan said:

How old are you by the way? This might affect the amount of sleep you need.

In regards to being depressed - Sleeping is just a natural way to escape things, just like avoiding workout. Nothing that good old habit building can't fix :)

Between 30 and 35.

Yeah I have been tracking it a bit closer and it's more like 8 hours 30 mins as it does take me about an hour to actually get to sleep currently.

See you all tomorrow!

9/90 SleepStreak

20/90 PornFree

34/365 NoAlcohol

Day 101/180 GameQuitters/StopGaming

Quick one today as super busy, I did have a thought about SleepStreak: I can't ever see a time now where it will go back to being bad UNLESS a drink alcohol. That's the only time it will go bad. Any other time will just be because I'm out doing something that causes me to be home a bit later so I go to bed a bit later, but big deal as I'll be right back to correcting the sleep pattern the following days anyway, so the streak should be very easy to continue for a long time.

10/90 SleepStreak

21/90 PornFree

35/365 NoAlcohol

So happy to read about your goals. I read not long ago, that to bring the dopamine receptor sensivity to normal level takes up to 6 months. It is expected time for full "normalization" of the receptors. Do you feel less and less cravings for gaming ? My previous record oif not playing was 46 weeks, and I allow myself for acceptence thoughts - that I can control it. That thought lost me as 2,5y later im here again on detox. I will be following your journal to have more strenghts. Take care