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Day 17 Overview

I have noticed that I waste time at night/morning by browsing the internet on my phone. Instead of using my phone during this time, I have decided to read a book or something.

Books

Reading: The Willpower Instinct – 40% Complete

Cracking the Coding Interview: 0/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 10 min

Guitar: YES – 30 min

Yoga: YES – 20 min

Programming

Progress: Made weekly programming goals + a little progress on GUI.  http://i.imgur.com/yrxv6aE.png

Gratefulness

1) Music!

2) Pizza

Time Allocation

Youtube: 1 Hour

Random Browsing: 30 Minutes

Twitch: 1 Hours

Anime/TV: Minutes

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read The Willpower Instinct & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Avoid wasting time on phone during morning/night time.

3) Yoga? Walking? 

4) ~15min meditation

5) Make tomorrow more productive than today!!!!!!

 

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It can also help to list out exactly how you spend your morning and evening. Sometimes the best thing you can do is bring more awareness to exactly how you spend your time.

I will try that out ^_^

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Day 19 Overview

I have noticed a few websites I visit when I get “bored” which results in me wasting a significant amount of time. Specifically, Twitter seems to always result in me wasting at least a few hours every once in a while. I decided to just deactivate my account for now.

Books

Reading: The Willpower Instinct – 48% Complete

Cracking the Coding Interview: 0/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 5 min

Guitar: YES – 30 min

Yoga: NO 

Programming

Progress: N/A

Time Allocation

Youtube: 1 Hour

Random Browsing: 30 Minutes

Twitch: 0 Hours

Anime/TV: 40 Minutes

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read The Willpower Instinct & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Programming

3) Yoga

4) Be more productive in the Afternoon.

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Day 20 Overview

Pretty standard day; slightly more productive though. I managed to complete The Willpower Instinct book this morning. I have decided that the next book I am reading is Gorilla Mindset.

“If there is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention. It’s training the mind to recognize when you’re making a choice, rather than running on autopilot. “  - The Willpower Instinct

Right when I woke up this morning, I had my phone and my kindle next to me. I ended up choosing the kindle and reading 3 chapters. This is actually the first time in 2+ years where I didn’t wake up to grabbing my phone and mindlessly browsing reddit/internet.

Books

Reading: Gorilla Mindset – Chapter 1/11 Complete

The Willpower Instinct – COMPLETED

Cracking the Coding Interview: 0/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 10 min

Guitar: YES – 40 min

Yoga: NO – Walking instead

Programming: YES – 30min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 20 Minutes

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

Twitch: 15 Minutes

Anime/TV: 20 Minutes

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview (!!)

2) Programming

3) Yoga (!)

4) Be more productive in the Afternoon AND at night.

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“If there is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention. It’s training the mind to recognize when you’re making a choice, rather than running on autopilot. “  - The Willpower Instinct

Great quote!

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Sometimes I wonder what will happen to all people who uses their phones constantly if all energy resources will suddenly end.

Funny quote from one of my favorite movies: "The internet went down today putting 20 million people into productivity." 

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Day 21 Overview

Books

Reading: Gorilla Mindset – Chapter 3/11 Complete +2

Cracking the Coding Interview: 8/687 Pages +8

Habits

Meditation: YES – 10 min

Guitar: NO –

Yoga: NO – Walking instead

Programming: YES – 40min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 30 Minutes

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

Twitch: 0 Minutes

Anime/TV: Minutes

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview (!!)

2) Programming

3) Exercise

4) Attempt Meditation for a longer time period (30MIN+)

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Day 22 Overview

A somewhat normal day...got a lot of reading done. :ph34r:

Books

Reading: Gorilla Mindset – Chapter 6/11 Complete +3

Cracking the Coding Interview: 8/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 20 min

Guitar: YES – 30 min

Exercise: YES – 10min

Programming: YES – 52min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 30 Minutes

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

Twitch: 1 Hour

Anime/TV: Minutes

Gratefulness

1) Donuts <3

2) Family

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview (!!)

2) Programming

3) Running

4) Attempt Meditation for a longer time period (30MIN+)

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Sometimes I wonder what will happen to all people who uses their phones constantly if all energy resources will suddenly end.

Funny quote from one of my favorite movies: "The internet went down today putting 20 million people into productivity." 

C'mon, only 20 million? I though it would be like 50 times more...

But awesome quote, and I think I'll remember that :)

 

 

Awesome Abdul, you did every of your 4 daily habits + read a bit of book.

Just keep it up!

Greetings, Mad Pharmacist

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Day 23 Overview

It has been the usual for the past few days. Considering I spend 95% of my time at home, nothing too interesting has happened. That might change when I head back to college in late August.

I managed to finish the Gorilla Mindset book. I didn’t know this before, but apparently taking cold showers has multiple benefits. I am a little scared though, I don’t ever remember taking a cold shower before.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShvGXwaijg  

In other news, I think I have a rather problematic issue with acne. Specifically, when I get stressed out I start picking at zits and make things so much worse. I should probably start this by touching my face less.

 

“When reflecting on what you achieved (or not) during the day, do not be judgmental. Be mindful. Reflect on how you can improve tomorrow”  Mike Cernovich

“When you feel distracted, engage in self-talk. Ask yourself: “What am I focusing on?” Return to the present moment. What do you need to accomplish? Check into what you need and check out of what you do not need. Talk” Mike Cernovich

Books

Reading: The Code of the Extraordinary Mind – 0/10

Gorilla Mindset – Chapter 11/11 - COMPLETED +5

Cracking the Coding Interview: 14/687 Pages +6

Habits

Meditation: YES – 5 min

Guitar: YES – 40 min

Exercise: NO

Programming: YES – 52min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 30 Minutes

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

Twitch: 3 Hour

Anime/TV: 20 Minutes

Gratefulness

1) Donuts <3

2) Family

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Programming

3) Running (!!)

4) Attempt Meditation for a longer time period (30MIN+)

 

 

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In other news, I think I have a rather problematic issue with acne. Specifically, when I get stressed out I start picking at zits and make things so much worse. I should probably start this by touching my face less.

 

I had problems with acne too, I still have to be honest, but much less than like two years ago. You should stop touching your face. Also, you should visit a dermatologist to have prescribed some pills and ointment(to cure it both from outside and inside). If we talk about drugs, only isotretinoinum helped me, or to be precise, it was the only drug that worked on me in this case. Now I don't take drugs in this matter, I just eat more products which are supportive for skin, containing witamin A and zinc like: carrots(I prefer juice), eggs, pumpkin seeds, liver(I eat this rarely because it's not so delicious for me) and more you can find on the internet. Hope this will help you and don't hesitate to message me if you would like to talk about it.

Greetings, Piotr.

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Day 25 Overview

 

Books

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind:  1/10 +1

Cracking the Coding Interview: 14/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 5 min

Guitar: YES – 10 min

Exercise: NO

Programming: YES – 1 hour and 30min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 30 Minutes

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

Twitch: 30 minutes

Anime/TV: 40 Minutes

Gratefulness

1) Good Weather!!

2) Family

3) Sleep

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Programming

3) Running/Yoga

4) No zit picking!

 

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Diet is one of the BEST tools to curing acne. If you guys have acne, I want you to take a food journal for the next 3 days (everything you eat) and post it. 

Really? This is good info thanks. 

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Day 25 Overview

 

 

Books

 

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind:  1/10 +1

 

Cracking the Coding Interview: 14/687 Pages

 

Habits

 

Meditation: YES – 5 min

 

Guitar: YES – 10 min

 

Exercise: NO

 

Programming: YES – 1 hour and 30min

 

Time Allocation

 

Youtube: 30 Minutes

 

Random Browsing: 1 Hour

 

Twitch: 30 minutes

 

Anime/TV: 40 Minutes

 

Gratefulness

 

1) Good Weather!!

 

2) Family

 

3) Sleep

 

Goals for Tomorrow

 

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview

 

2) Programming

 

3) Running/Yoga

 

4) No zit picking!

 

 

Nice dodging gaming and keeping track of your productivity, time allocation, gratefulness, and goals. 

Keep up the effort

Stay strong! 

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I managed to finish the Gorilla Mindset book. I didn’t know this before, but apparently taking cold showers has multiple benefits. I am a little scared though, I don’t ever remember taking a cold shower before.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShvGXwaijg  

Nice video. I've been taking cold showers for about a month or so now because I read it helps with recovery. Didn't know about all those other benefits.

Have you tried this yet? It helps to imagine yourself as a badass with a purpose :). Plus you actually get quite used to it after a week or so.

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  On 17.07.2016,, Abdul said:

I managed to finish the Gorilla Mindset book. I didn’t know this before, but apparently taking cold showers has multiple benefits. I am a little scared though, I don’t ever remember taking a cold shower before.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShvGXwaijg  

Thanks for this inspiration note from you! I'm gonna start cold showers on August after finished morning pages challenge.

Need to improve my immune system!

Greetings, Mad Pharmacist

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Diet is one of the BEST tools to curing acne. If you guys have acne, I want you to take a food journal for the next 3 days (everything you eat) and post it. 

Really? This is good info thanks. 

Definitely. Got rid of all of my acne with diet.

Also, I'm a big fan of cold showers.

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Day 26 Overview

 

Books

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind:  4/10 +3

Cracking the Coding Interview: 26/687 Pages +12

Habits

Meditation: YES – 8 min

Guitar: YES – 40 min

Exercise: YES – Running – 15 min

Programming: YES – 22 min

Time Allocation

Youtube: 45 Minutes

Random Browsing: 20 minutes

Twitch: 0 minutes

Anime/TV: Minutes

Gratefulness

1)    Cold shower after getting sweaty outside J

2)    “Shield My Teen” app for allowing me to block reddit & porn sites on my android.

3)    Chocolate ice cream <3

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Programming

3) Exercise

4) No zit picking!

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Day 26 Overview

Random article I read today about new discoveries with the structure of the brain: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/science/human-connectome-brain-map.html?_r=0

Books

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind:  5/10 +1

Cracking the Coding Interview: 26/687 Pages

Habits

Meditation: YES – 8 min

Guitar: YES – 30 min

Exercise: NO

Programming: YES – 1 hour and 30 minutes

Time Allocation

Youtube: 40 Minutes

Random Browsing: 20 minutes

Twitch: 2 hours

Anime/TV: Minutes

Gratefulness

1)    Tried peppermint tea for the first time today, pretty good stuff.

2)    Hugs

3)    Chocolate ice cream <3

Goals for Tomorrow

1) Read Gorilla Mindset & Cracking the Coding Interview

2) Programming

3) Running

4) No zit picking!

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Hi nice to see you still going after my Internetbreak. I do changing temperature showers to be more awake and to train my immunesystem. It helps if you think that cold water is just a different feeling. Most of us don't care if we take too hot showers even if it isn't exactly comfortable. I realised that the same applies to cold showers. It isn't particular comfortable but it isn't hurting you in anyway too. It just a questiion of your state of mind how you interprate it.

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