A New Man Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Hi Community I'm starting a daily journal, since I feel it will make things easier to share my experiences and challenges here as a journal. Regarding gaming, friday is usually the worst day to me. Often I play online games until 3am, and repeat this on saturday. Not that time, though. Lately I haven't been playing (during the week), and that's the first time (after I started gaming again during the pandemic) that I'm going to do it on friday/weekend. I'm gonna try to write twice a day, so I first write about my expectations, and then I wrote about the results on the end of the day. Have an awesome day, you are gonna make it! PS: Starting the thread with a photo I took in Paris, so I always remember that life is way more than just gaming and staying home (of course I'm not talking about the pandemic, but just about how gaming restrict your dreams!). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampshade Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Good luck! I'll be interested to hear how you feel as you get through the weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 Daily journal! I failed completely and I played for 6 hours in a row on friday. Then I had cardiac arrhythmia, and had to go to the hospital. I`m ok now. Well, enough is enough. I just requests my Steam account deletion and I`m waiting for a Riot`s ticket for further information on my account, so then I can request League of Legends account deletion (irreversible actions). Starting a new era in my life, right now. Wish me luck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) Third day with no gaming at all. Also, disabled or deactivated most social media accounts. Feeling great with no distractions. Steam account: deleted League of Legends account: waiting for 30 days so I get enough information to request the account deletion (ugh) Facebook: 500+ fake friends deleted. Installed browser extension to block newsfeed Instagram: Uninstalled, but I keep the account. Twitter: Account deleted. Edited October 20, 2020 by Luis Felipe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampshade Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Quote I failed completely and I played for 6 hours in a row on friday. Same thing happened to me my first attempt. Didn't even last 24 hours before going on a heavy binge. I didn't end up in the hospital thankfully though lol. Getting rid of everything has absolutely been crucial to making it through the early days. Grats on that. And also on the social media purge. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Lampshade said: Same thing happened to me my first attempt. Didn't even last 24 hours before going on a heavy binge. I didn't end up in the hospital thankfully though lol. Getting rid of everything has absolutely been crucial to making it through the early days. Grats on that. And also on the social media purge. Thanks for the support! Did you quit gaming completely? For much time haven`t you been playing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampshade Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I quit multiplayer games about 6 months ago when they caused something bad to happen in my life and things were better. My single-player game usage slowly rose and a month ago I went on a 3-week binge, something bad happened again because of that, and I quit completely 6 days ago. If games are in my life at all they are too tempting of an escape for me when life gets difficult. It's been a rough quit, but I'm very slowly catching up on the things that I neglected during that latest binge. It's amazing how much work it takes to just get back to normal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/20/2020 at 3:30 PM, Lampshade said: I quit multiplayer games about 6 months ago when they caused something bad to happen in my life and things were better. My single-player game usage slowly rose and a month ago I went on a 3-week binge, something bad happened again because of that, and I quit completely 6 days ago. If games are in my life at all they are too tempting of an escape for me when life gets difficult. It's been a rough quit, but I'm very slowly catching up on the things that I neglected during that latest binge. It's amazing how much work it takes to just get back to normal. Wow, I see. I also see multi-player gaming as the most toxic... And yeah, it takes a lot of work, I feel like trying to move a mountain, but it`s slowly moving, day after day. Day 4 here! We can do it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giblets Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Mate you're making some huge changes and I am inspired. I remember those initial days where the is so much potential, it was very exciting. I hope you're all good now health-wise. That is one of our greatest assets, our health! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, giblets said: Mate you're making some huge changes and I am inspired. I remember those initial days where the is so much potential, it was very exciting. I hope you're all good now health-wise. That is one of our greatest assets, our health! Thanks for the support, brother. How are you doing? How`s your current gaming situation? Edited October 22, 2020 by Luis Felipe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 Day 5 here. Not a single urge until now. I know things are going to get harder, but maybe what happened to me made it easier to not want to go back gaming for now. I also improved my diet, and doing NoFap (day 6 now!). I am organizing a coding bootcamp, and more than 700 people already watched the first video. Feeling awesome. We can do it, brothers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Day 6 here, I'm clean for now. Let's get through the friday + weekend, brothers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A New Man Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Day 7! A week ago I had to go to the hospital after playing 6 hours in a row. Yesterday I finished presenting a free coding course. The YouTube videos have more than 1k views together, and there is more than 100 people in the community Discord. Have a great weekend, brothers and sisters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Day 8! Yesterday I watched some tv series with my wife, had english class on Cambly, had a online meet with my specialization degree group, and then rest. Feeling awesome. Wish you the best, my friends. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Day 9. I meditated, went for a walk with my dog, and read some pages of the "The China Study" book. And I worked full-time (I`m a software developer). Feeling great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Day 10, I attended an heart exam appointment, worked a lot, meditated, and studied for a couple of job interviews. I`m currently working, but a couple of really good opportunities came to me, so I`m going to give it a try. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 rooting for u felipe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Day 11 was great. I had a job interview, and I got approved for the next phase. I also meditated, and finish some job tasks. Day 12 and feeling great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Day 13 and it was great. It was pretty good at work, I meditated, read, and studied some chess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Day 15. I cleaned 3 rooms of my house, and now I have one room dedicated to playing keyboard, work out, and meditation. I worked out and medidated, and went to the supermarket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Phew. Congratulations on two weeks, Luis! Loving reading your journey. I know I'm a couple of weeks late here, but that picture of Paris looks incredible. Currently trying to learn python myself for work; so quietly in awe that you're running coding workshops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampshade Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Awesome job making it the two weeks! And sounds like a great productive weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Commissar said: Phew. Congratulations on two weeks, Luis! Loving reading your journey. I know I'm a couple of weeks late here, but that picture of Paris looks incredible. Currently trying to learn python myself for work; so quietly in awe that you're running coding workshops. Thank you very much for the support, @Commissar! Python is a great language, I developed my major final project using it. Let me know if I can help you (in coding career in general, or even with Python). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A New Man Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Lampshade said: Awesome job making it the two weeks! And sounds like a great productive weekend. Thank you for the support, @Lampshade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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