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@ZX_man As humans we are social beings, so it’s in our DNA to want human connections and company.

@Leo-Tzu I think he means people who take action in everyday life

The effects of NoFap are life changing, try it and go as long as you can, but don’t obsess over it. Just do it. Cold showers help with willpower, strength, depression, better skin and hair, more alertness, the list goes on... Do them both for a month and you won’t want to go back to looking at a screen and jerking off ever again!

The sad truth is, we’re all addicted now. The internet/cell phones/TV and everything else has become part of our daily lives. I’d love to not use any of it but it’s so damn addictive I’m scared of what the other side of life looks like! Madness...

How are you going to make a living playing chess? Anything is possible I suppose...

I work a ‘normal’ job and I’m fine just doing personal development work when I finish the day. My passions aren’t going to pay the bills and I’ve come to accept it. I can still do my passions as soon as I finish work and get home. It would be incredible to be financially independent and making my passions my work, but I’m happy with what I have now for the time being...

You’re absolutely right. Most self help books are just someone else’s opinion, or perhaps what has worked for them might not work for us, whereas we find out what works for ourselves through seeing and believing and living in the real world. I honestly think that almost all of the self help material out there is just entertaining for us. And makes us think better for a slight fraction of our time. And only some of the self help material out there helps us in the long term.

What about the moderators and their green name

I do the Do Nothing technique. 20 minutes. Trying not to control anything. Staring into space.

I’m almost at the 2 weeks mark. I feel incredible, loads of energy, clearer mind, doing the things I usually put off easily. The best benefit I’ve noticed is that my conversations with people are flowing now, like it’s so much easier to talk to people and I don’t feel awkward at all. This benefit is probably what I’ve been missing the most, because it really gets me down when I can’t hold a proper conversation with someone without me sounding awkward/not listening to them properly.

Hi all, I’ve been wanting to do this for ages now, but due to smartphone addiction and fear of missing out I haven’t got rid of my smartphone yet. So, I was wondering if anyone has done this? And the pros/cons of doing this? Deep down I know this will majorly benefit my life but I need some clarification from someone who’s been there and done it. Because I don’t want to regret getting rid of it. I do have an old Nokia that I might use again. I just constantly feel available to everyone and I really don’t like it anymore and all the notifications and calls stresses me out and might even cause me to feel depressed... I want to live in the real world more and experience things without the ball-and-chain of a smartphone always in my pocket. But I feel I’m addicted!! Like my brain needs to see the screen! How is something that can be so helpful be so damn addictive and annoying!? Any replies would be great and I’d love to hear if anyone’s done this and benefited.

@RossE @RossE Ok, I understand what your saying. but I feel like it’s distracting me from looking inside myself. And I see everyone else who’s always on theirs and it’s like they’re just zombies, me included! Is there any way back to authentic conversations and austhentic relationships with people without the smartphone/social media???

@Socrates Be a truck driver Plenty of time to think, plenty of time to do your LP while getting paid.

Basically, your willpower is terrible. Try and sort it out before you spend your whole life playing games. Why not read a book instead? Go out in nature? You really don’t want to waste precious time on video games...

Isn’t this just addiction to information and the internet? People used to do personal development work without all this and they probably got to their end goal faster and more efficiently. Stop overthinking it and do the work you need to do on yourself. like Leo has said, this takes years of work, not some quick fix.

@Alien do what makes you feel happy. Your only on this planet once. I’m sure taking some photos isn’t going to be the end of the world!

@Peace and Love thank you, I’ll look into getting them.

@Markus this is what I’m talking about, it just seems so unbelievable how he went from one day a deep depression to the next day enlightened and in a deep bliss. It just doesn’t make any sense and it just seems that he’s talking about enlightenment without actually being the real thing. Id rather gain enlightenment by working hard for it, meaning I’ve achieved it and I’m happy about the path I lead to get there.

I enjoy reading books, going out on my road bike, going for long walks in nature, yoga, meditation, watching YouTube videos (but cutting down a lot) and cooking. This is all I really want to do in life, so it may sound boring to some, this is complete satisfaction for me.

Just do it - Nike

@Vignan That’s it my friend! The selfie one really makes my blood boil. It’s probably the most egotistical thing one can do. Socrates would be ashamed of us!

In my opinion, when I’m thinking I’m not in the present moment at all. And when I’m aware I feel more in focus and in the present moment. Leo said in one of his videos is that all meditation is is making the distinction between thinking and awareness. ive been meditating for just over a month now every day, and it’s one of the hardest things I have done, but it’s early days! keep going!

Absolutely brilliant. It’s so rare to hear/see someone talk the truth about what’s actually happening. It always makes me grateful for not falling for so many traps that ‘ordinary people’ fall for.

@John Iverson to feed the ego and make people think they are better than the average person.

I haven’t found my life purpose yet but I can totally relate to what you say about friends not on the same level as you. The way I look at it is you’ve all got to do your own thing, friends come and go but you have to keep on your path to greatness. Realise that we’re all alone deep down (watch Leo’s loneliness video) and that should make it all easier. Time is so limited it’s unbelievable, so don’t waste it doing stupid shit with your friends...