Addictions and Habits

[XXXXXX]

My habits at the moment:

 

• 50 abs
• 50 squats
• 20 minutes of stretching
• Flossing
• Gym (at least twice a week)
• Write 1000 words
• 20 minutes walking and talking to myself
• Make your bed
• 20 minutes immersion audio (I am listening to audio tapes I made with ElevenLabs to learn complex words that I want to learn or audio that is just saying words I want to use more in day-to-day speaking.)
• 3 minutes studying language
• Read 1 page
• Start with a 2-second coldest possible shower every time you shower
• 5 minutes neck, face, and head self-massage
• 5 minutes reading vocabulary + grip strength trainer
• Read 1 page of the dictionary of educated vocabulary
• Journaling:

- Write 5 things you are grateful for
- Write 5 goals
- Write 5 things you are looking forward to with excitement
- Write a 4-year plan
- Who am I?
- What makes me happy?
- What is my highest intention for today?
- What would I do if I weren’t afraid of anything?
- When I am 50 years old…
- Write about death and why you shouldn’t care what people think

 

And abstaining:

Nicotine: 516 days
Video Games 466 days
Alcohol: 272 days
Caffeine 272 days
Drugs: 272 days
Porn: 272 days
Gambling: 229 days
Junk food: 146 days
 

[XXXXXX]

I will now fully quit my last high-dopamine addiction: internet entertainment.

Today was day 1 of the new additions to my abstaining list. I am now going to sleep soon.

I faced the boredom head-on and did mostly nothing since I had a free day from work. After waking up, I lay down for two hours doing nothing, just thinking. Other than sitting or lying down doing nothing, I walked, did 50 push-ups, squats, abs, and bent-over rows, wrote 1,000 words, studied, did speaking exercises, and cleaned and organized my house.

Here is the updated list of things I will abstain from for the rest of my life:

Alcohol (streak: 524 days)
Video games (streak: 474 days)
Nicotine (streak: 280 days)
Caffeine (streak: 280 days)
Drugs (streak: 280 days)
Porn (streak: 280 days)
Gambling (streak: 238 days)
Junk food (streak: 154 days)

YouTube, IG, SC, FB, etc. (streak: 1 day)
Series/movies (alone) (streak: 1 day)
Scrolling short-form content (streak: 1 day)
Chess on phone (streak: 1 day)
Fapping to anything other than imagination (streak: 1 day)
Audiobooks (streak: 1 day)

Internet entertainment is my last high-dopamine addiction, and quitting it will be a game changer in reaching my goals.

 

Edited Tuesday at 08:42 PM by XXXXXX
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