Addictions and Habits

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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
 

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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 March 17 by XXXXXX
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[XXXXXX]

I’ve been feeling bored. I’ve had to face things I used to escape through internet entertainment. Emotions and unpleasant thoughts are coming up. I don’t have anything left to escape with. I’m just waiting for it to get easier and to get used to this.

I’m waiting for my brain’s reward system to stabilize. Hard phase, but this too will feel normal soon (in weeks, months or in a year), I’ve been through this before. Like quitting nicotine, I have cravings and anhedonia.

This is not a temporary dopamine fast, I will abstain from these for the rest of my life.

I’ve also chosen to stop reading forums, but I’ll continue posting my journals here.

 

Abstaining streaks:

 

Nicotine:  532

Video games:  482

Alcoho:  288

Caffeine:  288

Drugs:  288

Porn:  288

Gambling:  246

Junk food:  162

Youtube, Instagram, Sc, Fb, TikTok, etc.:  9

Series/movies (alone):  9

Online chess:  9

News on phone:  9

Audiobooks:  9

Fapping to anything other than imagination:  9

Online music (alone):  9

Streaming platforms like Twitch:  9

Forums (only post journals):  5