Daily habits
Read 30 minutes
Mindfulness practice 15 minutes
Workout
Practice classical music
To do list update
Complete Pending notes
Study SS Textbook ( Allen . V Oppenheim )
Study CAM Textbook ( Mazidi )
Study Maths Textbook ( G.L Devore )
Study Machine learning Textbook
To do list for today
- Complete pending notes
- Study pending notes
- Study AC material
- Study Machine learning textbook
Deadline
17 July - Inform Team members to bring the first page of the project
18 July - AC Test
No fap update
MILESTONE : 1
Current streak : 0 days
Badge : Prisoner
Bucket list
- Study Entharo Mahanubhavulu ( Popular classical music )
Daily journal
16 July ( 9: 00 PM )
After a workout and pouring my feelings here I felt a sense of calmness in my body. The whole environment seem looks so pleasant and still. After having a bath helped mom to hang the clothes. I admit I do experience some mini heart attacks whenever my mom receives a phone call or when my mom or dad post something in family WhatsApp group. But things become a lot better compared to yesterday. My emotions are in control to some extent.
The Open house is from 1.30 to 4.30 PM. My parents are not going there coz they are not aware of it. Since I am the leader of my class, it annoys me whenever I get a WhatsApp text from someone associated with the open house.
About 9.30 PM , I started studying. First, I thought of completing my pending notes. Since Completing the notes is a boring stuff , I thought of hearing music from Spotify. I decided to hear " Entharo Mahanubhavulu " which is one of my favourite classical music since childhood. So I was completing the notes while hearing it.
A new decision
I thought of adding a new concept called bucket list in my journal. Like SSR does. It contains all the things I want to do in life. Unlike To do list , its not mandatory but I would like to do it whenever I get a free time.
This is just to make sure that I aware of the things I wanted to do outside professional life so that I would at least try to do it in order to prevent any sort of regrets in the future
A relapse
I managed about 5 percent of my pending notes and thought of chilling a bit for unknown reason. I started to scroll You Tube and unfortunately saw Elizabeth Olsen in a triggering situation.
Then an intentional scrolling started and relapsed at 2 PM ( approx )
Journal ( Contd )
One of the worst aspects of relapse is not the relapse itself, its the next few hours after relapse. I was unproductive for the next few hours. Mindlessly Playing pokemon , continuing the fap marathon, mindlessly watching watching random You Tube videos etc. It persisted till 7.30 PM. This is one of the mindset I absolutely hate. This is the reason I fail in exams.
This kind of situation happened during exam days and it screwed the hell out of me.
I don’t know how to tackle this mindset, either I should find a way or be super serious about No fap , Not because of the fear of relapse but the fear of post relapse.
My little success
For me after relapse, it would take days to come back on track in terms of discipline and academics. But this time , I became self aware regarding the fact that even though I relapsed, I am still good in terms of discipline. I’ve been reading books daily, I started doing workout, meditated etc. I don’t want my discipline to break again because of relapse.
Generally I don’t practice classical music during the day of relapse. But I forced to practice classical music, forced myself to read book and forced myself to sleep early ( 11.00 PM exact , Generally I sleep at 2 on the day of relapse ) . And I am proud of it till now.
What I learnt after relapse
My mindless scrolling in You Tube was the main reason for my relapse. So I disabled You Tube. But I can enable You Tube whenever I want. I am not believing in blocking anymore as @The_integrous_one bhai once said " No matter how many blocks you give to yourself, at the end of the day its all about your choices " and I believe its true. No blocks has ever helped me in No fap even Digital detox failed. I am that smart ass when it comes to overcoming blocks.
So I am not at all focusing on blocking YouTube. I can enable You Tube in Settings options. Why I am disabling You Tube is in order to keep myself aware of my previous relapse.
I can still access You Tube via Chrome. But I promise myself I wont access YouTube by typing the official website. I would access it by videos option in Chrome. This is to make sure that I use You Tube for specific purpose ( even entertainment ) but not for mindless scrolling.
With all these decisions in mind. I dozed off to sleep at 11 PM. After 30 minutes of reading and 15 minutes of meditation.
17 July
Woke up at 5am , Started working out at 5.30 AM but dozed off to sleep at 6. Woke up 8.30 AM. I have to complete my workout before 9 AM because my dad ordered Masala Dosa and it would be coming here soon.
Completed Workout, Ate Masala Dosa , Bathed and Read " The Secret " for 30 minutes. I believe I could complete that book within 2 more days. Its 10.45 AM. Maybe coz of post relapse or post viral fever, I am feeling sleepy again. Slept and woke up again at 12.15 PM.
Regarding viral fever, its better now. Only a few sneezes and coughs remaining. Deleted Pokemon games so that I have no regrets associated with it.
Meditated for 15 minutes and moving on with my life.
A small lie
My parents know the fact that I was a PMO addict and continuing with my No fap journey even though they don’t know about this app. While eating breakfast I told like this ( Honestly Idk why I asked it. " The power of thought is really powerful isn’t it ? ". My dad asked me what made me think so.
I lied to my dad that I am 120 days of No fap now and because of that with the powers of thought I can channel the energy from Mooladhara to Forehead. And to my surprise my dad believed it.
This small lie even though its not harmful still add fertiliser to the habit of lying. I admit I lie sometimes to get appreciation, to cover truth etc. From now on I should be really mindful of what I am telling.
These are my thoughts for today.
Always thank God for everything