Fixing old habits (The ambitious one vs lord inosuke)

@The_Ambitious_One
I wish to achieve 28 days milestone of no pmo with your help. We will divide this into four weeks as checkpoints.

Week 1 —> breaking the cycle :2nd_place_medal:
Week 2 —> regaining consciousness :sports_medal:
Week 3 —> The actual test :trophy:
Week 4 —> path of glory :gem_stone:

We have to check in daily… remain pmo free and report other productive things you did.

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Alright then :+1:
tomorrow we start

also , if you feel low or urges you can share your thoughts here or on dm . I would love to accompany you and know more about you too .

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Check in day 1 :sparkles:
Hey bro how you doing ?
I did nothing productive today except reading a book while my phone was plugged in charge :sweat_smile:. Old habits are like the long roots of a tree, really hard to remove. Anyways I will try my level best to don’t pmo tonight.

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Not a great day for me either . Just managed to read some book and play guitar . Exercising right now so that I don’t miss the day . Woke up late and slept some in afternoon too cause of too much drowsiness , things are tiring and hell for me 2 -3 days after repeated relapses :melting_face: . I’ll push through it though .
Exercising now , will read and write more and possibly meditate before sleep .
Lets do better tomorrow :+1:

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What’s your biggest why for following this path ?

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Remembering the beginning , my biggest why was " gaining freedom" , it started when I got my eyes opened after 1 year of addiction back in 2021 . I was still 13 back then but I could see what the reality of this addiction was and I had immense commitment to be free from this shit and be the best version of myself like before and with that commitment + the happiness of being free , I succeed many times in beating this addiction .
Although , the problem was that I was still immature and mostly alone so I had no one to look at what was going inside my head and my ways of thinking changed . I started relating nofap to my life once I got benefits from it , and when I relapsed faced issues due to , I used to get scared that I won’t be able to be the same . Most part of this insecurity was my studies , although I was already decent at it , I mistook clarity for magical benefits relating everything to nofap . So it was a trap I set for myself . By 10th , the only reason I didn’t pmo was fear of lagging in studies . I also faced some issues for a long time in 10th , immense brain fog and lack of drive , lost significant confidence and this went on for months without telling anyone . Once boards ended I went for jee prep hoardingly without knowing much about what I wanted to do . Lack of goal and already lacking confidence restarted this loop . Relapsing , feeling guilty , relapsing more to wear out the feeling . So 2 years were fuck up and to be honest , for all that time I had no “why” to do it , I just did it because I didn’t want to be an addict and do good in studies . From last year things are different though , I got vastly mature about this part and moved on quite a bit , more since the beginning of this year . Now its just that I face damage of my old habits and mindset(I was cooked asf , multiple mental issues ) and I keep forgetting my ideals and as soon as I lose clarity , it still gets me . So I have to work hard to keep myself clear and conscious now . Pmo feels a different part of me just residing somewhere , bringing lust and fantasies but when Im in my senses , living life doing work and happy , all of me hates it and doesn’t identify as someone who gets pleasure from it . I just want freedom from that part and the key is being clear , working for better things in life and staying happy . Loneliness was also a big issue but since Im going college soon it won’t be so and it will be the end of it .

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I think the same way…:face_without_mouth:

Brooo u described my condition, we have some similar situations like loneliness as the main reason of pmo.
Anyways which college are u joining ?

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I took me a lot of time and reality checks to learn to face the truth . I wish I learnt earlier so I didn’t waste precious time but what’s gone is gone now .

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Day 2 check in :star_struck:
Hey bro, last night it was a 50-50 chance of fapping but somehow I controlled that. Now I feel more confident to tackle tonight.

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Hello guys, how is everything going? Sorry to interfere with your chats, but may I join you if possible?

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Everything is going fine brother, and yeah you can join. But try to give your 100% because this thread is not for motivation, it’s about reaching 28 days. Give update daily.

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Yes, thank you bro. Currently, I am on a 9-day streak. Let’s see how it goes, trying my best.

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Did only workout , guitar and timepass yesterday and today :skull:
Will do better from tomorrow

Will update habits checklist at night

Workout :
Meditation :
Book reading :
Coding + Dsa :
Play guitar :
Sleep early :

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Guys I failed today. But this challenge won’t stop. Let’s see who reaches 28 days first.

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You seem very passionate about your guitar, do you write songs?

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I used to play in 2020 - 21 then I got busy in studies and stopped playing and I used to sing since I was a kid . It was rather dark time and I lost connection with music too which I regret the most . Restarted playing and singing only now after a long time . Though I could have learnt making music and written some songs if I didn’t lose touch but not anything as of now .

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Do you think it comes from the heart or the mind?

Its all about how it makes you feel . When my mind is messed up only music helps to silent it . If it doesn’t come from the heart , its not music .
You can get anyone to play or sing by they won’t understand the most important thing

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Sorry guys, forgot to check in the last 2 days. 11 days done today. Went to the gym today morning, now busy with my internship work.

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