6/17/2021
Day 0
(morning)
So, I basically relapsed last night. I think this was partially due to peeking 3 times yesterday. I probably spent a few hours in bed trying to M. I probably lost about 2 or 3 hours of sleep because of this. I’m expecting myself to continue to keep relapsing a lot more often in the future. It’s incredibly rare for me to get past 5 days now, whereas in the past it would’ve been easier.
Right now, in fact, I have a bit of an urge. Mostly to peek and nothing else. But, I know if I peek, I’m just feeding it more and more food. As it turns out, peeking is pretty much a warning signal that I may relapse within 3 days. That’s generally what it has been for me.
I guess the reason why I relapsed last night was because I didn’t do anything to prevent these urges. At night, I’m usually too tired to get up, but I’m also conscious enough to recognize that there are urges. So, I sit in a weird purgatory state that continues until I relapsed. I hate this a lot especially after joining this challenge that knocks you out as soon as you relapse.
Speaking of this challenge, it does make me feel a bit better seeing that others also struggle with getting past 10 days. Usually, I end up comparing myself with others that are doing incredibly well without realizing that it takes a lot of effort to get where they are. Comparing myself to others is not a good idea because it discourages me from even trying to improve.
This is the exact same thing that happens to me in skating as well. The people that get the most attention are those that are either going fast or doing moves that are incredibly difficult to pull off. It probably took them months to learn that so I should stop comparing myself to people of these levels.
(afternoon)
So I relapsed again. This time it had to do with me downloading the Tor browser. Although I downloaded with good intentions (mostly relating to privacy), it ended bypassing the DNS I had already set in place. I will try to uninstall later so that it doesn’t happen again. I still can’t believe that I didn’t think about that when I first downloaded it.
Seeing that my past few relapses are partially due to human negligence, I definitely need to consider other hobbies that don’t require an internet connection. Of course, while the coronavirus technically is ramping down in most developed countries, that doesn’t mean it’s still safe. Additionally, I don’t get my 2nd dose until the 1st of July. Meaning, the earliest I can even go out safely is on the 15th of July. That is still more than a month away.
On a more positive note, I think I spent a total of 3 hours doing something this morning. I would consider it more as time spent on hobbies, but it is way more than normal.