I have started to create a list of all my goals for next year. Obviously that list would be incomplete without a NoFap objective. My only doubt is would it be a good idea to aim high as opposed to the classic “90 days”? On one hand I can see that aiming high would create additional motivation, but I can also imagine that if you fail a yearly goal the fall will be much harder. What do you guys think?
I personally wouldn’t like the goal for two reasons.
For me, it wouldn’t be realistic
With an average of 2 weeks or so, it just isn’t realistic to stay clean for a year. people would say “aim high” but you can also aim too high. It is of no use to over-estimate your capabilities. That only leads to frustration
Imagine you relapse once. After that you failed your main goal of the year. what happens if you fail in January? What would mean that for your nofap-motivation for the year?
I prefer goals where I can keep going and still reach it even after a relapse. I personally would instead go for 2 goals
The 3 highest streaks of the year should sum up to 270 days.
That means, it could be 3 times a 90day streak (which is not too bad) or once 270. That means that even if you relapse once or twice, you can still reach your goal.
Never relapse twice in a week.
Otherwise you could just binge for a week and than start again to reach goal number one.
So, with these two combined you accomplish two great things. Aim for a huge streak and stop binging.