The Mini Challenge

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Friday

@Forodwaith @Forerunner @Gk-00 @Rebooter81
Last 2 days, I’ve been a little off kilter, doubt myself a little, perhaps needing to learn something, or practice more of what I know - generosity, charity :pray: I’m not giving enough praise to others - and of course you can, and it’s always there to be given with honesty.
For past things, small things, present praise, and the future, based on faith & hope in that person.
For the bigger things, faith/trust/belief.

Media :-1::pray::+1: not brilliant.
Exercise :pray: some and relax at steam room.
Prayer? Nope. I’ve just been working in the office most of the day.

It has been a good week.

But, Lord, help me to think outside of the box next week, to muddle things up a little, and do the things that I know will benefit me, which should help me to keep growing, stronger and wiser in you, most of all to look past my struggles, to be a rock, especially when other people struggle, and to give praise to you for it :pray:

Thank you for today, and leading me home :pray:

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Unfortunately, I didn’t get back on track for long. Missed up today. Please pray for me

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:pray: Of course
~ thank you for asking :pray:

Saturday edit:
Prayed for you @Forodwaith :+1:
And @Sahas this evening :pray:

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Saturday

@Forodwaith @anon67854825 @Forerunner

All good. Had voluntary work today, we accompanied the children on a small trip to a nearby city for sightseeing. In the afternoon I did some physical exercise and had dinner with my family.

Thanks to God for another day :pray:

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@Forodwaith You can surely overcome this brother, 100%! 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Praying for you brother :pray:t5:

Saturday

Today, I woke up naturally at 6:05AM. Beautiful progress, thank GOD. Just shy of my goal though. I completed some important tasks today. I could have done more, but I’m thankful to be getting back on track.

Morning Routine: :white_check_mark:
Wake up by 6AM: :x:
Three Important Tasks: :white_check_mark:

#NoPornNovember Day 9 - New video:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LRr9tgC5ymais9xY6

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Saturday

@Forodwaith @Gk-00 @Forerunner @Rebooter81

It was a fairly (physically) inactive day, today, and took it easy - lazed in bed, had a slow shower, felt underweather with a headache.

Exercise = 0

Media = searching for information about hobby.

Prayer = I cleaned myself up, took a walk in the rain and went to pray in the little chapel with host, and had confession. I bumped into my auntie alone at church, and helped her with organising jewellery for a charity sale in the cathedral as people started coming in for evening Mass.

Social = had a ‘get-together’ for a friend’s b’day.
Nice evening.
God is good :pray: I’m a little tired now :pray:

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Sunday

@anon67854825 @Forerunner @Forodwaith

All good. Had a day out with my colleagues of the voluntary work with children for a training course with other volutaries from similar centers in other cities, it was a interesting day, had a good time and met some old friends I do not see often!

Went to Mass this morning, during the day I found also some moments of prayer :pray:

Thanks to God for another day!

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Sunday - Day 150! :pray:t5: :raised_hands:t5: :bowing_man:t5:

Today, I didn’t put in enough effort towards my goals as I should have. I reached out and helped others more, but I need to be concerned with my own needs too.

Morning Routine: :white_check_mark:
Wake up by 6AM: :white_check_mark:
Three Important Tasks: :x:

#NoPornNovember Day 10 - new video from outside Buckingham Palace!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LRr9tgC5ymais9xY6

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I’m a Day in. Feeling freer then the last time I rebooted. The way of escape seems more apparent and desirable and I’ve been able to take it during a couple moments of temptation over the last couple of days.

Thank you for praying and for the encouragement.

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Monday/Week 46

:white_check_mark: 1/7 Wake up 4:30
:white_check_mark: 1/7 Affirmations
:white_check_mark: 1/7 Meditation
:negative_squared_cross_mark: 0/7 Exercise

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Monday

@Forodwaith @anon67854825 @Forerunner

All good. Spent my day at university, it is a quite stressful period with my thesis and I am not very happy with how it is going, it is proving to be a bit of a difficult work to get done, so I was feeling a bit down today. Hopefully in the future it will get better, I am giving everything I got and hope it will turn out well!

Went to Mass today after university, it was a good moment of peace and reconnecting with the Lord, staying close to Him in these moments of despair :pray:

Thanks to God for three weeks clean! :muscle:

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Monday

More productive today, thank GOD. I want to prioritise more and procrastinate less.

Morning Routine: :white_check_mark:
Wake up by 6AM: :white_check_mark:
Three Important Tasks: :white_check_mark:

#NoPornNovember Day 11 - new video:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LRr9tgC5ymais9xY6

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@Rebooter81
@Forodwaith
@Gk-00
@Forerunner

Sunday

Morning Mass :+1:

At first I didn’t want to, but my elderly friend wanted to go for a drive, buy a new winter sweater and have lunch - so I switched for a positive attitude :wink::+1:

Got back home in-time to go to evening Mass and play music :+1:

The gospel was extremely interesting.

I did a few exercises before bed :+1:

Monday

I struggled somewhat with urges Sunday night, and this morning, but procceded to clean up, getting active with my day.
It’s Monday, start of the week, and a good opportunity to start the week fresh :+1:

@Special_Bird
I’m wearing this Gucci guilty cologne. The best way I can describe it is; it smells like art deco.
The liquid is a pastel green (cyan), and makes me imagine an old fashioned swimming pool when it was new. It’s based on classic Italian colognes which I’ve never smelt, but feels nostalgic - leaving me into wonder of the collective unconscious, and theories.

The marketing uses Jared Leto with long wavy hair and a large beard in somekind of waiting room (nope a 50’s looking salon) - though I thought it was a laundrette until I looked for it.

It has strong floral/herbal notes - which I can’t really distinguish yet - juniper berries, violet, rosemary, cypress and a white, non-dirty musk, leading it to seem more like the smell an Italian nonna’s handbag :older_woman:t2::sweat_smile:
A nice old fashioned, kind of sterile smell.

It’s a great frag. It helped pick my mood up, white jeans kinda pick me up :sweat_smile: so that’s what I did.

Spent the day in the office on administration etcetera, Playing Taize, chants and simple hymns on the office PC while working, followed by short trips into town for sending post.
It was like prayer enjoying the music, listening to words - calm, but attentive :pray: Thanks be to God.

Socialised and had a meal with a good friend :+1:
Some exercise before bed :+1:
Long walk, Mass in the morning :pray:

Thanks be to God for creation, for the rain, for the night, for trees, for making us in the same image, creating things like colognes, umbrellas, watches, shoes, cars, things of utility and of beauty - taking delight in artistry :pray:

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I like how you always come up with a scene to go with these smells and colors. I’m curious, do you have any interest in abstract paintings? Because I feel like I do the same thing with abstract art.

While I agree with what a lot of people say which is that maybe it doesn’t take a huge amount of talent to make abstract art or that it doesn’t belong in an art musuem, it still is something I enjoy looking at. And if you really look at it and try to feel what it is conveying, you can tell emotion was put into it. I’d never admit it to my friends back in high school when we would go on field trips to the art museum, but I really enjoyed looking at the art.

A lot of time abstract art is able to take me to a different place. It gives me a certain feeling and creates a familiar yet distant place in my mind, much like you described the frags do. I think I better understand what you mean by therapeutic too, as I find the activity of observing these paintings really relaxing.

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I made it three days and then relapsed. Now facing a relapse cluster. Please keep me in prayer.

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Of course @Forodwaith :pray:
I will pray for what you need :pray:
And for what I think, go back to basics, keep it simple, keep it personal and meaningful to you.
Do you have any particular prayer requests?

@Forodwaith @Gk-00 @Forerunner @Rebooter81

Tuesday

I failed to go to Mass this morning,
“I could start work now?”
“maybe I go to Mass to often, and don’t work hard enough?”… Etcetera… And I still didn’t get the extra work done :man_facepalming:t2::sweat_smile:
Dawdled on my phone this morning :-1::pray:

But it was a good day of work - the day went fast

And went to Tai Chi this evening, fun, energetic, tiring and very social :+1:

Thanks be to God for today

I almost forgot to mention;
I resumed ‘strive’ again, as I’d taken a break as I didn’t complete. It was very reflective and helping me with building my foundation, and moving to see what I’d previously written.
I also didn’t realise I had been doing the examen prayer all along :pray::pray::pray: which I’m very happy about. Thank you @Gk-00
And thanks be To God, always

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Tuesday

@anon67854825 @Forodwaith @Forerunner

Today I stayed at home instead of going to university, I did some work remotely. The morning went fairly smoothly, I completed my daily “strive” challenge and did some work. But I felt a slight temptation in the afternoon, and I ended up in a moment of laziness, sadly it brought me up to edging, then I stopped. But a few hours later before going to bed I picked up the edging again, I felt hooked. then I relapsed, just a few minutes ago. I bypassed my app blocker just to do this. I feel a bit disappointed in my streak, but I also know that I should not let myself down, beating myself up will only lead to other relapses and I want to get back into it!

Please pray for me brothers, I do not want to get back into that tunnel of shame and grief, I felt so good during this streak and I do not want to lose that spirit!

Thanks be to God, this is my cross, it helps me to stay humble and to live in His mercy every day! :pray:

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Which day of strive are you now on?

I’ll pray for you @Gk-00 and @Forodwaith especially.
I’m feeling tired right now, and lacking energy so it will be tomorrow :pray:

I pray that we don’t go down that tunnel.

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@Gk-00 @Forodwaith Prayed for you both this evening :pray:t5: For strength, ease in life and on this journey, peace and guidance, and an upcoming victory

Tuesday

I don’t want to overdo it with the running. I felt quite a bit of pain in my leg and slept longer in bed today. I was advised that stretches will help so I’ll look into that before running.

Morning Routine: :white_check_mark:
Wake up by 6AM: :x:
Three Important Tasks: :white_check_mark:

#NoPornNovember Day 12 - new video ‘Temptations are not bad’
https://photos.app.goo.gl/LRr9tgC5ymais9xY6

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Tuesday/Week 46

:white_check_mark: 2/7 Wake up 4:30
:white_check_mark: 2/7 Affirmations
:white_check_mark: 2/7 Meditation
:negative_squared_cross_mark: 0/7 Exercise

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