thatβs great to hear 
keep going
everything done except Bible study (which I will do now) and meditation (which I will do after dinner). Day went well. Had more free time today with multiple opportunities to relapse. The urges were there. But I remembered my goals and this challenge and stayed strong with Godβs help.
letβs stay consistent.
2024-10-02T18:30:00Z
Day 4
7 hours of study
Exercise
Meditation
Journaling
Read a few pages of a self-improvement book
No unproductive smartphone usage
Just woke up. I hope you are feeling better now @debellator . We cannot falter now. Weβve got this and we will win this time. I hope you have a great day today, my brother.
2024-10-02T18:30:00Z
Day 4
Studied the Bible today
Spent at least 2 hours in deep focus today
Read 10 pages of self-help today
Workout/basketball
Meditated for 10 minutes
Took care of myself
@PrDr busy day for me today. Letβs do our best 
@PrDr Cool pfp, loved the reference behing it.
Thanks brother, I believe every pfp here has a story, including yours and @debellator 's. I hope you are doing well. You must be back to your job location now. Keep rocking, man.
@debellator , Iβm too tired for some reason. Have studied almost 7 hours till now, must be 10-20 minutes short but Iβll still study a bit more now and cover it. Also will meditate and complete all the tasks. How is your day going?
2024-10-03T18:30:00Z
Day 5
7 hours of study
Exercise
Meditation
Journaling
Read a few pages of a self-improvement book
No unproductive smartphone usage
I hope you are doing well @debellator , must be busy with all that work. But, I hope you are able to complete all the tasks despite all the difficulty. I woke up very late today, given we suffered power cut for nearly 6 hrs last night. But I have already done everything except for studies, all 7 hrs of which remain atm. Iβm feeling a bit heady so will take a short nap and then finish that as well. Letβs conquer this day together as well, my brother.
Nah I was somewhere else, enjoying holidays which end today, going to job location today and offshore tomorrow.
@PrDr ready to begin again from tomorrow
Studied the Bible today
Spent at least 2 hours in deep focus today
Read 10 pages of self-help today
Workout/basketball
Meditated for 10 minutes
Took care of myself
Going to get back into the grind.
Completed reading Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell. Now to pick another book.
Studied the Bible today
Spent at least 2 hours in deep focus today
Read 10 pages of self-help today
Workout/basketball
Meditated for 10 minutes
Took care of myself
Not able to study much these days due to basketball.
Just won one tournament, have the state tournament coming up next. I may not be able to play next year since itβs final year so this year I want to give it my all and keep practicing. So for next week wonβt be able to study as much but will focus on basketball and try to complete all other habits (especially meditation, which I seem to miss doing everyday).
Oh and the new book Iβm reading is Mastery by Robert Greene
Studied the Bible today
Spent at least 2 hours in deep focus today
Read 10 pages of self-help today
Workout/basketball
Meditated for 10 minutes
Took care of myself
The body achieves what the mind believes
Bro, I am back. Lets restart from tomorrow. Screw this shit, I am done letting myself down. This time, its do or die. All in. Give your best @debellator . And Iβm not going to take this lightly this time around either.
letβs do it.
Iβd taken a break today from practice since I was driving my body to its limits and about to fall ill. The excess energy caused me to literally almost relapse but by the grace of God I held on for a few more seconds and overcame the urge.
Iβm getting close to full throttle. Iβm locking in, it feels (sorry if it sounds cringe) like how the Iron Man Armor suit up scenes go. Iβm slowly piecing my armor together. Things are coming together slowly but surely, and once I get fully on the trail nothing can stop me when I rely on God.
As the world around descends more and more into chaos, people become more depraved and lovers of self, chasing pleasure and money wanting to be millionaires and billionaires thinking that thatβs all life has to offer- Iβm working on being the man God wants me to be.
Currently Iβm reading Mastery, by Robert Greene. Iβd recommend you read it too as one of your next books. A great read so far.
Iβm just a bit on guard with these types of books though. Another being Think and grow rich. Not all advice is necessarily good because some of it is occult. Just be careful and read clearly.
Give it a final Shot @debellator @PrDr . All the best to you both !
Enter November with 21 days of great habits and growth . Take care guys and best wishes to you both for this all out duel ! Seems like Things are gonna get real fiery now
I feel you, @debellator . I have never found any interest in having a lot of money or materials either, reason why some quite famous books never appealed to me. And I donβt even think that they have anything wrong in them, its just how a student of arts will find no interest in the most beautiful engineering books. Iβve always been into how can I better my eternal being and how can I make this place a bit better. Money is a necessity for sustenance, but its accumulation is something that has never appealed to me. After all, this body is way too mortal than we think it to be.
Its such a beautiful coincidence, you just wrote about this last night, and this morning we woke up to the news of Ratan Tataβs demise. Iβm personally a bit saddened that he is gone given the sort of person he was, but I believe that he is in a better place now. Things are only going to get worse in this world, with people over-emphasizing on their personal prosperity and growth at the expense of character and personality, material property becoming the measure of oneβs success and physical pleasures becoming the end means of this existence. I am glad I am here right now, but I know none of us will be here after some time, and I believe that nature has decided to do that deliberately β¦ for every beautiful begining, the destruction is a necessity.
I did not mention the books I have been reading or have read in past some time, but here are a few names, most of them meant for self-improvement, mostly in terms of character and spirituality- Will-Power and its development, Effective Life Management, The morning miracle by Hal Elrod, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, Atomic Habits by James Clear, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Frequently Unanswered Questions, The Power of Now by Echart Tolle, and a few books in Hindi- Uttishthat Jagrat (Wake up, stand up), Swacch Jivan ki Disha Dhara (The Pathway to a Successful Life), and most importantly "The Manβs Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl; and a few biographies and novels (Up from Slavery- Booker T. Washington, Walden- H.D. Thoreau, War and Peace- Leo Tolstoy).
Though I admit I have not read most of these books in their entirety or very consciously. So, I have forgotten many important things with time. But fortunately all my books are still in fabulous condition, so I am re-reading them, currently reading -The Secret and Swacch Jeevan ki Disha Dhara. I usually spend 15-30 minutes a day on either book, one in the morning and other in the night. I have never been a great reader and so started pretty late, but these books have certainly helped me become a much better person and I know theyβll bring out the best of me.
Keep increasing your list @debellator , I know Iβll be looking for these books after I effevtively finish the ones I have .
very sorry about this, but I will not be able to take part till next Monday I think @PrDr
I am under the weather with a cold, so having to take rest and not able to study. Plus I have exams tomorrow and the day after that Iβll have to devote to recovering fast from this cold because I have another tournament on Wednesday next week. So I will have to prioritize rest this week over studying. At the earliest, I will update you on Friday night (tomorrow) if we can start from Saturday depending on how Iβm feeling. Unfortunately I tired myself out too much, and now have to take a step back due to it.
No problem. Actually because of festivities at home, Iβm not able to study well either these days, so I think itβll be better for me as well. Good luck with your exams and tournament @debellator . I hope you get well soon and absolutely rock your exams and the tournament. Stay connected, alright?! We gotta stay together in this battle, my brother.
Idk I should be saying this. Reading from your diary , I do constantly notice you work out a lot till you get burnt out which leads to stupid decisions like relapse etc.
Considering the amount of work I have rn , I also do fall for this. So I cannot give you a solid advice regarding this. Hence my main purpose of this post is to think in that angle if you have not thought of it.
Will pray for you to get any better solutions regarding this.
Thanks man. Good observation skills.
No Iβm aware of this. I have this personality where I always give my 100% when Iβm doing something else I donβt do it at all. Iβve noticed that I fall sick after most basketball tournaments because I practice extra more than others so much that I fall ill.
Iβm still working on adapting the right mindset to prevent this though. Iβve faced the same issue in gym because physically for me itβs easy to push myself beyond my limits but mentally itβs not that easy for me.
One day Iβll figure it out. Iβll let you know when I do and we can discuss. Right now though, Iβm just focusing on getting stronger. The body can adapt to anything. So Iβve changed my thinking in that the past few months I ensured as an athlete I got good sleep (7+ hours at the least) and good food. Avoiding relapse is also critical, but I already knew that.
@PrDr if youβre up to it we can start today. Else we can start tomorrow.
Studied the Bible today
Spent at least 2 hours in deep focus today
Read 10 pages of self-help today
Workout/basketball
Meditated for 10 minutes
Took care of myself
Rested well and Iβm feeling better today. Itβs a holiday as well so Iβm planning to use it well to study because I have quite a bit of syllabus to complete for some upcoming tests.