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The wise men teach us well to save ourselves from our treacherous appetites and to distinguish true wholesome pleasures from pleasures diluted and crisscrossed by pain.

~ Michel de Montaigne, “On Solitude”
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81 days--WOW!

 

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Never too late . . . as I begin again too.

 

Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about.

~ Epictetus, quoted by Leo Tolstoy in A calendar of Wisdom​

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The RAIN acronym:

R - Recognize what craving feels like.
A - Allow it to be present without pushing it away, allow it to come up, do its dance and fade away.
I - Investigate what craving feels like in my body right now with curiosity.
N - Note craving as it comes and goes along with tension, yearning, and tightness in the body.

We have found in our research that the more these addicts practice this approach, the more skillful they become at 'urge surfing,' or ride out their urges without acting on them.​

~ Judson Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic
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I'll start fourth challenge now!

22 days left of the 30, 172 days left of the 180, 292 days left of the 300, 357 days left of 365

 

Hey I am in. I am going to a 4 month long meditation retreat again which means 120 days of no pmo is guaranteed. I still have 4 months before I leave for the retreat so If I can abstain for these 120 days and then 120 days at the retreat, that would give me 240 days and from there 365 days isn't far.

 

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

~ Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People​

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Resets are tough. Keep going!

 

Thanks for the heads up

 

It seems to us that the most important work in the world is the work which we can see: building a house, plowing the land, feeding cattle, gathering fruits; and that the work which is invisible, the work done by our soul, is not important. But our invisible work at the improvement of our soul is the most important work in the world, and all other visible kinds of work are useful only when we do this major work.

~ Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom, January 21​

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Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

~ Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People​

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