Journal + daily quote or video link

Hi everybody,

I’m a student doing a Master’s degree and decided to make some changes in my life. My aim is to stop playing computer games, doing Nofap hard mode and not to wake up after 7.30am. I intend to keep a progress journal on this site to write down my struggles and developments and to not forget why I’m doing this. I have been playing games for as long as I can remember. For me PC games are very addictive and also some kind of escapism. I tend to procrastinate and escape into games. Until recently I was playing online games a lot. I stopped playing two weeks ago and want to continue on this path. I usually get triggered in the evening when I’m using my laptop or when I’m in a bad mood. When I look back, I regret how much time I wasted playing PC games and watching porn. From now on I want to spend more time on my studying and getting into shape. Since I mostly played games in my free time and was not physically active a lot, I have a bad posture. Because of some bad occurrences and wrong decisions in the past, I achieved less in life so far than many of my peers. Therefore, I want to study hard now to compensate some of the failures from the past.

Counters:
No PMO: 15 days
No gaming: 17 days
Not waking up after 7.30 am: 0 days
Study 5 hours (including seminars/ lectures: 0 days

These are my aims for the next time:

Habits to make:
- Studying at least 5 hours a day
- getting up at 7:30 am
- eating healthily
- to do sports

Habits to stop:
- gaming
- PMO

Goals:

Goals 1 Month from now: submit study subject

Goals 5 Months from now: finish rest of my Master courses, pass a written and an oral exam, submit 3 term papers and portfolio tasks

Goals 8 Months from now (end of this year): submit my Master thesis

 

Thank you all! I wish you guys good luck and a successful journey, too!

 

29.03.23


Counters

No PMO: 0 days

No gaming: 123 days

Waking up at 8.15 the latest: 0 days

Being productive for at least 6 hours (studying, seminar, side job): 0 days

Healthy eating: 1 day



The last time I’ve written in my journal has been a long time ago. From now on I want to write and upload my journals daily again. Today I woke up quite late at 10.30am. Since yesterday evening I’ve got a cold. For my work I need to prepare parts of a study programme for the Easter holidays together with a colleague (side job as a private tutor for groups of pupils after school). We met at the library at 11.30am to borough some more books and started working at 11.50am. I had a lunch break from 1.50 until 2.40pm. Then I continued working until 3.25pm. Afterwards we went to another library for different books and worked for another 35 minutes. After being finished, I went to another part of the city to look at and buy a used bike that was offered in Ebay. In the late evening I worked for another 10 minutes. Moreover, I studied for 20 minutes this day.


Time spent productively today: 3 hours 50 minutes



Goals


1 month from now: submit my last term paper

3.5 months from now: submit my Master thesis


Quote of the day: “If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.” (Napoleon Hill)

 

30.03.23
Counters
No PMO: 0 days
No gaming: 124 days
Waking up at 8.15 the latest: 0 days
Being productive for at least 6 hours (studying, seminar, side job): 0 days
Healthy eating: 2 days

My cold got worse unfortunately and I had struggles to fall asleep at night. Therefore, I woke up quite late again. Because of a fantasy I masturbated for a short moment during the night, but without porn and without an orgasm. I went to another library after lunch to get some new books for the Easter programme from my work and finished my part of it. After borrowing the books, it took me 2 more hours to get finished with the work. Due to my headache I found it hard at time to concentrate. In the evening I emptied the bins and did some cleaning in the kitchen because it’s my shift this week.

Times spent productively today: 2 hours

Quote of the day: “The six best doctors: sunshine, water, rest, air, exercise, and diet.” (Wayne Fields)