ive become a halo nerd that sits at home and watches porn [Vice's Journal]

Edit: This thread has been converted into my journal, please check out the latest post to see what I've been up to (Field reports, lay reports, etc.).

man, I've really spiraled downward.

i spent the entire summer reading about finances and learning how to make money. i'm gonna be rich. guaranteed.

but during that time i never went out, and barely met any new girls.

i've regressed back to being a total chump.

and ive been playing way too much f*cking halo reach.

i need to change this sh*t.

sell my xbox? probably.

ive added k9 web protection so i dont look at porn anymore. the computer is going to stay off when i dont need it. ive also blocked facebook.

need to turn my f*cking life around and stop being a f*ggot

We've all been there

Hey man,

It happens. We've all been there.

You'll feel 100% better once you take some action and just do it for a week.

Being rusty is easy to deal with. But being willing to take the action can be tricky. Good luck.

don't ever stop doing what you love !!! combine it with other things.... later hone you get rich the females that reject you now will be hoed out and have 3 kids and will be chasing you for your money!!!!! but you won't want them then so get off the couch go get some clothes some friends and start approaching females so you can f as many as you can before you die thats what you are wired to do as a young human male

What about finances were you reading?

I do dabble myself in the stock game

ive become a halo nerd that sits at home and watches porn

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So you're saying you're like 99% of the other guys here? eheh.

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There is nothing wrong with playing a computer game every now and then. As long as it is now and then. I sometimes get home after a long day of work, and play a little game of left4dead2 between dinner and going to my social happening of that night.

Gets the tension out of me, helps me let go the a day worth of work and charges me up. But as long as you do keep doing the other things in life you enjoy, and not just solely play halo, there isn't a problem.

With you however it seems like you do have a problem. Lock your xbox away for now, make a schedule on social activities you want to go to and schedule time for bootcamping!

Vice said:

man, I've really spiraled downward.

i spent the entire summer reading about finances and learning how to make money. i'm gonna be rich. guaranteed.

but during that time i never went out, and barely met any new girls.

i've regressed back to being a total chump.

and ive been playing way too much f*cking halo reach.

i need to change this sh*t.

sell my xbox? probably.

ive added k9 web protection so i dont look at porn anymore. the computer is going to stay off when i dont need it. ive also blocked facebook.

need to turn my f*cking life around and stop being a f*ggot

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You've come to the right place:crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

I'd throw the gaming system in the garbage--waste of time. I'd keep facebook, it can be useful for sending messages. Get rich? Yep! Pay yourself every check and stockpile that money with a sensible investment strategy. Buy a house and rent out the basement or upstairs. Use that $ to make most of the house payment and acquire wealth without spending a time and living virtually rent free. Do whatever it is you've been waiting to do and only you know what that is -- deep sea fishing, staying at a castle in Romania with a hot chick, taking a milf up Arenal to watch lava flow at night, or whatever kinda thing floats your boat.

everywomanshero said:

I'd throw the gaming system in the garbage--waste of time. I'd keep facebook, it can be useful for sending messages. Get rich? Yep! Pay yourself every check and stockpile that money with a sensible investment strategy. Buy a house and rent out the basement or upstairs. Use that $ to make most of the house payment and acquire wealth without spending a time and living virtually rent free. Do whatever it is you've been waiting to do and only you know what that is -- deep sea fishing, staying at a castle in Romania with a hot chick, taking a milf up Arenal to watch lava flow at night, or whatever kinda thing floats your boat.

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Yea, let me take that Xbox off your hands...mine broke.

Man I haven't owned a game system since Playstation 1. I think the last game I bought was Madden 2000. This year I stepped it up even more....I got rid of cable TV. If I want to watch a football game, I gotta go to a bar and be social. Or find it on the internet, I guess.

I recommend dropping the video game stuff. It's a waste of time. I've used my decade of non-video game playing to learn guitar, read, workout, etc.

It was definitely nice to relax with a video game after school or work, but these days it's cooler to relax with my guitar and a nice beer. Plus, think of how cool it'll be teaching your friends or your future kids how to play songs. 30 years from now, no one will care about your Halo skills, but developing a hobby and a passion will be something people talk about long after you're dead.

put my xbox up on craigslist.

will use the money to buy a mountain bike to go ride trails on the weekend.

set up k9 web protection to block facebook/porn

keep the computer off most of the time unless i HAVE to use it

found myself reading alot, reading old, beat up first edition of Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" and going through Carleton Sheets' "No Money Down" program

listening to an audio rip of david deangelo's "deep inner game" on the commute to work

making a smoothie in the morning + 40 inclined pushups every morning
salad + chicken + lots of broccoli for lunch, 20 min. nap + 40 inclined pushups after
workout after work, weights + swim or run, dinner is whatever the f*ck I want to eat (must include raw broccoli). school thankfully offers healthy options

replaced energy drinks with mango nectar, very cheap at the school store, few cents cheaper than energy drinks ($1.21 for nectar, $1.28 for energy drink per can. yes its cheaper on a college campus)
replacing chips with pretzels
attempting to replace porn with exercise/studying real estate, using sexual energy studying

looking forward to going to college tomorrow, will approach a girl that I feel comfortable approaching despite not having much to say after "hi"

still playing halo, but this time its just halo 1, and it's nowhere near as addictive as online play

feel pity for those that go out and spend money and time to play call of duty.
they spend $2000 for a "sick setup", plasma tv, surround sound
i invest $2000 for something that will provide me with passive income for the rest of my life

i'd structure this post for easier reading, but i'm over that sh*t now.

you are your choices.

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Read one more book.

http://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Deluxe-Napoleon/dp/1585426598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287051355&sr=8-1

It'll teach you more about yourself and how to make life give you whatever you demand of it than anything else you'll ever read. At very least humor me and read the reviews on the Amazon page.

Bladerunner said:

Read one more book.

http://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Deluxe-Napoleon/dp/1585426598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287051355&sr=8-1

It'll teach you more about yourself and how to make life give you whatever you demand of it than anything else you'll ever read. At very least humor me and read the reviews on the Amazon page.

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Thank you.

I've already read Think And Grow Rich, what's the deluxe edition all about?

Hmmm

Vice said:

i spent the entire summer reading about finances and learning how to make money. i'm gonna be rich. guaranteed.

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If you know that you can retire by 30, I think you've won in life regardless of your woman situation.

You know, as long as you handle them like you theoretically handle your money - skillfully.

Vice said:

I've already read Think And Grow Rich, what's the deluxe edition all about?

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It's the same book. The biggest change seems to be the hardcover, I have a copy in softcover.

Alle_Gory said:

It's the same book. The biggest change seems to be the hardcover, I have a copy in softcover.

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Ah, I thought it would come with some more stories or something.

I've already read it, but it may be time to read it again, I read it about six months ago.

Then again I have 140+ books on my bookshelf, half of which haven't been read yet, and dozens more on my half.com wishlist, so it may be a better idea to hold off on it until another six months from now.

but for the most part I've been changing around my habits.
i still need to work on the concept of delayed gratification, especially around jerking off. it really kills my motivation, and i get this feeling of "lacking energy" whenever i need a shot of testosterone from confidence. my voice gets really pussified and my energy levels are crap. so that habit needs to be replaced.

Vice said:

Ah, I thought it would come with some more stories or something.

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I'd rather they just leave it alone. It's never the same as the original author revising it.

I'm sitting here in my dorm room, studying how to buy real estate with no money down, and I can hear my roommate play Call of Duty. The clanging of a grenade and staccato of gunfire with an occasional expletive drifts into my room, and I can't help but kind of feel a mixed sense of pity and superiority. I've already done 80 push ups today, ran a mile and a half, and did a few pull ups.

Planning to go to another nearby college to sarge it up, and most guys here on campus are safe at home playing video games, while I'm out there busting my ego trying to pick up women. Hell I might not even work up the balls to do it today, but at least I'm getting out there.

My xbox 360 and laptop remain unsold despite bargain prices; it's time to take some pictures. basic marketing 101!

still challenged with jerking off. at least i'm not looking at porn anymore, or playing video games. I havent had an energy drink for a few days, and my face is clearing up. sleep is a good friend; it helps me get my energy levels back.

im also still challenged with even getting into a club. The only nights i can go to a club are tuesdays, thursdays and fridays, because the only club im old enough to get into is a gay club, and those nights are the nights that girls are the most plentiful. sometimes i get there too early and get bored and leave, and other times i get there and its crowded, and my social anxiety goes up and i b*tch out.

all over these college campuses I look around and there are house parties everywhere, and beautiful girls walking by me. its like theres a glass wall: there are parties EVERYWHERE, but I don't KNOW anybody!

So things are getting better, one little bit at a time.

didn't start today off ideally. porn, and then sitting around for a little bit before taking action towards my business

Studying real estate still. spent about $150 buying forms to use on my deals.

Starting to realize that I need to be SOCIAL and talk to people regardless of what they can "offer me", or if they even "look good". starting to realize how superficial I am, and taking steps away from it.

still challenged by porn, putting up a block just forces me to search harder for it, but i have been getting better progressively. my interest in girls isn't that high because of porn, but it's getting there. reading the massive masturbation thread, lots of good information.

spending alot of time setting up my business. looking for a company to take prospect calls for me and text/email me their data so that I'm not on the phone 24/7.

excited to get my libido back and leverage it to get ahead in life, instead of sitting around at home.

took action in my business today, made a bunch of phone calls, went out to a house and took photos/listed it. put up some unneeded stuff on ebay.