I'm less of a loser now? Hahaha

[Dedication]

2 weeks ago, i started going to the gym. I'm going at least 4 times a week now. 1 week ago i quit my disgusting addiction to video games. I was an addict for my entire life, i made myself top masters in SC2 so that should say something.

I noticed that my body is amazing, it feels so good to be myself. It feels so great to wake up, 4 days in a row now. I'm constantly and consistently in a good mood and thats something that hasn't happened in a very long time.

I'm questioning myself haha, WTF did i spend all my money on? I spend my entire life playing 'entertainment' **** that didn't really entertain me... The only thing that i really enjoyed while playing SC2 was constantly getting beter and beating the compition, but it left me so frustrated. In terms of working hard to get better i found that improving my skills in SC2 or in real life shared a lot of commonality's. But that game leaves me empty, life leaves me full of energy. Why didn't i make this goddamn choice sooner? ****! Hah.

I'm noticing some changes. I used to need at least 8 hours of sleep and upon waking, another 10 minutes. This week i was getting up automatically after 6 and a half hours of sleep. I'm super fit without any downtime. I'm also super thisty, i sometimes wake up in the middle of the night because my body is begging me for water. Whats up with that?

All in all, this forum has some amazing people in it. Now that i'm finally rid of my gaming addiction by replacing it with health and fitness i can focus all my mental energy on improving. Gah, so excited!

 

[Zarky]

Nice work, keep it up

 

[ScottMustaine]

This post motivated me.

 

[Hydrak]

I quit an addiction just like you a few weeks ago, and just like yourself I've started sleeping less and keep waking up at nights. I think its the brain rewiring back to normal after the addiction, it feels really different. My mind is more focused now and I can concentrate more easily, but the sleep problem is annoying the hell out of me. I think the brain returns back to 'normal' after approx. 90 days, so it should be easier then.

 

[BrownBear]

Don't worry, you will revert back to a loser soon, even worse

 

[Dedication]

I quit an addiction just like you a few weeks ago, and just like yourself I've started sleeping less and keep waking up at nights. I think its the brain rewiring back to normal after the addiction, it feels really different. My mind is more focused now and I can concentrate more easily, but the sleep problem is annoying the hell out of me. I think the brain returns back to 'normal' after approx. 90 days, so it should be easier then.

Its so wierd when that happens. I've noticed that i'm always full of energy, regardless of the time i wake up tho. I usually tell myself 'body, please be tired'.

I've been struggeling with quiting this addiction for about 5 years, on and off. Whats the difference between all those times i've tried to quit and now? Well, I just replaced my addiction with something else. From video games to health & fitness + focus on my studys. The good thing about my addiction was that i did it alone. And everybody who knew i was doing it disproved it. So theres less pressure getting back hahaha. On the other hand, i do have people who study with me and who keep my fitness progress in check. So how could i go back from an emotional standpoint? I don't see it happening this time.

If i mess up, i'll let you guys know about it.

 

[Atom Smasher]

This has always been my prime concern with video games. They are like masturbation... They reward you with a false, virtual sense of accomplishment, thereby dulling your thirst to go out and accomplish in real life.

Good job, OP.

 

[Dedication]

After a ****blocking weekend i think i'm going to focus on getting a new job off the ground. My current one ****s with my nights, its

I'm still hitting the gym 4 times a week and in addition to that, i haven't eaten or drank a single bad thing in 6 days. Except for some alcohol on the party which i regret taking haha. I thought it would help me and take the edge off, NO! WRONG! It put me in my head big time because i was thinking about how i ****ed it up! Talk about beating myself up for no reason.

After i get the right job, which i want to get started in 2 weeks, i'll be learning from SnowPlowMan and start a solo day&night game. I might make a journal, we'll see.

 

[MM92]

Good man, keep it up.

 

[Secondtimeround]

Good work mate, remember; Rome was not built over night. You like the many of us have started laying the foundations to a better life. It ain't easy but will be worth it all definately in the end.

 

[JohnChops]

Hell yeah finally someone who is doing something about his life! If you need any help man were here for ya! Good luck.

 

[Dedication]

I'm looking to get my finances taken care of, at least the start of a career. I'm still in school and i have at least 2 more years to go but i don't want to slave it out. I want to start doing something now. I want a job that

- Earns me money, kind of logical huh?
- Is social, i want it to compliment my game.
- Has potential to become something big, i want to be able to get rewarded for smart hard work.

As an introvert by nature who also happens to be not so social i know this will push my comfort zone... I consider that a good thing. I've been reading "A Dark Hard: Job That Tighten Your Game And Bring You Women." It says that these jobs are just the kind of jobs i'm looking for: Personal Training, Bartending, Sales and Photography. In that order.

Personal Training interests me. But it is still very open and i don't know the direction i want to go in. I'm currently thinking about this.

 

[Dedication]

I just ****ed up, my "following up on the plans i made" skills are total ****.

I'm currently in my spring break from school, 1 week free. Because i wasted some time i should've spent on school tasks earlier this year. I had planned to work monday, wednesday and thursday on my project.

Last saturday I participated in a bicycle event. Cycling 200 Kilometers with a couple of friends. They are pretty awesome at it, i hadn't touched a bicycle in about a year but thats a different story. We made plans to do it again next week because there is going to be another cycling event somewhere in the country.

The week went as follows:
- I couldn't focus on Sunday and Monday because i was tired from the event. I decided to rest.
- Tuesday was gone because of Queensday. Yeah, i live in Holland.
- I ****ed up wednesday early on because of the afterparty, i decided to clean up my room after that. The room is clean now but i still didn't make any progress.
- Thursday came along and i started my morning by chilling on Sosuave and talking to some friends. I decided to work on my project and Lo and Behold! My partner didn't make the progress i thought he would so i'm going to have to carry his weight. This is more work than i can handle in 2 days...

So i was left by 2 choices, either participate in the event and lose half my friday and my entire saturday & sunday on something fun or call it off and work on the project... I decided to do the latter, I just called it off and told them about how i ****ed it up. They understood and immediately made a counter offer to do another cycling event later this year.

I feel like a ****ing faggot, i let other people down because i didn't get to work sooner. If i just worked through the tiredness on monday and wednesday i would've made the deadlines and i could've pulled the weight of my project mate. But i didn't, i ****ing didn't so now i'm here typing this **** knowing i ****ed it up and now i've got to learn a lesson i shouldn't had to learn in the ****ing first place if i just did wat i planned to do.

 

[BigSmooth]

If you want a high-level job that fits your criteria, I would go into financial consulting.


1. It is smart, hard work. You'll be working long hours, but you get to travel often (inside and outside the U.S) to meet clients and your accomplishments are rewarded.

2. You are always interacting with clients or other team members. This improves your game also because you learn how to talk to different types of people.

3. You make a good amount of money.