Principles of Self-discipline

Very good! Keep at it, brother. You're definitely inspiring me to improve all aspects of myself. It's all part of the same thing really... PMO... self discipline... maintaining purity...

Just remember, when it gets difficult, it's because it's doing you good. Keep us updated.

 

Wow, you sir must have discipline of steel if you want to replace popular music and entertainment with classical stuff! That sounds very difficult!

But it's interesting because when I started watching music videos, they actually started taking a lot of time from my life. They have so many cool effects that just pulls you in... I wouldn't say it's as powerful as porn, but I definitely have lost a lot of productivity to them. I fear that if I were to cut off all these stimulating things cold-turkey, I would start cutting myself or something to compensate.

However there's absolutely no way I can just quit everything. I'm hardly making it 3 days without porn, and my brain has been rationalizing why porn is okay, all day!! But I hope I can do whatever it takes to be able to make myself overcome my brain's cravings for quick stimulation and instead choose productive tasks.

But, you've thought of everything! Diet, exercise, sleep, hygiene, culture... I will be impressed if you pull it off. I guess it makes sense, because if you feel well-rested, clean, and healthy, it probably has a psychological effect of... Making you feel awesome! I'm just trying to isolate individual problems (like cutting myself obviously). But maybe there isn't one scapegoat. It's easy to blame issues on one problem. You seem to be going for a total psychological makeover. I'm not sure complete abstinence would help with relationships though, because if you're horny all the time from not masturbating wouldn't you be more likely to cheat? Of course I'm only 3 days in and I've edged already and I'm a virgin so I have no idea, haha! Just be careful when your brain starts to rationalize things to get its fix, that's when the true fight starts!

Anyways, good luck on your NoFap quest, or in this case, your TotalLifeMakeover quest!

 

good luck, when you have lived like this for many years you will be a much different and better person, you will probably live longer to.

 

Point "c" is silly. A lot of heavy metal is derived from Baroque music. And the sub-genre I personally am into uses just as many classical, jazz, and other musically rigorous material as anything "choral".

 

Yo man love the self discipline and I think it's great and I don't want to knock on anything you are trying to do but be careful with that sleeping pattern. I started sleeping like that and I started to have seizures and now I am epileptic (consistently having seizures). You have to make sure you are being realistic with yourself and not living up in the clouds, I'm a lot like you. I don't want you to learn the hard way and wake up on the bathroom floor confused with scratches on your face.

 

May God help you achieve your goals my friend. What you are doing is very benevolent.

 

Perhaps it's not so much the type of music, but the attitude it puts them in when they listen to the certain type of music. If it is a mindless indulgence for them, regardless of how technical or refined the metal may be, then I can see how it would be beneficial for them to switch to a genre that they may find themselves being more mindful while listening to. Again it does not matter what genres we are talking about, it is how it affects the individual.

I find folk/viking metal very uplifting and inspiring, and some metalcore I listen to is downright philosophical and more inspiring than some self help books I've read.

I think I need to stop listening to electro house. Now it's not that the genre is bad, but I can see how easily it could sway me and cause me to start craving casual flings with women, virtual or real. Once that door gets opened, any self discipline for nofap goes out the window.

 

Awesome goals! That's a very interesting point about diet. Though I would maybe caution against such a small amount of water. Very low calorie diets definitely have merit but only a cup of water a day is extreme. Just my two cents, as prophets were often given superhuman abilities by God.