The Jedi Temple (open)

Check In: Day 1

 

Checking in for 36 days as a Jedi knight.

 

Check-in Day 15

 

hello, check-in day 3

 

check in day 2, Youngling level up +1

 

Padawan day 14. "There are no accidents" - Master Oogway

 

Checking in for day 60, I am now a Jedi Master!

 

congrats! How do you feel? How would you say you made it this far?

 

Thanks man! I feel great to be honest, my mood since i started has been much improved and I just feel "powerful" (it seems silly, but that's how I can describe it).

I would say there are 2 main factors that led me to reach this far:

1) I tied my rebooting streak to a certain goal - this is going to sound ridiculous but just bear with me. I got involved in NoFap on November 2019 and i joined the Naruto challenge, I had never watched the show so I decided i was going to start watching it and that I would evolve in NoFap (the higher the streak the more you climb in ranks, just like in this challenge) in parallele with Naruto's growth in the show. I absolutly loved the show and was able to reach a streak of 48 days (my best ever until then), but then sadly i relapsed. I kept watching the show because i genuinly loved it (and also there are hundreds of episodes, that shit justs keeps going), but i always felt a bit guilty because i broke my promise that i had made to myself of using the show as crutch/indicator/companion for my reboot. I kept relapsing for a few weeks until i decided that enough was enough and that I was going to get back into NoFap, and that I would not watch another Naruto episode until I reached my previous level (48 days), and so I did, I reached it, surpassed it, and I'm still here.
I really really wanted to keep watching the show, so It helped me to get through the first urges. And I know that if i relapse today, I will do the same thing (so i will have to abstain from watching the show for 70 days) and I am 100% sure that i don't want that, so it helps me stay focused and away from PMO.

(I know it sounds dumb, but It worked miracles for me)

2) I started to learn more about PMO addiction - it's causes / symptoms / effects on your life / ways to beat it. This is for me the most important part, then by absorving rebooting knowledge you are rewiring you brain and setting up a sort of firewall that will arm you in your fight against PMO. Suddenly, it won't be just your determination agains your urges, you will have a ton of knowledge/testimonies/tecniques... in your head that will help you maneuver your way through the reboot (what to do / what not to do / what happens to your body and mind in case you PMO / Benefits of abstaining...) - I would recomend the following sources of infomation to help:
- The youtube channels "Universal Man" and "Noah Church"
- The website "Your Brain on Porn"
- And this "book": https://www.academia.edu/39057478/Rebooting_as_the_Best_Remedy_Season_1-40 - I cannot recomend this book enough, it has taught me so much about NoFap, i think it might be like 40% of the reason why I have reached my streak today - it is very long though, so i recomend just reading one chapter every day or other day (Also if you don't believe in Traditional Chinese Medecine, just ignore that part and learn from the rest, i don't believe in it but have still learned so much from the book)

In case you decide to learn more about PMO, i recomend that you keep it consistent (that is try to never go more then 1 or 2 days without studying) but also moderate (don't try to consume too much at once, just a litlle bit everyday will make remember more and will leave you less prone to become tired of it.

Hope this helps!

 

29 days, Padawan

 

Check In: Day 2

 

Thanks for all the info @belio123 !!

 

Check in day 6
Tommorow I'll reach padawan.

 

Check-in Day 16

 

Check-in day 37 currently in a flatline and trying to find new creative ways to rebind with the force.

 

Rank: 0 (Youngling)
Day 1/6

 

Day 0 today. Better prepared this time as I got work from home and am not free whole day. Completing this challenge is a top priority for me right now. May the force be with all of us!

 

it's my day 4 as a youngling,

but actually i already reach day 25 abstaining PMO,

The urge is still there, from day 7 until now, get weakened but always have to cautious when i see trigger.

So glad I found nofap where i can share story about leaving PM addiction.