[90-CHALLENGE] THE NINETY DAYS CHALLENGE !

Thanks man

 

53/90.

 

4/90
If I'm being honest, I feel like acting out this very moment. Last night was a guys hangout thing, which was great, but it meant a) I didn't get much sleep and b) there was alcohol involved, which always alters you chemically to some degree and affects you the next day. Also, there's still the marital conflict that's not resolved from yesterday.

I just need to get ready and get out of the house and get to church! And drink some water and maybe do some journaling to process some of this rather than wanting to escape it.

 

I had a buddy I used to work with who often said "The perfect is the enemy of the good." I didn't really get what he was talking about until I'd gotten more experience working on various projects. I took great pride in my work (I'm a programmer), but at some point I realized my attempts to make everything 100% flawless were just not realistic. There's always compromises involved, trade-offs. And there's always little details, subtle interactions no one could have anticipated.

The point is I was only making myself stressed out trying to attain something impossible, and furthermore it didn't really matter since the quality of my code was already well within tolerable limits for the applications we were building. What I'm trying to say is, it's always great to strive to be better, but at the same time I think we can learn to accept those little imperfections that show up as just part of the deal. Even the bigger setbacks are just steps on the road to improving ourselves. God may be perfect, but we humans are just works in progress.

 

You got this! Cheering for you over here! Don't do it! Just don't do it! Love you brother and keep going! Good job checking this in. Yeah, getting moving probably will help for sure. Shower, go to church, prayer, maybe get a coffee or something that reconnects you to the goodness of God in the midst of the pain of conflict.

Thank you chiyu! I needed to hear that. My project is a small programming project so your advice is especially relevant to what I just finished. Thank you!

 

Day 49! Happy Sunday to all. Let's get one more day/

 

I'm pretty much a novice at programming and was wondering if you had any recommendations for a small side project for beginners.

 

day 37. For the past 2 days I feel that urge to act out. My body, my brain is definitely looking for a P kind of stimulant. it's been hard to overcome those thoughts, urges but I do my best... don't even think to give in. I don't know if that is slow beggining of flat line or just a regular proces. On the other side I went out for a coffee with a girl yesterday, we had a great conversation and time together, she cooked curry for me .... don't remember when was the last time girl cooked for me. She's very kind and polite, don't want to mess it up.
I wish you strenght chaps!

 

You should not give up. I remember at one point you were past 2 months mark. However, I think you need to rethink your strategy so that when you get the urge you know what to do. I believe in you!

 

Started day 7.
To be honest it wasn't challenging.
I think we also need to be careful when we fail, don't binge on P if you fail. That way your body remains stronger and it becomes easier to go beyond current best streak.
I said this because I have noted the challenge is not as hard as when I joined nofap.

 

Day 54

 

9/90 No urges thank God

 

Day 0/90 relapsed. Day or two after a relapse is always the hardest so I need to stay focused.

 

57 days done...went to a recovery meeting, had some meditation and hang out time with some friends, resting up before work, gonna try to resist fantasy and porn, gonna shoot for one more day

 

Thank you so much for this wise words. The perfect is the enemy of the Good... Wow such strong prudent words.

 

Day 39 team. Massive blue balls but it passed thank goodness!! (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324870) i think it stemmed from last week on the holiday. Good now though, its a fight!

 

Day 0.
Just Starting over after my own stupidity, i play games to have joy, yet i lose, and frustrated, and relapsed. haha, lets startttt!

 

Hi friend, I'd start out experimenting with the Python language. It's great for learning and also useful in real work environments. Just do a search for beginner projects or tutorials. Here's one list that looks good to me.

Also, a book I'd recommend where you can just dive in and start coding is "Python Crash Course" by Eric Matthes. It uses a project-based style to get you learning practical stuff right away. Remember the most important part at first is just to have fun!

 

Day 37/90

Still doing well!

 

Credit goes to my old co-worker. I used to think he was kind of weird to say that and then I realized he was actually a smart guy lol.