So I just finished up my 30 days and would like to share some results with those who need some encouragement. Remember, it's just 30 days which is a small sample size to see results. I'm not quite at 100% but I didn't expect myself to be after a month. This is like 16 years of re-wiring I am doing and 30 days aint gon do it its just not enough time. I'm managing my expectations. I will say this has been the most difficult personal challenge I've attempted. I had to quit instagram completely because I would've relapsed so fast on that. Stopped all other forms of social media, including TV. I have to be mindful about what I do watch so I don't tempt myself. It amazes me how little things can act as a trigger for me. This is a battle with my mind as I realized this month. I've taken a week by week approach and I will continue at this rate. No superpowers, yet. I continue to improve myself daily and I'm replacing these bad habits with good ones. I'm replacing all that time I would've spent on PM by reading and learning. So before I relapse, I always ask myself, 'If all that time I had spent watching porn I did something else, how much further along would I be in my life? How much wealth could I have accumulated? Or improved my physique?' These are just 2 examples. Ask yourself that next time you're about to spend an hour or two or however long watching porn. If you watched 100 hours of porn, that's 100 hours missed out at the gym. If you went for just an hour a day thats 3 months at the gym. If it takes you 5 hours to read a book, that's 20 books you could've read. For most of us, 100 hours of porn is nothing. I know I've logged thousands of hours on porn. So this process of re-wiring is hard and that is what I expected. But it feels good to be breaking away from this day by day, week by week. I'm optimistic about the future. I hope you are too.
Hi TLL! Simple and honest post! I loved it! Thats a great way of seeing things! Imagining what can be accomplished over the hours that were spent on PMO. I was partly triggered by the bodybuilding model on IG. Reading your post made me realize I must unfollow her or stop browsing through IG feed nothing good comes of it except passing time in unproductive way. Same goes for watching series on Netflic. But staying away from Tv and movies is sth I could never do, as I believe they will be important part of my life. I am on day 31 I guess. I do not notice any superpowers. On some days I felt more cinfident while talking to ppl but then it was temporary. May be if I focus more on my habits like working out/meditation/yoga.cold showers more I would change...but it could be wishful thinking. It never works for me. PS: I have a small accountability group in watsapp. If you are interested let me know.
