A Progressive Challenge-A different kind of challenge- all levels

[ShadyPerson]

Oh well, started really good with a relapse. Day 0, the same challenge. This time I'll make it.

Day 1
No major urges. Not too many fantasies or sexual thoughts. My eyes tend to linger on sexy things, but I haven't been looking for porn substitutes. No serious thoughts about fapping. Emotional range has changed radically between extreme feelings of depressed anxiety and extreme euphoria. (Atm feeling kinda shitty.) But I think I'm dooing pretty good.

 

[ShadyPerson]

Day 1
No major urges. Not too many fantasies or sexual thoughts. My eyes tend to linger on sexy things, but I haven't been looking for porn substitutes. No serious thoughts about fapping. Emotional range has changed radically between extreme feelings of depressed anxiety and extreme euphoria. (Atm feeling kinda shitty.) But I think I'm dooing pretty good.

Day 2
Halfway there! Things are going pretty much the same. I've had to redirect my mind away a couple of times when it has tried to think about a fantasy. I'm pretty sure that is the key to my success. I mean sometimes fantasies do come to mind, but if I don't feed them, they'll go away soon enough and if I do feed them, I'll end up in the situation where the urges are very hard to overcome.

 

[ShadyPerson]

Day 2
Halfway there! Things are going pretty much the same. I've had to redirect my mind away a couple of times when it has tried to think about a fantasy. I'm pretty sure that is the key to my success. I mean sometimes fantasies do come to mind, but if I don't feed them, they'll go away soon enough and if I do feed them, I'll end up in the situation where the urges are very hard to overcome.

Aaand a relapse. Weird. I don't even know why I'm doing this to myself. I rarely even feel good when I masturbate anymore. Seems like I'm just totally not committed to this shit.

 

[Sc8r51o1n]

I did a reset.
I dont regret it. But hours later i feel the urge to watch again. No can do!

From the start again: new challenge - 10 days clean.

 

[ShadyPerson]

Aaand a relapse. Weird. I don't even know why I'm doing this to myself. I rarely even feel good when I masturbate anymore. Seems like I'm just totally not committed to this shit.

No nut november has brought my motivation back. Although I'm currently doing my reboot in no nut november thread. Soooo, I'll be back here in december with a 30 day streak going!

 

[PasterofMuppets]

I keep failing at around one week-10 days... let's do two whole weeks. I wanna get out of this prison. It's really starting to get too small for me. I'll suffocate if I don't escape in time.

 

[Narwhale]

Well, I am back. The semester was very hard, and I will probably have to drop off again when Spring semester starts. But during winter, I want to throw more effort into trying again. My current goal is to make it until January 3rd without viewing porn, but I will also try to abstain from MO. I am planning to declare a reset only if I view porn, though (I found that MO doesn't have quite the same hold over me as P, so that's what I want to avoid now).

 

[DerNeuMann]

Well, I am back. The semester was very hard, and I will probably have to drop off again when Spring semester starts. But during winter, I want to throw more effort into trying again. My current goal is to make it until January 3rd without viewing porn, but I will also try to abstain from MO. I am planning to declare a reset only if I view porn, though (I found that MO doesn't have quite the same hold over me as P, so that's what I want to avoid now).

Good for you! Very glad that you are trying again. You can definitely make it to the 3rd. A tip, whenever your most likely place/time is to watch porn, create a new habit and be in a different place at that time if at all possible. You can do this.

 

[Narwhale]

Thanks! Sadly, I already relapsed. But I will definitely try again. Right now, it's usually at the beginning or the end of the day that I am most likely to relapse, and since I need to go to sleep, I am not sure how to get around that. One thing I have been contemplating trying is mindfulness/meditation, the idea being that if I try to focus on the present moment, then I will find it harder to be consumed by the nagging knowledge that accessing porn is so easy.

0/8 (until the 3rd still)

Good for you! Very glad that you are trying again. You can definitely make it to the 3rd. A tip, whenever your most likely place/time is to watch porn, create a new habit and be in a different place at that time if at all possible. You can do this.

 

[Narwhale]

I am happy to announce that I did in fact make it to the 3rd for a total of 8 days. Also very excitingly, the tail end of the year, I used PMO only 12 times in December and 12 in November. That's down significantly from nearly 25 times a month earlier this year.

The ideal time seems to be a balance between busy and stressed. If I am busy, I don't have time for PMO, but if I am stressed, I make time. I hope that means things might get easier when I finish this degree this spring.

 

[DerNeuMann]

I am happy to announce that I did in fact make it to the 3rd for a total of 8 days. Also very excitingly, the tail end of the year, I used PMO only 12 times in December and 12 in November. That's down significantly from nearly 25 times a month earlier this year.

The ideal time seems to be a balance between busy and stressed. If I am busy, I don't have time for PMO, but if I am stressed, I make time. I hope that means things might get easier when I finish this degree this spring.

Congratulations! This is a significant hurdle. Good job!

 

[LV847]

Wow can’t believe this is still going! I was reading the thread from 3 years ago.

I am on day 35 just starting this progressive challenge and my longest streak was 63 days.

honestly idk man! I am committed and so about finishing strong but this quarantine is harddddd.

first time in my life video games are considered a good part of a routine are you kidding me? It’s just really hard I cannot work, and am home bored as fuck too often.

I work out like all day. Intermittent fast until 4pm. Started cold showers. But I smoke too much weed. Way too much. And it fucks everything up eventually.

Might have to figure out how to quit but jeez I’ve been down that rd.

 

[stephanD]

@LV847 your message pulled me back to this thread! Back with a day away from a 30 day streak. My next goal is one whole clean month, so 20 days, I can do that. Thanks for posting.

 

[Deleted Account]

I'm on my second week so my goal is three weeks now. Thanks for posting this challenge.

 

[williamwilson]

45 days without Porn and masturbation already. My goal is to reach to 90 days without masturbation and porn. After that, without porn until the end of my life.

 

[Napav]

I completed 120+ days, by god's grace and SPAM REMOVED (spam code #001) - REPORT TO MODERATION method helped.

 

[Deleted Account]

I'm on my third week, my goal is four weeks now.

 

[Don'tLookBack]

Okay, seeing I have done about a week. I want to strive for 10 more days!

 

[Ūruz]

Hi brothers and sisters (don't want to leave out the female fapstronauts on here),

I've decided to issue a special kind of challenge that even the fappiest fapper can get in on. It's a progressive (not the political type) challenge. Even if you can't do more than two days, or if you want to do two years, then this challenge is for you!

1. Set the shortest goal that challenges you to do just a little better. If you can only do 1 day, then the goal is 2 days. If you have only managed a week, then the goal is 10 days. Understand?

If you already have some time complete today whether it's one day or two weeks or a month, don't restart your Clock unless you need to, just set the next challenge and continue. This way you can piggyback your streaks The idea here is to put the emphasis on the streaks and take it off of the relapses.
2. Report to this thread daily for day goals and at least weekly for month goals. Be honest. Restart if you relapse but stay in the challenge.
3. You must help others in the thread with encouragement and answering their questions.
4. Absolutely NO telling people that porn is okay or masturbation is okay or whatever. Keep those opinions to yourself. Don't weaken someone.
5. Once you reach a goal, set the next one without restarting your clock. So if your goal was 2 days and you made it, reset it for 3 or more. Don't get too long for your level of awesomeness.

GO!!!!

This seems like an interesting challenge—I want to join it! I like the idea of slow progression over time and increasing the goal as I keep going, as I stay in the same thread. As opposed to those challenge threads where you join the thread, do it and then leave forever...
Looks like this challenge has been dead for a while though, I do however feel like reviving it; hope no mod minds a little bit of necroposting, cos I think this challenge is a cool way of doing things—I like the idea of putting emphasis on streaks rather than resets, as well as focusing on small consistent progress, rather than massive and overwhelming goal from the start, as it is with most other challenges.
I am currently on day 44. My last major goal was to beat 40 days, cos it was a PR of sorts (well, the most recent PR anyways; my all time highest was somewhere between 120 and 150 days, but what was years ago, so I don't really count it anymore), and now I've done it! So I want to set a new goal for me of 60 days, this will be my new PR!
Let's go!

Day 44/60!

 

[Ūruz]

45/60