The Lord of the Rings Challenge

Congrats!

 

47 days
Low urges yestarday, really stressed with some job stuffs. I want to have a girlfrind but this home office don't let me know more people. I have to figure out a way to know more women.

Today I worked out and took a cold shower and eating healthy, I already lose 2 Kg. It's good to fit in my clothes again.
Keep strong my brothers!

 

NO ONE HAS A GUN TO YOUR HEAD
“Nothing is noble if it’s done unwillingly or under compulsion. Every noble deed is voluntary.”
—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 66.16b
You don’t have to do the right thing. You always have the option to be selfish, rude, awful, shortsighted, pedantic, evil, or stupid. In fact, sometimes there are incentives to break bad.
Certainly, not every criminal gets caught.
But how does this line of thinking usually work out for people? What’s that life like?
You don’t have to do the right thing, just as you don’t have to do your duty. You get to. You want to.

 

Day 0 - Hobbit

 

Day 9 check in. Days PMO-free in 2022: 195 out of 203.
“But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.” — Sam Gamgee

 

Read and tell me if this is not the only way out
i read your posts and most of what i see is either lamenting on urges or relapses or trying hard to self motivate to continue
you are missing the bigger picture
this is how it works (at least thats what i just learned)

the beginning is always easier and at or around the 7 day mark is the difficult road begins..because now you have too much blood in your system and you can see your colour change..you have more energy and a general good feeling that before..and thoughts start to seep into mind here and there..pics..girls on street..movies..internet..everywhere you turn you some sort of temptation
and the reason why you sooner or later cave in is because you are already well fed, well clothed, well housed, and naturally now you need to make babies.. the mind requires you fuck a pussy so you can move forward the human race..you have put yourself in a place that makes it seem like you have accomplished every basic need by your hard work..but all that is already built for you by the fucking government so you can keep quiet and obey and play by the rules and do that shitty job or college.. but you instead jerk off to a screen..and the fact that you lost all that energy to some pixels in the air and not actually for the good of humanity you start to regret..because you know for sure you haven't accomplished shit by your hard work..it was all handed to you on a plate and that's why you do not have a pussy to fuck but a screen.. because if you had genuinely worked hard and struggled you would have some pussy notice you, or you would have the confidence to grab one from the million pussies out there
so to break the cycle there is only one way and no other
break the artificial culture, walls, structures around you. be realistic..have you achieved anything worthwhile by your hard work alone..if not then start the process
put yourself out in the wild..so that fear will find you..if you play safe then you won't make it
once fear finds you, your survival instinct will start up again after being dormant for too long because of artificial safety..you survival instinct will force you to push hard and work hard to make it..and this is a thing about survival instinct and fear..until you make it in the real world by yourself the thought of jerking off does not even cross the mind..because you are out in the wild in competition and the fear of loosing is on your mind..that focuses you on the path of hard work, late nights, early mornings..till you make it..ofcourse on the path you get girls notice you and you have a chance to fuck the one night stands kind of things..some times you get to keep a pussy..so you hard work paid off already
but once you build something worthwhile you will build your self with it..and you'll be attracting pussies left and right..there you go..no more jerk offs to pixels required. coz now you got warm pussies to pick from
lets go

 

Checking in day 251.

 

day 2 excellent mindset

 

You’re right to ask! It wasn’t worth the risk in my case, but thankfully it was the last episode of the season - safe to say I won’t be watching the other seasons quite so soon.

 

Checking in. All good. Trying to stay offline this weekend. I will check email and nofap but that is all. Need to build new routines that don’t involve the internet.

 

just relapsed! damm it, but was my best strike until now. What I did wrong?
Be en socials
Surf in web
Don't react correctly When I figure out that I'm going to relapse
Dont spent time with friends

Now I know that my strategy works (be out of social media, focus in working, don't surf in web to much time, be more social) just I have to implement it with more effort. I loose this battle, but I'M SURE THAT I WILL WIN THIS FUCKING WAR!

Keep strong my brothers!

 

Day 351

Thank you brothers for the congratulations! I feel that the next goal is 2 weeks ahead tho. I want to get there!

 

Day 6 complete!

I am continuing the discipline of NoFap so that I will wake up one morning and from that day on, never look at porn or masturbate again in my life. Here is a list of reasons I wrote in my journal over a year ago regarding why I want to expel these behaviors from my life:

Spoiler

--I pridefully reject God's Will and substitute my own.
--I reject the gift of my body by using it for an unintended purpose.
--I separate myself from God's grace.
--I fall into despair, believing myself unworthy of God's love and grace.
--I am unable to receive the Blessed Sacrament due to being in a state of mortal sin.
--I struggle to discern God's Will for my life due to the cloud of sin in my life.
--I contribute to an industry which categorically mistreats and abuses people.
--I degrade my own human dignity by objectifying my body.
--I degrade the human dignity of others, especially women in my case, by objectifying their bodies.
--I struggle to have healthy, proper interactions and relationships with the women I know.
--I am made a hypocrite by my actions.
--I experience strong feelings of shame and guilt.
--I lose the confidence and presence of mind to be a good leader.
--I may scandalize others or set a poor example for them if they learn of my behaviors.
--I lie to hide my behaviors.
--I teach my brain to value sex above anything else.
--I reinforce unhealthy habits and thought patterns in my brain.
--I potentially injure my body, or inhibit its proper functioning.
--I procrastinate more.
--I have poorer concentration and thinking ability.
--I struggle to focus on whatever task is at hand.
--I have less energy and drive to accomplish necessary tasks.
--I waste significant amounts of time.

St. Benedict of Nursia, pray for us!

 

Day 86
Only 4 days left for Day 90

Brother! you have fought with PMO evil about 47 days. So you have some experience about those fights. You are not alone . We are with you brother. You can do it

 

15 days - The Elven town of Rivendell greets your arrival. A Council of representants explains the path to Mordor in detail. You´re an Elf now.

I'm doing this NoFap challenge because of three reasons. 1. I'm cheating on my girlfriend with it which makes watching porn a non-virtuos action and therefore makes me unhappy. 2. Porn is too pleasureable therefore I have problems enjoying other things in life. 3. I want to become a teacher soon but I fear my problems with girls may become a problem.

Thanks for this idea @RiseToGreatness it took me some time to write this and I believe it helped a bit.

 

While I appreciate you sharing what you are learning, and can see the surface appeal of your proposed solution (become a successful alpha male who sleeps with whomever he wants and you won't need PMO), that is most definitely not the "only way out." That is just another way to worship at the altar of sexual gratification and remain a slave to your physical appetites, in my opinion. I think you would benefit from studying a wider range of perspectives; for example, millions upon millions of people find incredible peace, happiness, and fulfillment sharing their intimate lives with just one sexual partner, and the benefits of monogamy are well-researched and plentiful. Many other people choose celibate lives and find great satisfaction in that choice. Many people enjoy a variety of sexual partners over the course of their lives without being arrogant or abusive about it--both attributes that your crass and objectifying descriptions fairly reek of. And some people have even found blissful sex lives without any orgasm or ejaculation involved (look up Karezza for more on that topic), to their surpassing health and enjoyment. Your one-trick machoistic approach to overcoming PMO seems callous and unappealing to me and many others. Turning on the survival instinct and operating from fear of critical failure may give you a short-term source of motivation, but I really don't believe it is the "bigger picture" way of living or how a sustainable, fulfilling, self-actualizing life works long term. Most people in this challenge already have motivation that will carry them further than what you described, and creating a supportive environment where we can lament, learn, share, and continue to self motivate is an important reason for this forum's existence.

Right now, my reason for continuing with NoFap is because I like myself better when I care. Fapping depletes my desire to care. Even if I have no more than the desire to care, and thus only an ancillary desire to be free of PMO, being part of this community nurtures those positive desires and fans their tiny flickers into stronger and stronger flames until the full fires of my deepest internal motivation can kick back on and forge me into a better human. This challenge helps remind me who I am and why the pain of caring is worth it. “We care lest our own lives be empty.” --Drizzt Do'Urden, The Crystal Shard (By R.A. Salvatore)

 

I'm in

 

I think it's super cool to have offline weekend, I personally trying to have as less interactions with electrical devices(phone, tv, laptop) as I can, since it similarly to the porn gives us virtual(not real) pleasure, therefore if you tired after work and decided to watch some funny YouTube videos or play video games, after this you will feel even more tired then before(at least in my case), in contrast the walk outside even for a ten-fifteen minutes gives me refreshment. I'm trying to make it my lifestyle. Yes, it's hard, but it's 100% worth it.

Also it helps NoFAP a lot, since 99.9% of the triggers inside the internet, and when you reducing the internet you are automatically reducing the triggers.

So I can definitely relate to it, have a nice weekend

 

I sorry for your relapse, hope you won't have relapses again related to social medias.

In fact honestly I think it's impossible to be on social medias and doing NoFAP at the same time, too many triggers.

It's like being an alcoholic inside a liquor store, it's very hard to resist.

When I removed myself from social medias, my NoFAP journey became much stronger