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logicprox

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59 days. I'll probably talk more about my strategy this time around after I beat my old record. Makes me nervous to talk too confidently about before haha. Maybe just a touch of superstition in me.
 
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logicprox

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60 days. My brain decided to celebrate the milestone by waking me up at 3 am for no reason and not letting me fall asleep again until 4, then waking me up again 45 minutes before my normal 6:45 wake-up.

The good news is I had no inclination to use porn anyway. Which feels very strange. And awesome.
 

logicprox

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61 days. I have always struggled to keep my apartment clean. Always blamed it on my ADHD. I started a new habit where as soon as I finish work (or take my break for dinner) I just clean up for 5 minutes. Turns out 5 minutes of cleaning a day actually makes a big difference pretty fast.

Not exactly a PMO thing but I will say that not using PMO has helped me make other really positive changes in my life because my mental energy and motivation isn't getting sapped all the time, and I'm also getting a lot of time back I used to waste on that nonsense.
 

logicprox

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65 days. A nearly perfect Sunday. After completing my morning routine (non-negotiable, even on the weekend), i worked on music production at a coffee shop for a few hours, then went home just long enough to eat lunch, and went back out to go indoor climbing (bouldering, technically, so I don't need a climbing partner or a rope). After that I cleaned for an hour (my new non-negotiable weekend goal), ate dinner, and went to play a strategy board game called Scythe with some friends.

When my weekends are like that, there isn't even time to PMO, and I wouldn't trade any of those activities for porn.
 
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logicprox

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67 days. I have been learning about technical analysis/trading and there's an informal term some people use called "black screen territory". It means the price of the asset is higher than it's ever been (if you look back in time on the chart all you see is black screen) so there's no historical information to determine where it could go.

I guess I'm in black screen territory now.

I will admit I felt a little giddy the last couple of days because I knew I was about to arrive here. i have 3 next stops in mind:

1. March 10 - That's the day my previous 66 day count ended last year (discrepancy in timing because I started that streak Jan 2 whereas this year I started towards the end of December of last year)

2. 79 days - That will be 30 days since my last no porn MO. Will decide from there whether to continue with no MO.

3. 90 days - I mean, the classic nofap 90.

Then, we'll see what comes next...besides forever.

Although I certainly have kept quitting PMO present in my mind every day, I have been focusing a lot more on what I am adding to my life in terms of new good habits that will take me where I want to go, and I think that has been making a huge difference. Just stacking new habits on every few weeks.
 
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Blondie

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I like the analogy. (y)
I will admit I felt a little giddy the last couple of days because I knew I was about to arrive here. i have 3 next stops in mind:
As you should be.

Just watch out, I've found giddiness can quickly turn to tears, if we get complacent, not that I know anything about that or anything. :)

Enjoy your success! I'm also in that black screen territory these days, and it truly feels incredible.

Best
 

logicprox

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Definitely, even as I was feeling giddy I was reminding myself of how confident I was last time I hit 66 days and then how out of nowhere I lost it.

Ironically I think part of beating PMO is being willing to accept that you will always need to be cautious and just being ok with that rather than fighting that. It’s possible someday we will be so far recovered that we are free, but have to be ok with that not being true.

In some ways I wonder if it will be a good thing if I never have fully erased it from my psyche. Having a demon to slay keeps me motivated to keep improving the rest of my life.
 
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logicprox

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69 days. I've been trying to gradually move my wake up time earlier by shifting my alarm earlier by like 10 minutes....but my brain keeps front running whatever the new time is by 20 minutes lol. Tired. But no porn.
 
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