Galatians51
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I’m going to be using this post to track my daily progress. My plan is to have no PMO and MO in my life.
I’m currently on day 3. I messed up this past Friday and ever since then I have been thinking about @Blondie ‘s tagline says “do we truly want to quit, or are we only pretending to?” (Or something like that) … not even sure how I remember it, but that got stuck in my head and I think over the last 3-4 months I’ve been pretending. Somehow after messing up my long streak that I started last September I fell back into the routine of PMO 1-3 times then abstaining for 1-2 weeks before falling back into it.
So this is me getting serious once again.
Last time I was on my streak I was really diligent about certain things, no TV, not using smart technology other than while I’m at work, and overall just avoiding being on the internet for unproductive reasons. I spent more time focused on family, reading, meaningful hobbies, and work… and felt way better about myself and life in general doing so. Sometime around march of this year I started watching tv again, and then I started using my ipad more and carried it around with me… doing this has led me to fail numerous times over the last few months.
I wish I was strong enough to be able to watch tv, use smart devices whenever and wherever I want, but unfortunately I have to admit that at this time I’m not, and I’m not sure when (if ever) I will be. I know that’s counter culture, but i guess in a way - so is quitting porn. So I’m making a fresh commitment to stop watching TV, stop wasting time online, and stop using smart devices outside of my work environment.
It’s like the first day at the gym, or first day of a diet, i know it’s going to suck but I’m excited about it anyway. Lots of hard work and sacrifice but the eventual payoff and health benefits make it worth it. Recently I changed my diet and have already lost quite a bit of weight, as well as started jogging and a new work out routine… if I can do those things, I can do this too.
Let’s do this.
I’m currently on day 3. I messed up this past Friday and ever since then I have been thinking about @Blondie ‘s tagline says “do we truly want to quit, or are we only pretending to?” (Or something like that) … not even sure how I remember it, but that got stuck in my head and I think over the last 3-4 months I’ve been pretending. Somehow after messing up my long streak that I started last September I fell back into the routine of PMO 1-3 times then abstaining for 1-2 weeks before falling back into it.
So this is me getting serious once again.
Last time I was on my streak I was really diligent about certain things, no TV, not using smart technology other than while I’m at work, and overall just avoiding being on the internet for unproductive reasons. I spent more time focused on family, reading, meaningful hobbies, and work… and felt way better about myself and life in general doing so. Sometime around march of this year I started watching tv again, and then I started using my ipad more and carried it around with me… doing this has led me to fail numerous times over the last few months.
I wish I was strong enough to be able to watch tv, use smart devices whenever and wherever I want, but unfortunately I have to admit that at this time I’m not, and I’m not sure when (if ever) I will be. I know that’s counter culture, but i guess in a way - so is quitting porn. So I’m making a fresh commitment to stop watching TV, stop wasting time online, and stop using smart devices outside of my work environment.
It’s like the first day at the gym, or first day of a diet, i know it’s going to suck but I’m excited about it anyway. Lots of hard work and sacrifice but the eventual payoff and health benefits make it worth it. Recently I changed my diet and have already lost quite a bit of weight, as well as started jogging and a new work out routine… if I can do those things, I can do this too.
Let’s do this.
