Hey fellow blades, been posting a while on Grasscity now and I've found my life becoming a bit stale. Not bad, but definitely slow on a productive level. Been telling myself to take up the guitar again, get to the gym lots, relearn the French I know, become completely fluent and stop playing on the computer as much. So I went back, thought about it and looked inward to reflect on how I could overcome and get on top of these things. I used to drink a lot of Coca Cola and after a year without, I realised I could moderate it a lot better. Now I'm going to do the same thing with the computer and I hope to cement it by making this thread. Feel free to sub, feel free to join with me because I'm going to be offline for 35 days at least (the average time to create/break a habit) and will update this thread on how my progress is going. Good luck to myself and any other fellow blades who feel they need to break out of extreme introversion. Cruizer, signing out
I've been looking to do pretty much the same too. Trying to cut back on all soft drinks. Been drinking more juice and water. Started exercising daily and taking vitamins/minerals. Still need to focus more on school work and thinking of learning guitar.
Trying to improve my life too, OP. I've been working out more and......I guess that's about it haha. It's a start
Best of luck man. It's tough the first few days, because breaking the routine is harder then actually trying new things. Just remember that little voice telling you to take it easy, do this or that, or do it later is not your friend. It is your enemy and you should knock it out.
Quick update (I realise I said I would be offline for 35 days AND update. I meant I would only come on here to update even during that 35 days) Lots of dramatic changes I've seen already. I've become more talkative, however I thought that was starting before I made this thread. I haven't started the guitar or started learning French, but I've made the efforts to find out where I can learn them. I have a close friend who lives just down the road and plays guitar so I'm going to take it over there and learn from him. I've been hitting the gym more and have been less reluctant to do chores, since I know that I only have a limited amount of things to do on my computer. If I hadn't limited myself I know that I could literally spend ALL my time on this thing. So those are some pretty good changes for only three days. Hope all is going well for you blades, this will be the only thread I post in until the 35 days is up or until I feel ready to come back without the feeling of constant need for Internet interaction. Whichever comes last. Again, signing out
Good for you man! Feels great, doesn't it? I've been doing the same thing lately. One step at a time. Step 1, which is complete, was cutting out the daily energy drinks (the Monster XXL giant cans). Step 2 was the rest of the soda and fast food, for the most part. I went from spending hundreds of dollars per month at Taco Bell, to spending $0 at Taco Bell. Step 3 is working out a couple times a day. I've been at it for a little over 3 months and I've dropped nearly 50 pounds. Got more energy, I'm less lazy, all in all it has been successful so far. Now we just have to make sure to stick to it.
Well I think it'd be interesting to see what happened to the person after 35 days, but like I said in my second post, going to update sporadically as things happen, other than that no Grasscity for 35 days at least. Things have been happening indeed I feel like I'm on cloud nine right about now, probably just adrenaline pumping. So for starters I'm a male who has had BDD (body dysmorphic disorder) for about 5 or 6 years without realising it (until about 3 months ago) has been causing my anxiety and had been causing my depression. Once I realised that I've been making great strides to improve my self-image and regain confidence, which has been working semi-well. So today, after ages of people telling me I'm good looking, at least from a facial perspective, I worked up the courage to talk to this girl I liked. All I did was ask her her name and leave it at that. But thanks to those guys at simplepickup (this is not an ad, just a credit to them for helping me) I did it with confidence and had the girl smiling for the entire (albeit small) conversation that we had. She was held in pretty high regard by one of my friends who also liked her, but I had the balls to actually talk to her. Not sure if this had anything to do with me being off Grasscity, but it definitely had to do with those simplepickup guys and limiting my computer usage by about 50%. That with the gym all helped this happen. This weekend I'll also start playing with my friend who's really good at guitar. Hope you all are doing well at Grasscity and are making the improvements that you want to have in your life. To have the will is everything Once again, signing off
You will man, the hardest step is the first one. Law of inertia applies both physically and mentally. You've already recognised the fruit of your labours as have I. The ball just gets faster and faster after you push it off the hill. Ok now definitely signing off
everything comes with moderation.. study a little everyday.. make just a few good friends every once in a while.. exercise a little everyday.. enjoy some of your favorite hobbies... you don't have to make drastic changes or else you might drain yourself out. over time you will see great improvements to your quality of life ... just a few life hacks
I enjoy positive threads such as this. I am in the process of self improvement as well. Last month I started p90x, joined an ice hockey team, and have been trying to put on some weight.
Good thread I'm definitely trying to do some self improvement of my own. I quit smoking cigarettes and go to Bikram yoga on the regular and go hiking with my animals as much as I can. it makes me feel amazing it really does remove all the toxins out of your body. It helps to get out what I'm feeling and talk to others but they're still only 1 person that I really enjoy talking to you. Stay positive stay sexy lol
[quote name='"b4rb3r"']I enjoy positive threads such as this. I am in the process of self improvement as well. Last month I started p90x, joined an ice hockey team, and have been trying to put on some weight.[/quote] P90x? How do you like it going to get it from a friend and start myself I am in pretty good shape just want to elevate myself a little bit and get even hotter
Jeez I can't believe I haven't even looked at this thread for eight days. Back when I was using Grasscity all the time I'd probably look at it 3-4 times a day to check if anyone cared what I had to say. The change in me is a little overwhelming but hugely welcome. I've noticed my confidence gradually increasing (not sky-high, but enough to make me happy so far) and I managed to get that girl's number. So far since all these changes I have a rejection rate of 0% so I'm pretty damn happy about that, hoping to increase it though so I'm not so inclined to keep it on that number. I'm going to help introduce one of my other outgoing (but shy around girls) friends to this stuff I've learnt. He's also the one who's teaching me guitar so we'll be able to trade some skills to each other. Hope you're all doing very well, making the changes you feel you need. Who knows? Maybe next time I update the 35 days will be over. Then I'll come back and start on YouTube to reduce the amount I watch. Only time will tell. Edit: I also don't feel the need any longer to make every girl I meet a target for a relationship. I'm getting more comfortable and don't feel the pressure to act and to say the right things. It's all just flowing like a river rather than me trying to work a bunch of cogs to get the desired outcome. Signing out
Edit: I also don't feel the need any longer to make every girl I meet a target for a relationship. I'm getting more comfortable and don't feel the pressure to act and to say the right things. It's all just flowing like a river rather than me trying to work a bunch of cogs to get the desired outcome. Signing out [/QUOTE] this^^
Hooray! Lost my virginity. I have been inducted into the world of sex I don't think this had much to do with being off grasscity though. Although my confidence isn't doing too bad nowadays that I've actually gone out and tested the waters with girls. Turns out it's not as deep as I thought. So I reckon that's the end of my experiment, 67 days later I'm back.