Post: #1

Just want to know what people have given up which have impacted their lives.

The two for me are TV and mainstream media.

Not only is it a huge time saver, it keeps me a lot more positive as day to day media is largely negative.

I am trying to cut down social media use also as is a huge waste of time aswell.

Post: #2

I just don't do social media or Whatsapp groups. I'm too busy living.

Post: #3

The real question is: What are you putting into yourself?
How much money have you truly invested in yourself to see a Long Term Return?

Social Media can be a productive tool.
Understanding how TV works can be a productive tool.

Cutting things down for no reason is a conventional knee jerk reaction to guilt.
How can you turn Guilt into Glory?

Post: #4

Shit TV shows and binge drinking.

Post: #5

Alcohol and caffeine.
I have nothing against the people who continue to consume them, many in moderation. I abused them for too long.

Post: #6

Chasing girls.

Post: #7

(08-13-2017 02:50 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  Chasing girls.

Care to explain?

Post: #8

First thing I remember giving up was fast food when I was in high school.

Later it was tv when I was about 25.

Then it was toxic people, mostly those who are just negative, at 30.

I feel another one coming up, which to some extent saddens me; lefty friends. It saddens me because we could always maintain friendships despite our differences. But something deeper has occurred, something I am sure all of you have felt. The stopped seeing us as different last year, and by this year they see us more as enemies. I hear some things that make me think violence is coming. Total, complete hatred for 'types' of people, and the only conclusion I can make is that sooner or later, they will see my family through this same lens. By not joining them, you become an enemy.

Any way, I also think that I need to give up salt and vinegar potato chips, but I am not committing to that just yet.

Post: #9

(08-13-2017 03:11 PM)Lagavulin Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 02:50 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  Chasing girls.

Care to explain?

This deserves a much longer explanation that what i can give right now.

Chasing girls mainly pertains to the my practice of relentlessly pursuing pussy.
To the extent when i would take time off work/leave early to meet them, not eat well or skip eating entirely and skip/miss workouts.
It got very destructive where in i lost jobs, lost muscle mass and ultimately lost part of my mind with this behavior.

Post: #10

Addictive videogames is a massive game changer.

Basically every person should highly scrutinize anything they spend more than 30 minutes a day on

Post: #11

-Drugs
-Drugs
-Drugs
-Drugs
-Drugs
-Toxic (drugs) friends
-Modern Hollywood flicks
-Videogames
-Oneitis for girls
....

Post: #12

Video games. Still play time to time, but have drastically cut the time. I've been using the extra time to work out harder, eat healthier, and spend more time with friends. I don't really miss them much. . . I come across maybe one game a year that I really get into.

Post: #13

(08-13-2017 04:37 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 03:11 PM)Lagavulin Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 02:50 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  Chasing girls.

Care to explain?

This deserves a much longer explanation that what i can give right now.

Chasing girls mainly pertains to the my practice of relentlessly pursuing pussy.
To the extent when i would take time off work/leave early to meet them, not eat well or skip eating entirely and skip/miss workouts.
It got very destructive where in i lost jobs, lost muscle mass and ultimately lost part of my mind with this behavior.

I've experienced something similar but to a lesser extent.

I would go out drinking on Friday and Saturday nights for the sole reason of meeting women, generally chicks I met online. This was despite me realising that the hangovers killed the momentum for positive change I had built in other areas of my life.

Getting up at the same time every day, morning routine, morning workout, positive mindset, increased mental strength, and general wellbeing all take a hit after late nights on the booze. As does your bank balance when this behaviour is repeated on a weekly basis.

It's not worth it.

Post: #14

To go into a little bit more detail about my previous post...
Back a few years ago when Tinder was really really good. The golden era.
I was seeing a lot of success mainly from tinder but in general i was getting more pussy than i had ever gotten previously in my life.
I also understood nothing this great last forever so i took every opportunity to meet girls, i tried to keep a harem of sorts but i was always chasing new leads.
"Chasing" is the right term because i regularly would have driven 45 minutes or more to spend 20 minutes fucking a girl. Or stayed up late working through crazy LMR. I spent 7hrs talking to a girl to get past her LMR. I got the bang but looking back i could've used my time better.

I had a complex setup of 1 pre-paid extra sim card for my old iPhone 4 that would be my burner phone. Just in case things went sideways with the girls i was meeting they wouldn't have my real phone number and it wouldn't come back to bite me later (Fake name, i always drove to meet them and my place was hard to get to unless you knew the area). For some reason i really like the complex juggling that is required to text 12 girls across 2 phones while being at work. And the the anticipation of getting close and closer to meeting the girl and knowing i will be able to fuck her from the 1st few minutes of the coffee date.
Combine this with my avid porn consumption...and my time management went to shit.

Funny enough i have taken up videogames as my relaxing downtime.
It is my only "vice" that is non-productive. I gave up porn last year and looking at IG thots and other things like that back in February.
It has helped my clarity tremendously. I no longer think about mindlessly browsing the internet to find new porn.

Post: #15

Several. And some one them I did way before I even knew about TRP. Not to mention this forum.



First is TV. I never, ever heard something positive on TV. All I heard was ''X killed Y'', ''Kim was fucked silly in all orifices...again'', ''person X did this, and now regrets it''. And so on. It's always some dumb, or negative stuff. You rarely learn anything useful. And to this day (TV and I are happily divorced for 5+ years)...I still don't get why people are still watching it in this age? On Youtube, for example, you decide what, and when you watch. On the other hand...on TV...some Baby Boomer who is struck in the 70ties does! I do not know about you, but I always hear autistic screeching inside my head when I am forced to watch the TV.



Second is alcohol. Apart from wine (which is healthy, rich in minerals, and makes you look sexy and classy), I gave up on all other beverages (especially beer!). This was my New Year's resolution, and it really worked for me. I have more energy, and I lost a bit of fat.



And finally, chasing pussy. No, that does not mean I went VirginTOW on something. Instead of wasting valuable time chasing women, I spend a lot of time developing my business and my body. After all...you will lose money if you chase women...but you will never lose women chasing money. I do not know who said that, but...as time passes...I realize that truer words have never been spoken.

Post: #16

With the most important first.

1. Social media 2 years. So many negatives.
2. TV 5 years. Welcome back 3 to 4 hours per day of my life (60 full days over the last 5 years)
3. Alcohol 1.5 years. Saved a ton of money and no more wasted time with hangovers
4. Caffeine 6 months. After getting through a week or so of headaches. Days are much more level with energy. Less peaks. More productive overall.
5. Sugary food/drink 1 year. Again leveled out my energy during the day. Look and feel much better too.

Post: #17

Chasing women.

I don't chase anymore, I just go out and get them. If they're not down then onto the next one. I have some things I bring to the table, and the ones who recognize this are the ones I want to do stuff with.

Post: #18

(08-14-2017 04:43 AM)MrTickle Wrote:  With the most important first.

1. Social media 2 years. So many negatives.
2. TV 5 years. Welcome back 3 to 4 hours per day of my life (60 full days over the last 5 years)
3. Alcohol 1.5 years. Saved a ton of money and no more wasted time with hangovers
4. Caffeine 6 months. After getting through a week or so of headaches. Days are much more level with energy. Less peaks. More productive overall.
5. Sugary food/drink 1 year. Again leveled out my energy during the day. Look and feel much better too.

Almost forgot:

1.5 Porn 2 months now. Realised that it was rewiring my brain. This has been the hardest one to crack and before 2 months there were many failed attempts. Think I've got it sorted now.

Post: #19

Porn (letting the dopaminergic system heal)

Alcohol (consuming a depressant toxin can't be good for you)

TV (unplug from the group-think/hive-mind)

Chasing girls (why does the prize need to chase?)

Scarcity (the world is wonderfully abundant if you allow it to be)

Toxic people (run, run, run far away from them)

Sugar (more addictive than crack cocaine -- only stick to foods that contain natural sugars)

Fish/sushi (Mercury? Other heavy metals? Raw fish full of parasitic organisms? Fuck that. I'll get my Omega 3s elsewhere)

US/western world (can't speak for anyone else, but the best decision of my life: getting out)

Post: #20

1) I stopped watching lots of TV and movies. Would usually watch 1-2 hours a day. I managed to cut it to like 1-2 episodes per week but my fricken KODI application stopped working so I barely watch any now.

2) I stopped giving a shit about trying to "convert" people to conservatism. Everyone is so brainwashed these days and really Ill just go with the flow if it comes up in conversations and stuff.

If someone is ready to hear the red pill about life, then ill slowly give it to them. This saves a lot of wasted energy and stress.

Post: #21

- Personal Facebook page. Total waste of time. I still have to keep one for work, unfortunately, but I have unfollowed 75% of my "friends" on that account.

- Cable TV. Cut the cord years ago and never regretted it. I watch Netflix, but avoid the commercials and SJW stuff that's all over regular TV.

- Drastically cut time spent watching NFL and NBA games. Got really sick of the SJW/BLM mentalities of both. I do watch Cardinals games with my local buddies, but that's more about maintaining acquaintanceships than caring about the games.

- Carb-heavy foods like bread, pasta, rice, etc. I keep daily carb intake under 50g and have kept flab off for five years now.

- Prepackaged/processed food. Only eating stuff that comes from the perimeter of the store, not the colorful boxes of food-like substances found in the aisles.

- Craft beer/microbrews. I reached the point where all the "cool new" beers were just retreads of stuff I'd had before, the beer is carb-heavy, and so many craft beer enthusiasts are listless, pot-bellied spergs.

- All sodapop, diet or otherwise. That shit is horrible for the human body.

- Debating anyone about anything important. No one's mind is ever changed. Waste of time and effort.

- Lately I'm working on excising as much soy from my diet as possible. I recently started making my own salad dressing to avoid soy and soybean oil, for example.

Post: #22

(08-14-2017 06:48 AM)PlevenskiTarikat Wrote:  Porn (letting the dopaminergic system heal)

Alcohol (consuming a depressant toxin can't be good for you)

TV (unplug from the group-think/hive-mind)

Chasing girls (why does the prize need to chase?)

Scarcity (the world is wonderfully abundant if you allow it to be)

Toxic people (run, run, run far away from them)

Sugar (more addictive than crack cocaine -- only stick to foods that contain natural sugars)

Fish/sushi (Mercury? Other heavy metals? Raw fish full of parasitic organisms? Fuck that. I'll get my Omega 3s elsewhere)

US/western world (can't speak for anyone else, but the best decision of my life: getting out)

It seems the "Western world" on here means exclusively USA/UK/Canada/Australia. It's a pet peeve of mine. Does France belong to the "Eastern world"?

+1 on toxic people. It's one of the biggest breakthroughs you can make in your life.

Post: #23

(08-13-2017 04:37 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 03:11 PM)Lagavulin Wrote:  

(08-13-2017 02:50 PM)kinjutsu Wrote:  Chasing girls.

Care to explain?

This deserves a much longer explanation that what i can give right now.

Chasing girls mainly pertains to the my practice of relentlessly pursuing pussy.
To the extent when i would take time off work/leave early to meet them, not eat well or skip eating entirely and skip/miss workouts.
It got very destructive where in i lost jobs, lost muscle mass and ultimately lost part of my mind with this behavior.

I see us high-libido men as similar to recovering alcoholics. I need to put a brake on it every day or sex and women would completely take over my life. That's why I'm personally against "no fap". I need to release libido or I become a sex-hungry animal.

Post: #24

Alcohol- 3 months already, I've drink 2 times in this time frame tbh. Still, I'm not drinking several nights a week like before. I can say without a doubt that my progress in the gym is way better (probably due to recovery) and I'm discovering I can be equally social without Gin anyways, so there's no reason to take any.

Porn- I struggle with this, I make maybe a 3 weeks streak and then fuck it up. But I notice myself more aggressive and productive when I'm not watching it.

Shampoo- My hair is healthy now, it used to be dry as hell before.

Post: #25

(08-14-2017 03:19 PM)The Stronger Sex Wrote:  

(08-14-2017 06:48 AM)PlevenskiTarikat Wrote:  Porn (letting the dopaminergic system heal)

Alcohol (consuming a depressant toxin can't be good for you)

TV (unplug from the group-think/hive-mind)

Chasing girls (why does the prize need to chase?)

Scarcity (the world is wonderfully abundant if you allow it to be)

Toxic people (run, run, run far away from them)

Sugar (more addictive than crack cocaine -- only stick to foods that contain natural sugars)

Fish/sushi (Mercury? Other heavy metals? Raw fish full of parasitic organisms? Fuck that. I'll get my Omega 3s elsewhere)

US/western world (can't speak for anyone else, but the best decision of my life: getting out)

It seems the "Western world" on here means exclusively USA/UK/Canada/Australia. It's a pet peeve of mine. Does France belong to the "Eastern world"?

+1 on toxic people. It's one of the biggest breakthroughs you can make in your life.

France is definitely part of the Western world. And before I get attacked on here, I definitely ascribe to the idea that there is no perfect place in this world and it's best to travel around and see where you like the vibe the most. Go where you feel the most alive, inspired, joyful, ecstatic, and grateful to be.