Hello Everyone,
I haven't been coming to this site much as I've been trying to stay off the computer in general. When I do log on, I come here and read posts for motivation. I don't stay around generally to respond to each of them, but thanks very much for sharing your experiences. It helps so much.
I've been sleeping...a lot. This is a withdrawal symptom, but I also missed a lot of sleep over the past 3 years. It's a glorious sleep not a depressed one. I sleep now anytime I'm tired. I can feel my body thanking me for it. So, I'm not placing a lot of judgment on it.
I've also installed netflix on my IPad. I can't get on SL from my IPad...well, I can get to the IM messenger, but that doesn't interest me. I have watched a lot of tv shows. Some I've really enjoyed.
My goal this week is to work in the yard. I love outside and gardening. I've neglected it severely due to my gaming. I look forward to breathing the fresh air and making it beautiful.
I have not uninstalled SL yet. I have logged in each day, but I don't stay on. In a week, I went from 6-8 hours in world to MAYBE an hour tops. It's an improvement but I know I need to go all the way. What I have noticed is the more I am away, the less I desire to log in. I did contact the three people I want to stay in touch with to give them my skype. All of which said they wanted to quit too. We'd never really ever mentioned it before.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks again for sharing and your support!!
Sleep and the outdoors are wonderfully healing. Glad to hear you're making progress, Butterfly.
Acceptance. When I am disturbed, it is because a person, place, thing, or situation is unacceptable to me. I find no serenity until I accept my life as being exactly the way it is meant to be. Nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. Acknowledge the problem, but live the solution!
Hurrah for sleep and healing and living life!
What you feed grows, and what you starve withers away.
Hugs to Butterfly!
Just the time you have reduced being there is commemdable. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Hurrah! Hugs!
SLEEP!!! I hadn't had real sleep for the 8 years I gamed excessively; and when real sleep happened my body felt so good!!! it was glorious.
I love netflix. My husband and I watch movies and tv shows and that helped me a lot when I was first out of games.
Hugs!