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@Raptorsin7 Awesome!!! And thank you. I am indeed doing much better. And how about you?

@dimitri Yes, all is good, haha! Thank you I'm actually getting up at 7 this week, because I'm on another productivity retreat with a friend. So we get up at the same time, work out really hard, meditate, and do our hard work in synchronized blocks. It's great. After this week, I will switch back to getting up at 5!

I second this.

This is quality information. You seem to have a lot of experience with herbs and health.

I'm in the process of changing my sleep rhythm to get up at 5am. That's why I've been sleep deprived. I know I need my 8 hours, and will fix this soon, but right now I'm wondering if anyone knows a food, supplement or other trick that makes sleep deprivation more bearable. Being sleep deprived makes me feel dirty and polluted inside (probably accurate). Drinking lots of coffee makes that even worse. Things I'm already doing that help a little: - Running / working out. - NoFap I know amphetamines are a great magical temp fix, but I don't take those anymore. ?

@Michael569 Great idea! I'll look up some and write it down to try. I remember some benefits from ginseng. Thank you

In case someone reads this with the same question: - So far I've found that Spirulina seems to help. - Heavy exercise definitely helps. - I'm pretty sure that abstaining from ejaculation also is giving me extra energy to pull through. - I ended up taking a 30 minute nap, and that really helped! Enabled me to contribute my full presence to a meeting I had in the evening. I know that lack of sleep is supposed to feel terrible because it's terrible for your health, and in that sense it is not even wise to be looking for ways to make it bearable. But it's a legitimate question nonetheless. It does happen that people are jetlagged, can't sleep and still need to function at some meeting. It can also happen that someone needs to pull an all-nighter to deal with an urgent business problem or whatever. So far I haven't found anything natural that masks the effect as well as amphetamines do.

I have some melatonin supplements lying around still, will try that! Thanks

It's a temporary result of shifting my sleep schedule to 5am, and not being sleepy enough (yet) at 9pm

@Viking What if you had to choose between having a life purpose, and identifying as lazy? If you had to pick one and let the other go, which one would you pick?

If you're not a bit scared of it, it's no good

@7thLetter I'd like to, but I will not do that because that wouldn't do it justice.

[5am] Helloooo [6am] I've already lost an hour because I didn't schedule my day. I should remember that: not scheduling my day costs me at least an hour

@d0ornokey Why does he want to work with you, if you are so full of doubt? Why do you want to work with him, if your values don't align?

@okulele I want to do this at some point as well. Would you make notes while you do that? Or do really nothing? I'd be scared that halfway through I'd figure it out and then later not remember as clearly.

Look, THIS is old :))

Good for you! That is amazing. Also: you're not old at all, time to get angry at the people making you feel that way, because they are fucking you over with that toxic message. My advice: stop associating with those people or you will slowly but surely eventually give up and become like them. It is crucial for you to find new friends who are on this level. Not caring what people think is great, but influence from your social environment will eventually get ya. These are strong forces, a deeply ingrained mechanism designed to make us fit in with our tribe. So we have to pick our tribe carefully. Every second spent with a friend pulling you down, is one you could have spent being uplifted and motivated by a better friend.

Hey man, doing great! Love the practical goal! Followed.

Oh my god that is so cool. You have to do that. Sign me up.

You need to read The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. Or Unscripted. Total paradigm blaster. I'm reading it right now. My plan was also to save up, invest and then start a business. Until I read that.

[4:59] Success This was: easier to get up because my alarm scared the crap out of my girl friend person, but definitely harder to stick to the bedtime rule, because she arrived at 20:15pm. And no, I did NOT get 8 hours of sleep. But, I was in bed by the time that I set out to be, so I will call that a success Another success: Thanks to her willingness to accomodate my desire to not cum, we were able to have sex for more than an hour without me losing my semen. I came close several times, but managed to interrupt it, breathe and relax. There's definitely a skill to this that carries over to the skill of not getting distracted in other activities. I notice that whenever I start fantasizing, so when I drift off into mental distraction, that is a warning sign that the peak orgasm is near. So avoiding that feels similar to staying focused on a task. Or meditating. How nice. I just ran another lap. Like a pussy this time, not like a beast. All I could think was "I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep" But no matter. I did it

I'm experiencing weird feelings of ungroundedness with hints of sadness. Extremely hard to concentrate. Still doable, but harder than normal. Sense of manliness was way up this morning, and I loved talking and probably sounded quite arrogant. This afternoon, I feel guilt for not being able to concentrate, sadness about leaving my job, and anxiety to contact a woman. Like my voice is actually shaking out of nervousness. It's very strange. I wonder whether this is seasonal affective disorder trying to get me again. Decided to call up a girl because sex would be a nice escape. Maybe. I'll have to watch myself extra to not cum. Also, women don't exist for the sole purpose of providing me with pleasure and escape. I know that. And it's better practice to be with my feelings and do my work anyway, than to run from it. I know.

[6:03] Good morning. 6:03 is not bad, not good. Getting there. I was tested yesterday evening. A very hot girl I know from Tinder was standing literally in front of my door, smoking a cigarette. She didn't know I lived there, or so she said. She did remember what my tattoo looked like at a party 2 years ago. Where she said we talked. I don't remember that, but I was on ecstasy. She seemed very interested in me. Like, very down. But it was bedtime, and so I told her, hugged her, and went to sleep. Great coincidence or not. I made a commitment to myself. It did cause me some doubt and trouble falling asleep?? Mostly because I have a life long habit of beating myself up for not capitalizing on opportunities like this. But I did capitalize on the opportunity. The opportunity to stick to my commitment. I've been taking the "in bed by 9" rule very literally: doing all kinds of things between 8 and 9, eating dinner with a friend, messaging people, and then suddenly, hastily I switch the light off and race to be in bed on time. No wonder I have trouble falling asleep. I need to start winding down sooner, too. Like for example, only read a book after 8. Don't feel as fresh and ready for the day as previous days. Feel rather exhausted. Oh well. We'll see how I feel after running Got my first reply to a topic I posted as part of market research. It was positive, but indicated I have competition. Good. Ran another 4.04 km (2.52 miles) until I almost puked for another half hour. And I take big-boy steps too. It's almost like a prolonged sprint. Grunting and pushing forward. I am a motherfucking beast. I am success. I am inevitable.

[5:02am] I'm here. It's dark and it's cold, but I'm here. This time my dream was only about being peer pressured to make out with another guy I went to highschool with, and pretend to enjoy it because he was making a movie, and I did it to win the approval of the group, and also because I was confused. I thought I was showing them what a good lover I was. There was also a girl there that I was flirting with but didn't dare make a move on. I suppose there is a lesson there: execute your plan or become part of someone elses plan? Time to make coffee. [5am-7am] Read about pain points of target market and take notes. Make post guaging interest. [7am] Run really fast for half an hour. Feel like a fucking winner. Sweat like crazy. I didn't even realise what lifting weights in the gym every day would do for my running, until now. Man I can run fast for a long-ass time.

I've been working on this app for several months now, and dreaming about making it for several years. BUT: I have no idea whether it's a hobby or a business. I have a strong desire to make this product beautiful and into something I would love using. But I have no market validation. I haven't done any questionnaires, or gotten any feedback from anyone except friends and family. And it's a problem that has been nagging me. So I will do market research. And I will get better at market research. I will learn everything about it. I shall make it my mission to validate my product idea. But if the market says no, I commit to dropping the project and finding something else. I trust that I will find something that the market says it wants, and will help a lot of people, and will make money. Later, when I'm rich, I can build whatever the fuck I want, and a lot quicker too. I admire the stories of people pouring years of sweat and artistry into a project, without knowing whether it's going to work, and then being successful. That's not going to be my way. It's a nice dream, but there is too much 'hoping' and 'luck' in it. So I'm prepared to kill my dear project, that I'm already so invested into, if I must. Insights this weekend: It's better to build something people want and makes money. Later, with that money, I can build my art and whatever I want, 1000 times quicker, too. It's good to not let your ideas get too far ahead of your actions. Have some ideas, take action on them. Otherwise you're fantasizing, and will get way off course because you're not getting feedback from the world.