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Sleeping 2 hours more in the night is not the same as sleeping two times a day. Google biphasic sleep. I don't have a rigid sleeping cycle, but if I am tired during the day I sleep. There is no point in trying to force it through and drag yourself down by being tired. You cant be as productive. But not being tired by just sleeping enough during the night is also fine. You just have to find what works for your daily time schedule.

If you are tired, sleep a bit in the afternoon. When I sleep for 1-2 hours in the afternoon I wake up fresh. It is like I have two days in one day. I am also a long sleeper, but I get a lot more done if I consistently wake up earlier. When I get up at 11am it's about 1pm till I have showered, meditated, cooked and eat. Then I do something and it 4pm, 6pm, day almost done. Eat, time flies by, its dark and puff day is gone.

No, it doesn't interest me. If the news was actually news. If it was factual, well researched and multiple perspectives I would be more interested. But it is just one perspective, which varies depending on the country and the newspaper. On top of that most of the news can be classified as entertainment and not news, where they choose to report on whatever gets the most views.

Am I the only paranoid guy in here that doesn't want to share his location?

Everyone is different, everyone reacts different to drugs, situations and external stimuluses. That is what psychedelics are, stimulants for the mind that can provide experiences that feel like they are out of this world. For me psychedelics are similiar to taking a trip to a new town, a new city etc. You see something new while still being able to stay in your comfort zone at home. For me this gives value to psychedelics. I think you have to believe that psychedelics can provide you something for them to give you anything. Otherwise taking them will just harden your believe that drugs are bad and useless. I have tripped 4 times on LSD with a good friend of mine. I feel I have gained a LOT more from it than he has. This saddens me a bit, but shows me that psychedelics aren't for everyone. Let's give you a quick rundown of my 4 experiences: 1. time: 300ug LSD (not recommended for 1st time) This was a 24h rollercoaster, up down. I had to face almost all the issues I have. I couldn't run away. They were there and verrrry real. I thought about many things and discussed lots of stuff with my friend. It was generally a very positive experience and a turning point in my journey. What I learned: - To ask questions. - That my thoughts produce emotions. - That I can control the direction of my thoughts and by that I can also control the emotions I feel. What I changed after that: - I started to filter my emotions into good and bad and suppressed the bad ones. This took tremendous amounts of energy. I had a watchdog in place that was similiar to out of control police killing of all negative thoughts. More on why this approach didn't work later. 2. time: 75ug LSD This one was kind of useless. I still had an overcontrolling mind, was absent and didn't let go. Showed that my approach to controlling all my thoughts was flawed and I had to let go and not overcontrol my mind. ... Some time between my 2nd and 3rd trip I found Leo's channel. I was especially interested in meditation and tried to figure out what it was about and if it would be useful for me. 3. time 200ug LSD This was after a long travel, I was exhausted and tired. I will never take LSD in such a state again ever. In the first half of the trip I felt really dead, no life, no energy. I have never felt so dead ever before. I didn't have suicidal thoughts, but I just felt like this trip was absolutely pointless. I had no weed either and my friend had a similiar experience. In the second part (the afterglow) of the trip I got an energy boost and thought about things that have bothered me for quite some time. I thought about going vegeterian and deleting my porn collection that I have spend hundreds of hours on collecting. Changes I made after that: - following day I started my daily meditation habit - deleted my porn - a week later I went vegetarian 4. time 200ug LSD + 60mg 2C-B (my tolerance is very high ;-)) I had the time of my life, I threw in the 2cb just for fun. I had followed through with my daily meditation and meditated before starting my trip. I also had bought lots and lots of fruit. Raspberries, blueberries, 2 kinds of grapes and oranges to enjoy on the trip. I was at peace during the whole duration of the trip. I had zero negative thoughts and no aggression for the first time on a trip. I was insanely happy, enjoyed my fruits to the fullest. This was not the kind of artificial happyness that other drugs provide, this felt real. Something that I created by making all the changes I made in my life because of the previous experiences. Changes I made after this: - 2 days later I started #nofap Tldr: I gained a lot from my experiences in a short time span of about 6 months. Psychedelics showed me the things I had to change and I changed them. Through good input from Leo's videos I changed lots of important things that affected my every day life in a positive way. Psychedelics showed me a slightly higher level of happyness/consciousness that I tried to reach after my experiences. If I hadn't gone out and tried to look for ways to achieve higher consciousness it would have been totally pointless. My friend which has joined me on my trips has gained a lot less in my opionion. I can not look into his mind, but from interacting with him not much has changed. He might be a little more positive, but he hasn't made any of the changes I have made. I talked to him about meditation multiple times and the benefits I have gained from it. But he hasn't started meditating yet to my knowledge. He doesn't have to and that's okay, you can't force people. He has a different mentality towards psychedelics, he expects a lot more from them than I do. I think he puts too much value in it and that limits the gains he gets from it. I'm not saying that psychedelics are the only way. People experience life changing experiences in different ways. But I am very thankful I'm still alive to tell my story and for all the gains I got from psychedelics. If you are here in this forum you are already on a path to higher consciousness and probably don't need psychedelics. I'm only here because I took psychedelics :-)

I'm interested in what people have stopped doing on their self improvement journey? You can also include what you started doing, but my list of dropped things is much larger ;-). I wonder what the ratio of stopped vs started habits is for other people. Here is my "I dropped it" list: - About 10 years ago my parents got rid of our TV - When facebook was new and cool I never made an account because I thought it's kinda dumb - A few years ago I stopped watching most of the TV series I watched online. The only series I still watch is Southpark - About 4 years ago I completely stopped watching news. I stopped reading about it, watching or listening to it - A few months ago I heavily cut down on the amount of videos I watch on youtube. I hardly ever watch a video directly. What I'll do is add it to one of my watchlists. I have a list for self improvement, one for entertainment and one for music. If I want to watch something I only watch it from my watchlists. The good thing about this is that sometimes I remove videos from my watchlists and don't watch them at all. I find this strategy helps me not watching video after video for hours. - A week ago I stopped watching porn and masturbating #nofap "I picked it up" list: - Started swimming about 2 years ago. This is the first sport I really enjoy, so happy. - I have been meditating for a month every day - Have been on a vegetarian diet for 3 weeks

Going 7 days strong. Definitely more energy. That is very good. I always was looking for a way to get more energy but didn't think that #nofap would give me more. I come from a ~20++ times a week masturbation habit and even more time spent searching for more hardcore porn (up to 5 hours a day).

Try to study together with other people. That was the only way for me to have fun while studying ;-)

10 years ago my parents decided to get rid of the TV. My dad used to come back home from work reaaaaly exhausted. He works hard. Often he would just plant himself in front of the TV and sometimes even fall asleep in front of the TV. Eventually he just removed the TV and we had no TV anymore. I was still a child at the time and was ok with it. He said he wanted to spend more time with us and talk to his wife instead of becoming a vegetable in front of the TV. Best decision ever. Just get rid of the stupid thing.

I have been wondering if you can replace meditation with a session in a sensory deprivation tank? I haven't tried a Sensory Deprivation Tank, but want to and then eventually build or buy one myself. Just have to make sure I have space for it in my next flat.

I'm looking for a notebook to carry in the pocket of my pants, it should be sturdy (hardcover) and last a few months. I want to write down ideas, plans, goals, how long I've meditated and so forth. Do any of you carry a diary on you? What do you write in it?

Do you carry your diary around with you or do you keep it at home? I could use my phone as a diary, it's a Samsung Note 3 and even has a pen. But I want to use my phone less and my diary shouldn't need a battery. I'm not sure if I want to write a real diary, but I'd like to write my todo lists, goals, random thoughts, etc on real paper and not have them in my phone where I can just click them away with a single press of the home button. I have just found if I actually write things on paper I am more likely to do them.

I'm in a similiar position as you are. Eating meat has bothered me for quite some time and a few weeks ago I decided to stop eating meat. I was also researching a bit about veganism vs vegetarianism and decided to go vegetarian. I think it might be easier to start with a vegetarian diet, at least that is something you can pull through with. You can get a vegeterian dish in almost any restaurant, but not always a vegan dish. Lot's of vegans quit. But if you start with vegeterian, you can always still go vegan and go back to vegetarian if vegan is too hard. But if you start with vegan right away you might not even try vegatarian afterwards.

I'm interested if someone has tried it or is doing it consistently? I usually only do Zazen meditation, like Leo showed in his videos.

@Abeo Maria I do my morning as the first thing. I do meditate as the last thing in the morning. Basically before I go and do other tasks. This gives my mind enough time to wake up. Meditating while still feeling a bit drowsy is not as effective for me because I sometimes doze off. Meditating in the morning is good because the effects can persist through a substantial amount of the day. If you exercise in the morning that is a good start already. As exercise is mostly just repetitive tasks you can also get s similiar effect to meditation. I got into meditation because of swimming. I usually swim a hour of freestyle while fully concentrating on swimming and not thinking about anything. Not even about counting my lanes. After a while you can feel the water flowing past your body. It's beautiful. I wanted the calmness I got from swimming every day, that is why I started meditating.

@Abeo Maria Mostly I do normal Zazen (Zen) meditation in the morning. Sit on a chair, close eyes, don't move, focus on breath and think about nothing. I find that one is rather easy to do because my mind is not so filled with stuff right after I get up. Yes and some days, I just sit there and my mind goes complete monkey. But the point is to sit down and try to calm it down. I think of my meditation time as special "reserved" time that has to be spend meditating. Just like you reserve time to speak to a good friend of yours.

I think that I'm a candidate that should really do NoFap. I watch so much porn every day and the porn has gotten so extremely sick and perverted to get me off. The worst thing is that I have zero motivation to get a girlfriend or even think about getting one. This works why should I even try getting a gf? It's a vicious cycle of self deception in which I'm ultimately cultivating more and more weird fetishes. I wonder what happens if you don't fap at all? Aren't you extremely horny all the time?

Drink a glass of fresh water, straight from the tap. Shower. Now that I'm refreshed, medidate 30-60 minutes. I think I could still add making a plan for the day or something like that. So I don't spend the day aimlessly. And eating something would be also good, I usually only eat lunch and no breakfast..., verrrry bad.

What are good ways to improve empathy towards other people? I think I know what other people are feeling, but I somehow don't care. I don't accept that others get upset over things I wouldn't even bother about. I find it especially difficult to deal with children. When they are upset, like they just broke something and are crying I don't know what to do. I have given up on trying to calm children because I just make them cry more, so I just ignore them.

I actually started getting into self development just because of psychedelics. They showed me the potential in me and gave rise to lots of questions.

Have you tried meditating? I have found it helps with the urge to always do something. Even if it just scrolling through your apps mindlessly. I used to always listen to music and stare at my phone, but after I started meditating I can appreciate the things around me more and I don't really use my phone that much.

I can also relate to your problem. It is very easy if you are already procrastinating, to procrastinate even more on weed. It makes you totally forget about the actual task at hand. I had a similiar issue with my exams this year. I was procrastinating on starting to study and started a bit later than I used to because I was smoking every day. But luckily my weed ran out 2 weeks before the exams and I didnt buy more and the pressure was high enough that I actually studied. I wouldn't totally blame weed for the problem of not studying. You could try think about the importance of the exam and what all the benefits of the exam are going to be in the future of your life. Try to motivate yourself for the exam and smoke less.