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I do the Do Nothing technique. 20 minutes. Trying not to control anything. Staring into space.

I’m almost at the 2 weeks mark. I feel incredible, loads of energy, clearer mind, doing the things I usually put off easily. The best benefit I’ve noticed is that my conversations with people are flowing now, like it’s so much easier to talk to people and I don’t feel awkward at all. This benefit is probably what I’ve been missing the most, because it really gets me down when I can’t hold a proper conversation with someone without me sounding awkward/not listening to them properly.

Hi all, I’ve been wanting to do this for ages now, but due to smartphone addiction and fear of missing out I haven’t got rid of my smartphone yet. So, I was wondering if anyone has done this? And the pros/cons of doing this? Deep down I know this will majorly benefit my life but I need some clarification from someone who’s been there and done it. Because I don’t want to regret getting rid of it. I do have an old Nokia that I might use again. I just constantly feel available to everyone and I really don’t like it anymore and all the notifications and calls stresses me out and might even cause me to feel depressed... I want to live in the real world more and experience things without the ball-and-chain of a smartphone always in my pocket. But I feel I’m addicted!! Like my brain needs to see the screen! How is something that can be so helpful be so damn addictive and annoying!? Any replies would be great and I’d love to hear if anyone’s done this and benefited.

@RossE @RossE Ok, I understand what your saying. but I feel like it’s distracting me from looking inside myself. And I see everyone else who’s always on theirs and it’s like they’re just zombies, me included! Is there any way back to authentic conversations and austhentic relationships with people without the smartphone/social media???

@Socrates Be a truck driver Plenty of time to think, plenty of time to do your LP while getting paid.

Basically, your willpower is terrible. Try and sort it out before you spend your whole life playing games. Why not read a book instead? Go out in nature? You really don’t want to waste precious time on video games...

Isn’t this just addiction to information and the internet? People used to do personal development work without all this and they probably got to their end goal faster and more efficiently. Stop overthinking it and do the work you need to do on yourself. like Leo has said, this takes years of work, not some quick fix.

@Alien do what makes you feel happy. Your only on this planet once. I’m sure taking some photos isn’t going to be the end of the world!

@Peace and Love thank you, I’ll look into getting them.

@Markus this is what I’m talking about, it just seems so unbelievable how he went from one day a deep depression to the next day enlightened and in a deep bliss. It just doesn’t make any sense and it just seems that he’s talking about enlightenment without actually being the real thing. Id rather gain enlightenment by working hard for it, meaning I’ve achieved it and I’m happy about the path I lead to get there.

I enjoy reading books, going out on my road bike, going for long walks in nature, yoga, meditation, watching YouTube videos (but cutting down a lot) and cooking. This is all I really want to do in life, so it may sound boring to some, this is complete satisfaction for me.

Just do it - Nike

@Vignan That’s it my friend! The selfie one really makes my blood boil. It’s probably the most egotistical thing one can do. Socrates would be ashamed of us!

In my opinion, when I’m thinking I’m not in the present moment at all. And when I’m aware I feel more in focus and in the present moment. Leo said in one of his videos is that all meditation is is making the distinction between thinking and awareness. ive been meditating for just over a month now every day, and it’s one of the hardest things I have done, but it’s early days! keep going!

Absolutely brilliant. It’s so rare to hear/see someone talk the truth about what’s actually happening. It always makes me grateful for not falling for so many traps that ‘ordinary people’ fall for.

@John Iverson to feed the ego and make people think they are better than the average person.

I haven’t found my life purpose yet but I can totally relate to what you say about friends not on the same level as you. The way I look at it is you’ve all got to do your own thing, friends come and go but you have to keep on your path to greatness. Realise that we’re all alone deep down (watch Leo’s loneliness video) and that should make it all easier. Time is so limited it’s unbelievable, so don’t waste it doing stupid shit with your friends...

Where is @Joseph Maynor ? I bet he’s hating this

Please do this Leo! We need to be equal to use our brains more, and to find the truth of what people are saying for ourselves. Brilliant idea, surprised it hasn’t been done already...

@Gabriel Antonio Yoga is brilliant but I don’t think it has anything on meditation. They are both completely separate things, both very good for the body and mind, but try meditating after some yoga.

Happy New Years people! Ive come to the realisation that all this self help stuff and living differently from the average person isn’t for me. I’ve been meditating for a month (not a long time I know) and I really don’t enjoy feeling different from other people. It’s almost like the more self help stuff I do the more detached from everyone I feel. It’s weird. And it’s driving me crazy. Anyone else had this issue before?! Anyone gone back from taking the red pill to taking the blue pill? Living like the majority out there? I didn’t realise that it’s this detaching and tough to try to live the different life to everyone else? I don’t like the feeling like I’m looking down on the average person. id love to know anyone’s thoughts on this. sorry for the negative vibe and I’m sure I’ll get some strange hate from this. Thanks.

Isn’t everyone addicted to technology? It’s something that’s becoming increasingly hard not to use.

@Leeway that’s awesome! I thought I knew what you meant but I had to check lol. I’m currently working no less than 55 hours a week for good money, but I don’t have any time to do my passions/hobbies. I’m starting to think is all this chasing money just a waste of time? Because the people who don’t work a lot seem to get more out of life. Respect to you for having the balls to slow down!

@Leeway you’re done doing? What does that mean? Haha