In exactly a month I will be 18. Legally an adult.
I want to get my shit together before it is too late. Today I shall not watch TV, nor use technology recreationally. Other addictions, I’ll deal with another time, first focus on the biggest problem and later I can work on te other problems
day 1 is so far so good
That’s great @anon89207786! What will you do instead of TV and technology today? I wish I could get my 12 year old off his computer. He talks to his pals over Discord and plays Minecraft with them. So at least it’s social! You could say the same thing about TS. Hope you are having a great day!
Just want to say I missed you, Jan. Glad you’re back!
I’d be careful with the thought, “at least it’s social”. I hid behind that for a long time. I’ve come to discover that there’s 2 kinds of social. In real life social and virtual social. In the long run, virtual social won’t really help as much as expected. I really hope it’s just a phase for your son, many of my friends who gamed even more than I did, barely game anymore. They all have/had a dependence, but not necessarily addiction. But I do recommend you monitor his screen uasage and make sure he doesn’t game at night.
The end of day 1 of no recreational technology. It wasn’t the easiest ever, but not very hard either. I kept myself busy enough to avoid cravings. Goodnight
No, he doesn’t game at night. And I guess with Covid, I’m sort of glad he can still hang out with his best friends. But I’ll try to work on getting him out of the house more and maybe get him back into playing the flute. Thanks for the suggestions, Jan.
No problem Karen 
Day 2 of no recreational technology.
Today I’m gonna spend most of the day at a friend, so getting through day 2 hopefully won’t be hard
Good get out and enjoy life for a while!! Before you know it you’ll be a grumpy ol guy doing a 9-5 wishing you did more…
Trust me I’m that guy right now
If my plans work out, my job will be in shifts of, 4 days
I was using a 9-5 as a generalized number I dont work 9-5
Oh. I don’t think I’d actually mind a 9-5 if I like the job. Especially if it keeps me from gaming and recreational technology.
Today has been good so far. I went to my best friend’s home. We repaired his rc car. Ten we raised with our RC cars. After that we did some maintenance on my bike. And then monopoly cheating edition. The cheating edition is similar to the regular edition, but the cheating edition has tasks, which are usually considered cheating, that you have to fulfill without being caught. My task was Rob the bank. I could have stolen a $10 note, but I thought, go big or go home. So I stole all $500 notes without anyone noticing.
Brilliant Jan! Your Sunday was way more fun than mine! 
This is good stuff! 
I have barely been on TS today. I didn’t really need it or felt the need to look on it. One thing I did notice was when looking at the meme thread, I did not feel like looking at all 70 new memes, but I did anyways. I know which thread I’m gonna mute.
This morning I had online class at 11:15, woke up at 11:18. After that class my sister came to visit. We talked about my future plans. We did some just dance(via YouTube, not Wii. I used YouTube only with non-addiction intent, so not a relapse). We went for a walk in nature. Then she went home. A little we discovered my brother’s leg was hot and bloated, so my mom and brother went to the hospital. He likely has a blood clot. If so, it’s life threatening, but I still haven’t fully realized this.
I also joined a cgaa meeting with only 2 others, which is the usual lately. I actually prefer it this way though as we’ve agreed it’s okay to react to it, making it, for me, a lot more personal and also a lot more helpful.
I also finally switched to my new phone, so I’ve finally been able to install sober time again. And now I can work on making app-limits, exciting
Today was great. I woke up in time. “Followed” online math class. Worked out for a few hours. Got ready for work during the online physics class. Went to work. Was quite a good work day. After work I joined the TS meeting.
Sounds productive!
So far today has been bad. I overslept, missing half my Spanish class. Then during religion class, I didn’t pay any attention at all. Recreational screen usage is at 1 hour because I decided that podcasts are also recreational screen usage, even though it’s only listening. My cat has started begging, I blame my nephew who decided to feed him human food without asking me, so now i’ve got a broken cat. I’m supposed to get a call from my mentor, but she isn’t calling me. All I can do now is wait by my PC until she calls. Just call me you non-supportive donkey. I hate her, but I’m stuck with her. She cares more for my academic career, which I don’t give a fuck about, than about my life. She may be a good maths teacher. Which she isn’t. But she is horrible at helping the people who have a lot of mental cargo. Yet she is the only one on my school who does it. She’d rather see me die than be hed back again.
And I had an argument with my mom when she for the umpteenth time didn’t tell me someone was gonna pick something up from our house. Then she told me that she gets so exhausted because I never clean up my room. I don’t give a shit about if my room is tidy or not, so I didn’t think she found it a big problem either(autism barf). And if she doesnt tell me it bothers her, there’s no way for me to know(autism barf). So now she will try and stop being best friends with me and be more of an authorative figure as i need that. So that was a good conversation.
my brothers leg turned out to be not life threatening, but the potential is still there. Not that he cares though.
And my fucking mentor still hasn’t called. Goshdarnit
Thanks. I’m slowly doing better but very stressed because I have a really hard deadline at work that I can’t not make because of the national curfew. And I’ve been drowning myself in self pity