This document provides guidance and resources for a 30-day challenge to abstain from pornography, masturbation, and orgasm (PMO). It introduces the challenge and explains that habits can be broken through self-control and willpower. Each day, participants are instructed to write a commitment, identify a healthy habit as an alternative to cravings, and record thoughts in a journal. The document lists healthy habits, potential triggers, and additional resources like videos, websites, and books to support the challenge.
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30 day porn free challenge....just follow this book
This document provides guidance and resources for a 30-day challenge to abstain from pornography, masturbation, and orgasm (PMO). It introduces the challenge and explains that habits can be broken through self-control and willpower. Each day, participants are instructed to write a commitment, identify a healthy habit as an alternative to cravings, and record thoughts in a journal. The document lists healthy habits, potential triggers, and additional resources like videos, websites, and books to support the challenge.
This document provides guidance and resources for a 30-day challenge to abstain from pornography, masturbation, and orgasm (PMO). It introduces the challenge and explains that habits can be broken through self-control and willpower. Each day, participants are instructed to write a commitment, identify a healthy habit as an alternative to cravings, and record thoughts in a journal. The document lists healthy habits, potential triggers, and additional resources like videos, websites, and books to support the challenge.
www.loveandfieedompiojeci.com PDF design by A.A. INTRODUCTION Welcome, my fiiend! Welcome io ile nexi o days of youi life. If you lave acquiied ilis guide, ii means ilai, on some level, you iealize ilai youi life would be beiiei if you weie moie fiee fiom ile labii of using poinogiaply, masiuibaiion 8 oigasm. If you aie ieady, now is ile iime io clallenge youiself io spend ile nexi o days leaining low io be moie and moie fiee fiom ilis labii. THE 30-DAY PMO-FREE CHALLENGE Ths proqrom s ohou ohsonnq jrom pornoqrophy, mosurhoon, L orqosm. You will be maling a decision io absiain fiom PMO eacl and eveiy one of ile nexi o days. We will be slaiing iools and ieclniques ilai will lelp you do ilis, bui uliimaiely, you lave io male ile decision io absiain. . . eveiy day. PMO s o hoh you're rynq o qe jree jrom. Habiis can be made by you, and so hohs con olso he hroken hy you. Ii iales woil, bui ii is compleiely possible. Breoknq hs hoh s work you mus Jo, and you musi do ii diligenily, day in and day oui, hu you neeJn' Jo olone. Tlis bool is designed io iemind you daily ilai you ore no olone n he sruqqle. Ii is also designed io ie-diieci you daily io communiiies wleie oilei men aie biealing ilis same labii. o Joys s jus he heqnnnq. Because eveiyone's siiuaiion is unique, you may expeiience gieai ielief afiei jusi i days, oi ii may iale i:o, oi 6. Nobody can iell you in advance low long ile ioad is -- wlai I can iell you is ilai iiaveling ile ioad will biing ielief io youi life, as well as many oilei gieai benefis besides. Uliimaiely, you mus moke he choce eoch Joy wleilei you aie iiaveling ile ioad of iecoveiy ilai day, oi noi. There ore o leos wo ouJes you con oke wh hs proqrom. Tle !"#$ aiiiiude is: "Don'i bieal ile clain." Tle "days since" badge you can gei on ile i]nofap] Foiums iale ilis aiiiiude. Tle seconJ aiiiiude is, "Besi oui of o." You will simply leep iiacl of eacl day you ielapse, oui of a possible ioial of o, insiead of siaiiing bacl ai squaie one eacl iime you ielapse. You slould cloose ile aiiiiude ilai will be mosi lelpful foi youi absieniion fiom poin, masiuibaiion 8 oigasm, ilen siicl wiil ii foi ile duiaiion. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHALLENGE You wll neeJ " A journol - if you aie using ile .DOC veision of ilis bool, you can iale noies in ile documeni iiself, insiead.
" Fve mnues se osJe eoch Joy io ieview ile day's eniiy.
" A hosc unJersonJnq of ile PMO cycle, and ile "labii loop" ilai leeps you engaged wiil ii (see ile Resouices seciion coming up.) Eoch Joy, you wll hove hree osks " Moke L keep o commmen io youiself io absiain fiom PMO. You slould wiiie ilis commiiimeni oui, eiilei in ile .DOC iiself oi in youi jouinal. We'll iall moie in a bii aboui low you can male ile siiongesi commiiimeni possible. " IJenjy o heolhy hoh o suhsue jor ony PMO crovnqs you experence ho Joy. In oilei woids, wlenevei you expeiience ciavings foi youi PMO labii, you'll use ilai ciaving io iiiggei a dieieni aciiviiy of youi cloice, insiead. " RecorJ ony houqhs you hove ohou he process, or your proqress. Tlis jouinal will lelp you iiacl youi moods, emoiions, eneigy levels, 8 ileieby noiice ile benefis ilai come fiom being moie and moie fiee fiom ile PMO labii. Simple enougl, iigli? Lei's iale a lool ai all ile !"#$%&'"# you lave io lelp you on ilis jouiney. HOW IT WORKS A Mus-Vew VJeo InroJucon TEDx - Tle Gieai Poin Expeiimeni - by Gaiy Wilson UnJersonJnq Hohs Tle Powei of Habii ai ile Aii of Manliness How Gieen Tea Made Me Supeiluman ai Love 8 Fieedom Piojeci Tle Fieice Genileman's Healily Habii Lisi ai Love 8 Fieedom Piojeci Wehses Youi Biain On Poin Figli Tle New Diug Reddii NoFap Foium Reuniniing.Info Books Tle Willpowei Insiinci: How Self-Coniiol Woils, Wly ii Maiieis, and Wlai You Can Do To Gei Moie of Ii by Kelly McGonigal, Pl.D - Lays oui well low self-coniiol woils, wly ii ofien fails us, and low io culiivaie ii. Higlly iecommended. Tle Powei of Habii - Wly We Do Wlai We Do In Life 8 Business by Clailes Duligg - A good paiinei io Willpowei, ilis bool explains in deiail low ile biain foims a "labii loop" and low we can lacl ilai labii loop io iepiogiam oui biains, labiis, 8 lives. Heie's a sloii YouTube summaiy of ile bool. Addiiional iesouices io suggesi? E-mail ile auiloi. RESOURCES Here ore some suqqesons jor Heolhy Hohs ho you con use o rqqer. I om sure you con come up wh more on your own. " Do : pushups (oi moie) " Do : sups (oi moie) " Sii quieily and woch your hreoh foi minuies (oi moie) " Go ouiside and joq aiound ile blocl iimes (oi moie) " Call a jrenJ you laven'i ialled io in a wlile " Waicl a move (caieful ilai ii doesn'i coniain ioo many iiiggeis: iiy a documeniaiy ilai will feed youi biain; a seleciion of suggesiions is found in Advanced Resouices, ai ile end of ilis bool). " Siaii woiling on ilai screenploy you've always wanied io wiiie " Read a clapiei of a qooJ hook " Lisien io some musc ilai inspiies you io be a beiiei man " Visii calm.com " Go io ile sioie and buy youiself some orqonc veqeohles and cleon meos; ilen locaie a recpe ilai will male ilem delicious " Picl up a muscol nsrumen and siaii ieacling youiself using YouTube videos " Go ouiside and iale some pcures " Siaii a hloq " Siaii leaining io proqrom " Visii and iead Reddii.com]i]nofap], foi nsproon L suppor " Do a sei of io legels (PC-muscle coniiaciions) THE BASIC HEALTHY HABIT LIST WHY I AM DOING THIS? Below, iale a momeni io wiiie down youi moiivaiions foi iiying io fiee youiself fiom ilis labii. Believe ii oi noi, if enougl iime passes in sobiieiy fiom PMO, ii is all ioo easy io foigei ile pain, disaiiay, and claos in oui lives ilai can iesuli fiom ilis labii. If you wiiie ii down leie, as iloiouglly and vividly as possible, you can lool bacl on ii and iemembei low dail a place you came oui of, and low impoiiani ii is ilai you avoid ile iempiaiion io ie-eniei ii. Go io iown. Use moie space if you need ii. As you go iliougl ile piogiam, iecoid any and all iiiggeis ilai appeai io you, diiving you iowaids ile ciaving io ie-eniei ile woild of PMO. Do you gei ile uige wlen you aie lonely, oi jusi alone, oi maybe eveiy day ai a ceiiain iime? Building ilis self-awaieness will lelp you conquei ile labii. Coniinue onio an addiiional page(s) if need be. MY TRIGGERS DAY 0 Consideiing ilai you'ie inieiesied in ilis iype of conquesi, you'ie on ile pail io iiue giowil. Day Zeio is ile day you decided io male a clange. If you'ie ieading ilis ai nigli - waicl TEDx Glasgow - Tle Gieai Poin Expeiimeni - Gaiy Wilson ilen iuin o ile compuiei and sleep. If you'ie ieading ilis duiing ile day - waicl TEDx Glasgow - Tle Gieai Poin Expeiimeni - Gaiy Wilson, iuin o ile compuiei and caipe diem. Picl an iiem fiom ile "Healily Habii Lisi" and do ii (nevei ioo eaily io siaii building a lealily labii.) Alieinaiely, clecl oui ile Advanced Resouices seciion and picl oui a few addiiional bools io iead, oi documeniaiies ilai pique youi inieiesi. Pui ilese on ile calendai foi some fuiuie daie. If you male plans io succeed now, you'ie mucl moie lilely io succeed wlen ile iime comes. See you iomoiiow! " Addiciions aie a piison foi ile weal of will. Anonymous " Tlis jouiney migli noi be a ilousand miles, bui you aie going io feel a ilousand iimes beiiei wlen ii's compleie. Keep ilai end goal in mind: piciuie youiself, compleiely in claige of youi life, and wleilei oi low you expiess youiself sexually. Tlai vision is wlai will susiain you iliougl ile laidesi momenis. Siaiiing ioday, we aie going io wiiie ile commiimeni we've made io ouiselves eveiy day. Ii's beiiei if you wiiie ii in ile posiiive. Insiead of wiiiing, "absiain fiom looling ai poin," wiiie "Do someiling posiiive wlenevei I feel iempied io go io poin" oi "Fiee myself fiom ile need io lool ai poin." Many men lave iepoiied mucl beiiei iesulis wlen saying, "( *+ ,$- -." /0,1 $2 3%4 5.$ %#"# 6$&,." Tlis is a slifi in ideniiiy-level beliefs and ii's veiy poweiful. Afiei you've wiiiien ilai siaiemeni, seleci and iecoid ile siiaiegy you will employ ioday, if iempied. Picl fiom ile lisi of lealily labiis seciion, oi someiling eniiiely dieieni. Finally, ileie is space foi you io iecoid noies and obseivaiions $,'" -." 1*4 0# $7"&. If you ielapsed ioday, wiiie wlai you ilinl weni wiong wiil youi siiaiegy, oi wly you slipped DAY 1 " Tle jouiney of a ilousand miles begins wiil a single siep. Lao-Tzu " up. Be easy wiil youiself, ileie's no need io beai youiself up. Tle fisi day can be ile laidesi. Eveiy day afiei ioday will gei easiei. If you didn'i ielapse ioday, awesome! Wiiie wlai was successful and low you'ie feeling oveiall, and wlai you'ie ilinling aboui ile piocess so fai. Tlis ilougli and emoiion log will be useful io you in ile fuiuie, as you can iiacl youi mood swings ovei iime (especially afiei oigasm) and noiice wlen ilings gei a liiile oui of wlacl. If you'ie noi alieady convinced, ilis will convince you ilai youi biain iales some iime io iebalance afiei eveiy oigasm. Anoilei ieason io avoid ii foi a wlile. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log DAY 2 I've always liled ile Slaw quoie above: ii's a iale-claige lind of quoie, and cleaily, you'ie a iale-claige lind of guy.
(Incidenially, Slaw is siill ile only peison io lave evei been awaided a Nobel Piize in Liieiaiuie and an Oscai (foi ile flm Pygmalion, wlicl became ile basis of My Faii Lady.) Now ilai's a Fieice Genileman.) 8$1*4 4$% .*7" * +0##0$,9 !"## " %&'()* ")* +&,")'-( " &.) %+& /+0+&&+12 Tlis will lelp you cieaie ile ciicumsiances in wlicl you can be successful iomoiiow. Ii is impoiiani io iiansfoim ile eneigy noimally expend duiing ile PMO labii inio someiling benefcial. Exeicise is a gieai foim of ielease and paiiicipaiing wiil a fiiend is a gieai way io ensuie you commii! If you don'i lave any fiiends ilai will accompany you oi cannoi be boileied, asl youiself: do you love youiself enougl io wani io impiove youiself? If you do love youiself and youi vision, go oui ileie and fnd someone wlo will iun wiil you, oi do ii solo if you musi. Oi male a plan io lii ile gym, oi go boxing, oi play soccei, oi wlaievei woils foi you. Bui do someiling 6.4#0'*:, and male ii #$'0*:. Remembei! Healily labiis aie ai youi fngeiiips ioday, and eveiy day. Use ilem! My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " People aie always blaming ciicumsiances foi wlai iley aie. I don'i believe in ciicumsiances. Tle people wlo gei on in ilis woild aie ile people wlo gei up and lool foi ile ciicumsiances iley wani, and, if iley can'i fnd ilem, male ilem. Geoige Beinaid Slaw " DAY 3 Welcome io Day Tliee! How is ii going? If you've gone iliee days wiil ioial fieedom fiom PMO, congiaiulaiions! You'ie o io a gieai siaii. If you go iwo moie days, you'll lave made ii a business weel.
If you've relopseJ, no sweai. Lei me iemind you ilai many, many oilei guys lave successfully compleied wlai you aie aboui io compleie, and many of ilem ielapsed as well, even in ile fisi iliee days. If iley can do ii, so can you. Depending on low you'ie closing io see ilis clallenge, you can eiilei iesei (go bacl io ile beginning of ilis documeni and siaii bacl on Day Zeio) oi coniinue on, jusi leeping scoie of low many days you've ielapsed oui of ile ioial numbei of days you've been on ile jouiney. If you hove ielapsed, waicl oui foi ile "langovei" ] "clasei eeci." Neuioclemically, ile iliee days afiei a PMO session can be pieiiy iougl. Eveiy iime you go iliougl ilese, I wani you io pui youi besi plans foiwaid io ensuie you muscle iliougl ilem wiil a minimum of fuiilei baclsliding: use ile Healily Habiis, use ile Resouices and]oi Advanced Resouices. Gei oui of ile louse, lang oui wiil fiiends oi jusi spend iime in public, Jsconnec your Inerne jor hree Joys j you mus. Also, male suie you iecoid wlai diiecily pieceded ile ielapse on ile Tiiggeis page. One of ile ilings you musi do in life in oidei io aiiain youi goals is o leorn o Jo whoever okes. Considei ilis jusi a veiy good oppoiiuniiy io piaciice ilai slill. So, how wos he run? My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " I biing you ile gifi of ilese foui woids: I believe in you. Blaise Pascal " DAY 4 I leaid ile above quoie on TV once, and I ilinl ii's pieiiy iiue, and ii applies fai beyond ilis clallenge. If you lave any doubis as io youi abiliiy io compleie ilis clallenge successfully, iecognize ilai ileie is moie eneigy 8 powei inside you ilan you aie yei awaie of. Tlinl of Neo in 34( 5"/&'6; all ilai iime piioi io lim iealizing le lad ile abiliiy io siop bulleis, le was jusi lolding limself bacl. Nobody else was in lis way. Ii's ile same wiil you. Wleie aie you in ile piocess? Foui days sobei? Bully foi you; don'i bieal ile clain! Going iliougl ile posi-ielapse langovei? Siaii again. Diligenily, peisisienily. Tle woild is full of possibiliiy foi you: ii only geis beiiei fiom leie. Tiusi me. Lei's lnocl oui Day Foui. %$ '()" !*+,"$-.# " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Wlai you always imagined doing is noiling, compaied io wlai you can do. Unlnown " DAY 5 Have you made ii a full business weel?
No maiiei wlai's lappened so fai, I wani you io give youiself a vacaiion fiom any self- judgmeni ioday. Don'i label wlai's lappened as "bad" oi "good" -- jusi accepi ii exacily as ii is. And iemembei, lile Cluiclill said, ile couiage io coniinue is ile mosi impoiiani iling now. If you've siayed consisieni wiil absieniion, you'ie piobably close io expeiiencing wlai iley call a "ailine." Many men iecoveiing fiom PMO expeiience a specifc "ailining" in sexual desiie 8 inieiesi aiound i-: weels iliougl ile piocess. If ii lasn'i lappened yei, ii may siill be on ile menu, so leep an eye oui foi ii . . . bui don'i sweai ii. Lile eveiyiling, ii will pass wiil iime, and wlai jusi aboui eveiyone expeiiences nexi is a massive suige in sexual inieiesi, eneigy 8 moiivaiion. . . as youi dopamine ciicuiis iecovei, you will geiiing bacl all linds of ass-licling eneigy ilai you may lave been missing fiom youi life. Tlai's someiling io lool foiwaid io. Bui iemembei, you only gei ilai if you coniinue youi absieniion 8 avoid ielapse. Male ilai decision now, jusi foi ioday. . . and coninue io leep youi siiing of successes unhroken. Cluiclill, by ile way, was quiie a guy. He defniiely didn'i use inieinei poin. (Well, le lad ile advaniage of noi laving ile Inieinei.) He also once quipped "My wife and I iiied io lave biealfasi iogeilei, bui we lad io siop oi iisl ile maiiiage." Aciually, le and lis wife lad a life-long iomance and fve lappy clildien. Tlai's a guy I ilinl is woiil emulaiing. Remembei io use youi Healily Habiis 8 Resouices ioday. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Success is noi fnal, failuie is noi faial: ii is ile couiage io coniinue ilai counis. Winsion Cluiclill " DAY 6 Tomoiiow we'll lave been woiling on ilis endeavoi foi a full weel. Have you been iunning? Going io ile gym moie iegulaily? Being moie social? Maybe you picled up ilai guiiai again? Clallenge youiself io do ilese ilings. Noi iomoiiow, oJoy. One impoiiani iling io iealize is ilai youi biain clemicals aie being ie- balanced even as we speal, and eveiy day ilai you absiain fiom looling ai poin oi iiiggeiing images and masiuibaiing, youi sense of appieciaiion foi ile woild is geiiing slaipei. Neuioclemically, youi dopamine iecepiois aie iecoveiing. Tlis will allow you io iale gieaiei 8 gieaiei pleasuie in "ile liiile ilings" in life. Tlis is someiling io lool foiwaid io, no maiiei low well you've done so fai. Ralpl Waldo is one of my favoiiie wiiieis. He also said "Noiling is ai lasi sacied bui ile iniegiiiy of youi own mind." Considei ilis jouiney io be one of giadually incieasing ile iniegiiiy of youi own mind, by minding wlai you pui inio ii. Don' jorqe " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Noiling can biing you peace bui youiself. Ralpl Waldo Emeison " DAY 7 If you lave succesfully absiained foi seven days, congiaiulaiions! You lave ieacled a deligliful plaieau ilai needs exceeding. Knowing ilai you can absiain fiom poinogiaply foi a weel iniioduces a new baseline foi fuiilei clallenges. Tale a minuie io ieview ile eniiies you've made up iill now. Wlai lave you noiiced? Wlai lave you leained? Wlai lave you obseived aboui low you've ieacied io being on ilis pail? How you will use youi successs so fai io iacl up anoilei seven days of fieedom fiom PMO? If you lave failed ai any poini along ile way, considei youi scoie: low many days you've successfully iesisied youi ciavings foi PMO. Asl youiself: if ile clallenge ended iomoiiow, and ilis was youi fnal scoie, low would you feel aboui ii? Would you wani io do beiiei, oi would you be fully saiisfed? Be lonesi. Decide on any adjusimenis you wani io male io youi peifoimance. Wlai lave you iiied ilai's noi woiling and needs io be clanged? Wlai's woiling well ilai you wani io coniinue? Wiiie ilose ilings below and leep up ile piogiess! P.S.: Are you jeelnq porculorly enerqec oJoy? In all lilelilood, if you lave absiained foi all seven days 8 youi lasi oigasm + ejaculaiion was y days ago, youi biain 8 body undeiweni expeiienced a peal in iesiosieione ioday. Fiom ile ieseaicl, ilis seems io be a one-day peal, bui ii migli lelp you io lnow aboui ii. Enjoy ii, foi wlai ii's woiil, as anoilei clanging paii of ile expeiience. Read moie on YBOP. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Tleie aie no limiis. Tleie aie plaieaus, bui you musi noi siay ileie, you musi go beyond ilem. If ii lills you, ii lills you. A man musi consianily exceed lis level. Biuce Lee " DAY 8 Audiey Hepbuin is one of ile classiesi and mosi beauiiful of ile classic movie siais. And clevei, ioo, as ile quoie above demonsiiaies. Absiaining foi o days is only impossible if you decide io believe ii's impossible. Remembei, you lave a cloice. Hopefully you've come oui of ile fisi weel wiil a big feeling of accomplislmeni. If you laven'i, lei me assuie you, ilai feeling is noi fai away. How many of ile nexi seven days would you lave io succeed in oidei io feel lile a ioial success ai ile end of nexi weel? Tliee? Five? All seven? If ilis seems lile ilinling ioo small foi you, sei a bigei goal, sucl as ciusling ile eniiie iesi of ilis piogiam wiiloui biealing a sweai. Eiilei way, sei an inieniion now foi low you'ie going io do in ile nexi weel. No piessuie iniended leie; jusi good, clean goal-seiiing. My goal foi iemaining fiee (wiiie as a numbei of days fiee fiom PMO)
By ile way, low aie ile Healily Habiis going? Have you been io ile gym iecenily? Aie you spending moie iime wiil fiiends? Wlai's ii lile being aiound ile ladies? Rememher L use " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Noiling is impossible, ile woid iiself says 'I'm possible'! Audiey Hepbuin " DAY 9 Olivei Holmes Si may seem a liiile old faslioned, bui le's goi a poini: as men, oui feai acis a compass, poiniing us in ile diieciion we ougli io go. You, my fiiend, aie moving in ile iigli diieciion. Don'i foigei ilai. Suie, ii's moie comfoiiable io siand in ilai cozy, fully-insuied q-io- job wiil ile sieady payclecl, bui wlai aboui ilai business you've always wanied io siaii? Ii'll waii uniil you lave jusi a liiile bii moie money saved up, iigli? Well, wlai's one siep you could iale io begin moving in ile diieciion of doing wlai you iiuly wani io do? I can iell you lonesily ilai I was nevei moie scaied in my life as ile nigli befoie my fnal day on a comfoiiable q-io- job I was quiiiing afiei moie ilan yeais. And you lnow wlai? Ii woiled oui. I'm noi iiying io disiiaci you fiom ile main eveni leie; jusi some food foi ilougli. Lei's iocl and ioll Day Nine. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " I fnd ilai ile gieai iling in ilis woild is noi so mucl wleie we siand as in wlai diieciion we aie moving. Olivei Wendell Holmes Si " DAY 10 Ten days is a good long siieicl io iiy anyiling consisienily. If you've been consisieni aboui following ilis piogiam, iegaidless of youi iesulis day-io-day, give youiself a pai on ile bacl. You aie one-iliid of ile way iliougl. Youi life is alieady slifiing in subile ways. By ile way, ile Sievenson quoie, above, ecloes some of ile mosi esoieiic ieaclings of ile ancieni Tibeian Buddlisis: wlai lappens eacl day is a iesuli of seeds we planied in ile pasi. Today is ile pasi's fuiuie; ile pasi is always ieveibeiaiing in ile pieseni. Tomoiiow is ioday's fuiuie, and if iomoiiow slapes up in a way you don'i lile, you'll wisl you'd planied beiiei seeds ioday. Anoilei way of saying ilis is "we'ie always gaidening foi ile fuiuie." Wlai seeds aie you planiing now? Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Don'i judge eacl day by ile laivesi you ieap bui by ile seeds ilai you plani. Robeii Louis Sievenson " DAY 11 Today's quoie is veiy mucl in line wiil yesieiday's: I've been ilinling a loi aboui ile planiing seeds and ile doing of deeds laiely. Today, lei's ilinl a liiile moie deeply aboui wlai Fieiie is saying leie: ileie aie ilings ilai seem 'impossible' io us ioday bui ilai, if we clange ile condiiions of ile woild, will be ioially possible iomoiiow. Bui only if we siaii clanging condiiions now. Remembei wlai Georqe BernorJ Show lad io say on Day Two: we musi clange ile ciicumsiances of ile woild aiound us, noi jusi wline and complain aboui low bad ile ciicumsiances aie foi us. By ile way, does going anoilei iq days wiiloui using inieinei poin seem impossible io you? Quesiion ilose assumpiions. And asl youiself: wlai condiiions oi ciicumsiances can you clange oJoy, so ilai ii seems moie possible? Tlinl on ii; ilen aci on ii. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Wlai can we do ioday so ilai iomoiiow we can do wlai we aie unable io do ioday? Paulo Fieiie " DAY 12 Lool ai you! Siill siicling wiil ile piogiam, a dozen days in. }usi ilinl: in iwo moie days, we'll be lalf-way iliougl oui piogiam. Tlai's gonna feel ieal good. Two weels of consisieni eoii is a majoi success, no maiiei if you've ielapsed, oi low many iimes. Have you been feeling defeaied ai all laiely? If so, iale in some Rille. He lnew a liiile bii aboui being defeaied: wlen le was liiile, lis moilei diessed lim up as a giil as a way of dealing wiil lei giief ai laving losi lei fisi clild, a daugliei. Tlis Clallenge won'i defeai you, my fiiend. Noi in ile long iun. Lei's gei siaiied on ile dozenil day. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Tle puipose of life is io be defeaied by gieaiei and gieaiei ilings. Rainiei Maiia Rille " DAY 13 How do you feel aboui ile numbei i, paiinei? I've always consideied ii a lucly numbei, bui ilai's piobably jusi my coniiaiian naiuie. Some would aigue, given my iiacl iecoid: in :oi: I ended boil a long- ieim ielaiionslip and a long-ieim caieei on a Fiiday ile iil (dieieni Fiidays, ilougl). I'm convinced ilai, lile eveiyiling, ii's ioially neuiial. You gei io male of ii wlaievei you wani. Do you wani ioday io be a day of fieedom and iiiumpl, oi a day of iegiei? Ie's oke o momen oJoy o rememher why we're Jonq hs o oll: io iecovei oui iime, oui eneigy, oui fieedom, and io expeiience ile iiclness of gieaiei sexual funciioning, menial claiiiy, 8 qualiiy of life ilai come wiil a life unencumbeied by ile PMO labii. (Review youi own lisi ilai you wioie ai ile siaii of ilis monil. You did wiiie youi own lisi, didn'i you? If noi, do ii ioday.) Spealing of menial claiiiy, lave you iiied meJoon as a Healily Habii? If you laven'i, sii down foi minuies ioday, and give ii a iiy. I ieally can'i iecomend ii liglly enougl. PS: Do youiself a favoi and waicl Ron Howaid's iqq flm Apollo i, fiom wlence ile above quoie is ialen. Ii's a good flm foi many ieasons, bui one of ile mosi inieiesiing aspeci is ile male-bonding, male-compeiiiion subploi. (Plus, ii puis ilings in peispeciive: if ilose guys can oveicome ileii life-ilieaiening ego-iension io gei bacl fiom ile moon in a busied spaceciafi, you can go wiiloui a wanl ioday.) My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Maiilyn Lovell: Naiuially, ii's |Apolloj i. Wly i? }im Lovell: Ii comes afiei i:, lon. " DAY 14 Wlaievei you ilinl of Pac, you lave io admii ilai, alilougl le was iiagically lilled, le nevei suiiendeied. Wlai aboui you? Any ilouglis of suiiendei laiely? Seven days ago, I asled you low many days you wanied io beai youi compulsion oi addiciion io PMO. Review ilai ioday. How did ii go? And wlai does ilai mean io you? Be diligeni and lonesi aboui flling oui ile ieeciion ioday. Ii will guide you as we go foiwaid. Tomoiiow, we aie lalfway. Today, as eveiy day, we aie woiling on becoming a liiile moie fiee. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Deail is noi ile gieaiesi loss in life. Tle gieaiesi loss is wlai dies inside wlile siill alive. Nevei suiiendei. Tupac Slalui " DAY 15 Today, we aie lalf-way iliougl ile clallenge. So fai, you've piobably iasied a liiile someiling of boil vicioiy and defeai. Ii's my lope ilai youi lungei foi vicioiy will leep you going, and ile siing of defeai is noi enougl io dissuade you fiom ilis ciiiical pail. Be delibeiaie aboui youi log ioday; now is ile peifeci iime io lool bacl, and lool alead. Wlai fuiuie do you wani io design? Wlai lessons do you wani io biing foiwaid fiom ile pasi? Wlai does all ilai say aboui youi aciions, ilouglis, and woids in ile pieseni? I am noi only spealing aboui an unlealily compulsion io use inieinei poin leie; I am also ialling aboui a man masieiing lis fiailiies in ile piocess of becoming moie fiee, and ilai is someiling ilai all ioo few men of ile modein age iale ile iime oi male ile eoii io do. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Ii is noi ile ciiiic wlo counis; noi ile man wlo poinis oui low ile siiong man siumbles, oi wleie ile doei of deeds could lave done ilem beiiei. Tle ciedii belongs io ile man wlo is aciually in ile aiena, wlose face is maiied by dusi and sweai and blood; wlo siiives valianily; wlo eiis, wlo comes sloii again and again, because ileie is no eoii wiiloui ei- ioi and sloiicoming; bui wlo does aciually siiive io do ile deeds; wlo lnows gieai enilu- siasms, ile gieai devoiions; wlo spends limself in a woiily cause; wlo ai ile besi lnows in ile end ile iiiumpl of ligl aclievemeni, and wlo ai ile woisi, if le fails, ai leasi fails wlile daiing gieaily, so ilai lis place slall nevei be wiil ilose cold and iimid souls wlo neiilei lnow vicioiy noi defeai. Tleodoie Rooseveli " DAY 16 Day sixieen! We aie ovei ile lump, ovei lalfway iliougl ilis piogiam, and leading downlill. How aie you feeling? Aie you beginning io expeiience ile iangible benefis of fieedom fiom PMO? Peilaps you beginning io feel a liiile moie in coniiol and in claige of youi life. Youi expeiiences io ilis poini will lave given you a good measuie of youiself. Remembei, youiself is always clanging, as is wlai you aie capable of. How is youi scoie looling? Do you wani ii io lool dieieni in ile nexi i( days? Wiiie youi cuiieni scoie and youi ideal scoie. Tlen ieview ile clecllisi below io male suie you'ie giving youiself eveiy possible clance of aiiaining ile success you ciave. Aie you:
Taling advaniage of ile communiiies of guys going iliougl ile same iling? If noi, iale an aciion io gei moie involved ioday. Read someiling inspiiing, oi posi youi own updaie. Use youi Resouices. Swiicling oui siiaiegies ilai don'i seem io be as eeciive foi you? Remembeiing io leep ii ligli, and foigive youiself wlen you ielapse? If you lool above and don'i see a clecl mail in any single one of ile above iliee boxes, male ilai aiea a paiiiculai focus foi ile nexi few days. Even if ii's all iliee of ilem. Cuiieni Scoie ] Ideal Scoie My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log # # # " You nevei fail uniil you siop iiying. Albeii Einsiein " DAY 17 Sevenieen days down ile pail! Tlis jouiney will be ovei befoie you lnow ii. Haiuli Muialami is a succesful novelisi and iunnei. He lnows pain. He also lnows ile sueiing is in ile mind. As }oln Milion said, "Tle mind is iis own place, and in iiself can male a leaven of lell, a lell of leaven." (Tlis is ile guy, lei me iemind you, wlo wioie Paiadise Losi. He lnows a liiile aboui Heaven and Hell.) If you'ie cuiienily expeiiencing any pain, accepi ii fully. If you'ie cuiienily oi lave been doing any sueiing, eiilei as a iesuli of ilis piogiam oi oilei life evenis, see if you can diieci youi mind io 'male a leaven of lell' ioday. Ii is wiilin youi powei. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log You nevei fail uniil you siop iiying. Albeii Einsiein " Pain is ineviiable. Sueiing is opiional. Haiuli Muialami " DAY 18 Saial Dessen is an auiloi of young aduli fciion. As mucl as I someiimes fnd ii laid io iespeci YA siu, I ilinl sle's iigli on wiil ile above quoie (and, foi ile iecoid, I laven'i iead anyiling sle's wiiiien). Youi commiiimenis io doing alieinaiive belaviois ilai male you beiiei, insiead of lapsing inio old mal-adpiive paiieins, is maling you siiongei. You deseive ile ciedii foi addiiional siiengil you lave won ovei ile lasi eiglieen days. Suie, ii's diculi. Ii's diculi eveiy damn day. Bui, ii's woiil ii. And, ii will gei easiei, ile longei you wall ilis pail. If you alieady feel ii's easy, congiaiulaiions. If you aie siill in a daily siiuggle, you'ie noi alone. Ii may iale pasi o days befoie you siaii feeling daily ease. . . ii may iale beyond qo. Tle impoiiani iling is noi low long ii iales. Tle impoiiani iling is ilai you iefuse io give up. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Anyone can lide. Facing up io ilings, woiling iliougl ilem, ilai's wlai males you siiong. Saial Dessen " DAY 19 I love wlai beloved sci-f auiloi Ray las io say aboui 'building oui wings on ile way down.' Wlenevei I've ialen similai leaps in life, people lave ofien been veiy ciiiical, and ofien focused a loi on ile poieniial io fall and gei luii, noi on ile poieniial io soai io new leiglis. I lave noiiced ilai iypically, ilose people lad nevei ialen similai leaps ilemselves. Humans aie aciually quiie capable iool- buildeis, and nevei beiiei ilan wlen we'ie in some soii of ciisis. You aie using a iool in ilis piogiam io gei youiself oui of a ciisis of soiis, iigli now. Wlo lnows wlai soii of wings you'll build nexi? Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " If we lisiened io oui inielleci we'd nevei lave a love aaii. We'd nevei lave a fiiendslip. We'd nevei go in business because we'd be cynical: "Ii's gonna go wiong." Oi "Sle's going io luii me." Well, ilai's nonsense. You'ie going io miss life. You've goi io jump o ile cli all ile iime and build youi wings on ile way down. Ray Biadbuiy " DAY 20 My deai fiiend, ileie aie only io days lefi of ilis piogiam! And considei. . . no maiiei now many iimes you lave ielapsed. . .you lave won gieaiei self- coniiol 8 fieedom jusi fiom walling ilis pail. (By ile way. . . aie you leeping iiacl of youi Tiiggeis?) Tle pail coniinues, by ile way, fai beyond o days. Ii ieacles io 6o days, qo days, i:o days, and beyond . . . 6 days and moie. Days of fieedom beyond couniing aie youis foi ile laving. Tlinl of all you could accomplisl! Tlinl of ile depil and exciiemeni of ile ieal ielaiionslips you can lave! Ben Fianllin is one of my leioes. I'd lile io ilinl ilai if we weie coniempoiaiies, we would lave been buddies. Fianllin was iigli aboui paiience -- and you lave been building youi paiience quiie beauiifully wiil ilis piogiam. Oui culiuie bieeds us io expeci and wani eveiyiling now, bui a ieally good ielaiionslip, oi a succesful business, oi a successful life, doesn'i lappen oveinigli. You've goi io siicl wiil ii. Bui, if you can fnd ilai bullleaded peisisience wiilin youiself, anyiling you sei oui io do aciually becomes soii of easy. Fianllin also famously wioie a leiiei eniiiled, "Advice io a Young Man on ile Cloice of a Misiiess" wlicl ouilines S ieasons wly young men slould cloose oldei women foi ileii aaiis. Lool ii up, and you'll see wly I love ilis guy so mucl. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " He ilai can lave paiience can lave wlai le will. Benjamin Fianllin " DAY 21 Lei's y, noi ciawl, iliougl ile iemaining nine days in ilis piogiam. Ii's iime io clecl in. Wlai aie you noiicing aboui youi piogiess ovei ile lasi weel? Wlai is woiling ieally well? Wlai is a siicling poini foi you? Eveiy day, you aie becoming moie and moie of an expeii on youiself, youi paiieins, and low you can be fully fiee fiom compulsions, and fully in youi own powei. Isn'i giowil gieai? Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " You weie boin wiil wings, wly piefei io ciawl iliougl life? Rumi " DAY 22 Man, ilai Einsiein was a genius. I'll iell you ile iiuil: on some level, ilis wlole o-day-clallenge iling las been a soii deail and iebiiil of ilis paii of youi peisonaliiy. You aie in a soii of moliing piocess, leaving o an old paii of you ilai is no longei seiving you, and giowing inio a new slin ilai suiis you mucl beiiei. Tle iling is, you do ilis ai youi own pace. How's ile pace going ioday? Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " I musi be willing io give up wlai I am in oidei io become wlai I will be. Albeii Einsiein " DAY 23 Can you believe low close you aie io ile end of ilis jouiney? Geoige Cailin (R.I.P.) was a wise and funny man. I iend io believe ilai ile foices of evil in oui lives don'i come fiom anywleie ouiside ouiselves, bui aie iailei inieinal. Oui unlealed pain, wlicl we avoid; oui wealness, wlicl we give in io; oui ego, wlicl diives us io male siupid decisions ilai luii ilose aiound us and uliimaiely, ouiselves. By embailing on ilis peiiod of self- iefnemeni, and by peisisiing as long as you lave, you aie ile one confusing ile foices of 'evil' wiilin youiself. You aie sieadily oveiwlelming ilem wiil posiiiviiy, self-impiovemeni, and ile beiiei angels of youi naiuie. Suie, you've failed. Maybe you've failed eveiy day. Bui you aie siill in ile aiena, siill pusling onwaid, siill iiying. And ilai males you a leio in my eyes. Remembei: ii doesn'i maiiei if you gei lnocled down i,ooo iimes, jusi so long as you gei up i,ooi iimes. You will noi fall foievei. Lei's ioially confuse oui inieinal foices of evil ioday, io ile poini iley gei compleiely losi and jusi nevei slow up. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " May ile foices of evil become confused on ile way io youi louse. Geoige Cailin " DAY 24 So, wiil only 6 days lefi in ilis piocess, wlai's ii going io be, my fiiend? Aie you one of ile men ilai ile biicl walls weie designed io leep oui? Oi aie you one of ile men designed io ciasl iliougl, climb ovei, oi go aiound? We all come io ile biicl wall wiil a dieieni sei of iools: some of us lave jacllammeis and bulldozeis. Some of us lave iegulai lammeis. Some of us jusi lave oui baie lands. Uliimaiely, ii doesn'i maiiei: wlai maiieis is youi willingness io male ile cloice io use wlaievei iools ai youi disposal io gei iliougl ilai wall. Remembei, you always lave a cloice: and iemembei ilai ile mosi poweiful iool you lave is iigli beiween youi eais. If you'ie feeling empiy-landed ai ile wall, go io ile cieaiiviiy in youi biain. Does somebody else lave a wiecling ball you can boiiow? Can you scuiiy ovei, oi iunnel undei? Can you wall aiound? Is ileie a dooi in ile wall ilai oilei people don'i see? Oi someiling else eniiiely? Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Tle biicl walls aie noi ileie io leep us oui. Tle biicl walls aie ileie io give us a clance io slow low badly we wani someiling. Because ile biicl walls aie ileie io siop ile people wlo don'i wani ii badly enougl. Randy Pauscl " DAY 25 Can you be biave foi fve moie days? Tell me, las ile piocess become eoiiless foi you? Aie you soaiing easily iliougl eacl day? Tlai level of ease and masieiy is all I wisl foi you. If you'ie noi ileie yei, I lave jusi iliee simple pieces of advice: Don'i give up. Don'i give up. Don'i give up. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " A leio is no biavei ilan an oidinaiy man, bui le is biave fve minuies longei. Ralpl Waldo Emeison " DAY 26 Do me a favoi. Find ile neaiesi ai suiface, and pui someiling on ii. A pen, youi plone, wlaievei's convenieni. Now, iiy io picl ilai objeci up. Do youi besi. Waicl caiefully. Did you aciually picl ile objeci up, oi did you fail? Did you siop and do a loi of self-conscious ilinling aboui "low" you weie going io "iiy" io picl ile objeci up? Oi did you jusi do ii? Did you noiice low, no maiiei wleilei you failed oi succeeded ai picling ile objeci up, you did noi iiy ai any poini? I ilinl ilai's wlai Yoda ("Do oi do noi. Tleie is no iiy") and Ray Biadbuiy, weie ialling aboui. So wlenevei you leai someone else (oi youiself ) say, "I'll iiy," give ii a second ilougli. Wlai is ieally meani by "iiy"? I don'i lave io iell you low close you aie io compleiing ilis clallenge. No maiiei wlai youi 'scoie' is, youi piaciice foi ile nexi foui days is io do youi absoluie besi. Wlen I was in iiacl in ligl sclool, oui Coacl always said: "Finisl siiong." Tlai's wlai you musi do now. Finisl siiong. Don'i ilinl, and don'i iiy. My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Don'i ilinl. Tlinling is ile enemy of cieaiiviiy. Ii's self-conscious and anyiling self-conscious is lousy. You can'i "iiy" io do ilings. You simply "musi" do ilings. Ray Biadbuiy " DAY 27 We'ie almosi ileie. As we appioacl ile 'end' of ilis o-day peiiod, and ile ioial fulfllmeni of ile individual and colleciive commiimenis you've made io youiself, I inviie you io lool moie deeply inio youiself, ai all ile oilei unlindled ames ilai may be ileie. As you sled labiis ilai aie no longei seiving you, ileie is moie and moie eneigy io iuin iowaids becoming exacily wlo you weie meani io be. A biggei adveniuie is waiiing foi you. Tliee days lefi, my fiiend. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Tleie is a candle in youi leaii, ieady io be lindled. Tleie is a void in youi soul, ieady io be flled. You feel ii, don'i you? Rumi " DAY 28 If you'ie inio esoieiic plilosoply, you could do woise ilan ieading Robeii Piisig's 7() ")* /4( 8&/ +% 5+/+&!9!#( 5"')/()")!(, oi lis less-populai bui I believe supeiioi sequel :'#". He's iigli, you lnow. And ovei ile lasi iweniy-seven days, you've been doing a loi of woil in youi lead, youi leaii, and youi lands. Aie you ieady io move ouiwaid fiom ileie? Only you can lnow ilai. Lei's fnisl ilis o-day clallenge fisi. Two days lefi. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " Tle place io impiove ile woild is fisi in one's own leaii and lead and lands, and ilen woil ouiwaid fiom ileie. Robeii M. Piisig " DAY 29 On ilis, ile penuliimaie day, I wani you io ieeci on ile inleieni possibiliiies of youi life. How mucl woil lave you done on youiself ovei ile pasi monil? Has ii been woil io male youiself miseiable, oi woil io male youiself siiong? Have you allowed youi labiis and old paiieins io lamsiiing you ai poinis along ile way? (Ii's olay, we all do.) Have you pusled beyond wlai you ilougli was possible? Casianeda is iigli, you lnow. Tleie is a ceiiain amouni of woil you aie going io do in life. You can pui ilai woil iowaids maling youiself as siiong, biave, beauiiful and lappy as possible, oi you can pui ilai woil inio beaiing youiself up, ieaiing youiself down, and being siucl. I lnow wlai cloice I wani you io male. One day lefi. Quck lnks " Healily Habiis " Resouices " Advanced Resouices My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will Tlougli Log " We eiilei male ouiselves miseiable, oi we male ouiselves siiong. Tle amouni of woil is ile same. Cailos Casianeda " DAY 30 Congiaiulaiions! You made ii!! Wlai lave you leained? Wlai can you do now, ilai wasn'i possible iliiiy days ago? . . . Wlai do you wani io do nexi? Tlese aie jusi a few of ile quesiions you migli considei in ioday's ieeciion. Tliiiy days is a long iime io do anyiling, and if you've made ii io ile end of ilis clallenge lonesily, laving paiiicipaied eacl day, laving done youi besi, you deseive all ile iiclness of all ile peisonal iewaids ilai aie suie io acciue io wlomevei applies ilemselves in ilis way. I wani you io lnow ilai, no maiiei low you feel you did, oi wlai youi 'fnal scoie' is, I'm prouJ oj you. I lope you'ie pioud of youiself foi ialing ilis oppoiiuniiy io clallenge youiself, io pusl beyond wlai you weie capable of befoie, and foi going io woil on enlaiging ile possibiliiies of fieedom in youi life. Alilougl I've walled beside you ilese iliiiy days in spiiii, iemembei ilai ile woil was youis. You JJ hs. You may noi lave done ii alone, bui you did ii. Noi eveiyone is capable of wlai you did leie. Ai ile end of ile day ioday, wiiie youi fnal scoie below. Considei siaiiing ilis clallenge all ovei again iomoiiow. If you wani io impiove youi scoie, ileie's no iime lile ile pieseni io impiove ii: if you goi a peifeci o]o, maybe now ii's iime io slooi foi 6o days, oi qo. . . ? Would ileie be any laim in you commiiiing io a life wiiloui poin? I'll leave ii in youi capable lands io deieimine. I's my snceres hope ilai you aie now expeiiencing some of ile wondeiful benefis of fieedom fiom PMO, and ilai ilese benefis moiivaie you io susiain youi commiiimeni io a couise of gieaiei fieedom, foi ile long laul. Ii's also my lope ilai ilis siieicl of self-impiovemeni las moiivaied you io iaclle oilei aieas in youi life wleie you wani moie love oi fieedom. Foi example, if you wani io gei moie inio ile piaciices of culiivaiion of sexual eneigy, oi diieci dealing wiil cieaiive and sexual eneigy, ileie is a iabbii lole as deep as you wani io go; see Advanced Resouices foi moie. " I am always doing ilai wlicl I can noi do, in oidei ilai I may leain low io do ii. Pablo Picasso " My Commiimeni To Myself Today If oi Wlen Ciavings Aiise Today, I Will My Final Scoie Tlougli Log Congiaiulaiions on fnisling ile o-Day PMO-Fiee Clallenge! If you lave any suggesiions foi fuiuie iieiaiions of ilis bool, please don'i lesiiaie io coniaci ile auiloi. You can siay up-io-daie wiil fuiuie Clallenges oi fuiilei ediiions of ilis bool ai ile Love 8 Fieedom Piojeci. Books Wiiiing io Heal - A Guided }ouinal foi Recoveiing fiom Tiauma 8 Emoiional Upleaval by }ames W. Pennebalei. Tlis bool clanged my life. Ii is a meilod foi lealing 8 fieedom ilai you can do compleiely on youi own, ovei a sloii, fve-day peiiod. Higlly iecommended. (I covei ii in moie depil on ile Love 8 Fieedom Piojeci Blog.)
Tle Way of ile Supeiioi Man - A Spiiiiual Guide io Masieiing ile Clallenges of Women, Woil, and Sexual Desiie by David Deida. Tlis is absoluiely iequiied ieading foi any man looling io deepen lis piesence and eeciiveness in ile woild. Higlly iecommended. I ie- iead ilis bool once a yeai.
Fiie in ile Belly - On Being a Man by Sam Keen. Alilougl a liiile daied, Keen las some good insiglis on wlai ii means io be a man, low io fx youi ielaiionslip wiil Women, and low io leal ile iifi beiween ile gendeis ilai is a iesuli of ile "gendei wai" and "ideological feminism." Woiil a iead.
Cupid's Poisoned Aiiow - Fiom Habii io Haimony in Sexual Relaiionslips by Mainia Robinson, }.D - Tlis is ile bool ilai made me awaie of ile poieniial downside of ile 'oigasm and ejaculaiion' cycle -- and Mainia's websiie, lisied in ile Resouices seciion, is defniiely woiil a visii. Tlis bool deals mosily wiil iniimaie ielaiionslips and low iley can be impioved by adopiing a dieieni siyle of bonding-based lovemaling, ofien called Kaiezza. A gieai iead wiil a paiinei if you'ie siiuggling io 'siay in love.' Documenores Tle following movies lave lelped ile auiloi(s) on ileii jouinies io be siiongei, calmei, moie infoimed, moie educaied, and moie loving men. We lope iley do ile same io you. FooJ L Woer, Heolh L Wellness " ;$$1< (,' Tlis doc will lelp you undeisiand oui indusiiial food sysiem. " ;*-< =0'/< *,1 >"*&:4 ?"*1 Tle sioiy of one man's jouiney io gieaiei lealil iliougl (suipiise!) eaiing mosily vegeiables. " @0&$ ?&"*+# $2 =%#.0 A musi foi a susli-lovei oi any gouimand, ilis flm is a piece of aii in iis own iigli, bui ile deepei message las io do wiil doing wlai you love, and commiiiing youiself io youi life's puipose wiil singulai devoiion. " 8." A,1 $2 -." B0," Recommended afiei you waicl }iio: conceins ile woild's supply of fsl. " C0,3 D$&, Did you lnow ilai coin is in almosi eveiy piocessed food in Ameiica? Ii's iiue. Tlis doc iiaces ile ieasons wly. " E:%" F$:1 G 8*66"1 Tlese iwo documeniaiies boil deal wiil ile woild waiei siiuaiion: Blue Gold aboui wlo owns ile waiei, and Tapped aboui ile boiiled waiei indusiiy. Togeilei iley will oei a solid educaiion in ile woild's mosi piecious iesouice, consideied by many io be ile mosi piecious naiuial iesouices of ile fuiuie. ADVANCED RESOURCES Trovel / AJvenure / FnJnq Purpose n Ije " D.*#0,3 ('" Tlis inciedible ploiogiaplei ploiogiapls glacieis lile nobody else, and also slows low iley aie disappeaiing. Iniense and launiing. Siunning, once-in-a-lifeiime fooiage. Musi see. " =*+#*&* A goigeous visual ione poem ilai linls lumaniiy, spiiiiualiiy, iealiiy, eieiniiy, 8 iianscendence. Tle subjeci of ile flm is noiling less ilan all of expeiience. Also a musi see. " C$4**,0#H*%-#0 Tle woid "loyaanisquaisi" in Naiive Ameiican means "life oui of balance." Similai io Samsaia, bui fiom iqS:. Feaiuies a launiing Plillip Glass scoie and is consideied by many io be a classic and ile siaii of ile genie. Will male you pondei ile modein woild in all iis gloiy and decay. " ?""6 I*-"& Tle inciedible sioiy of ile fisi men io ciicumnavigaie ile globe in sailboais. Inciedible iale of ienaciiy, as well as failuie, and slows men as boil God-lile and woim-lile. " JKL =$%-. A young man ieiiaces a jouiney io Souil Ameiica in seaicl of adveniuie. Ideal io waicl if you'ie feeling siucl in a iui. Wor, Volence, onJ Men's Issues " !"#-&"6$ Tle besi documeniaiy I lave seen on Ameiica's ieceni wais, ialing place in ile mosi dangeious valley in Afglanisian. Also non-paiiisan and absoluiely giipping. Demysiifes wai. " D$%,-1$5, -$ M"&$ A documeniaiy aboui lumaniiy's mosi poweiful weapon, ile nucleai bomb, and peispeciives fiom woild leadeis of all peisuasions on ile impoiiance of ieducing nucleai aimamenis io zeio. " N$5 -$ O*/" O$,"4 ="::0,3 ?&%3# An impoiiani doc, since so many of oui bioileis and faileis lave ilis lifesiyle as ile only viable means of geiiing alead. Illuminaiing on muliiple levels. Tle auiloi would lile io giaiefully aclnowledge ile many men wlo lad a land in ile cieaiion of ilis bool. Wiiloui ileii diligeni involvemeni and wise feedbacl ii would be a meie sladow of iis cuiieni siaie. :$&1$260 @$.,,4 #-"7$PQRP !"#$%&'()*+, >."-% 3$2$&3:$&4 '.*#"S%&3"& ANeverFopper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS