So far so good. I started a new position at work so I now have a lot to learn and a lot to think about. Usually when I have distractions like this I don't have the mind space to think about lust. So hopefully this will help me out a little bit to keep things good.

B'H was a good day yesterday. Will try to keep the ball rolling today. 

Just checking in again. Another good day yesterday. Work is keeping me busy so no time for anything else.

Last night I couldn't sleep and the lust thoughts started coming around. I have to say thinking about what I would write about the experience helped me think about other things. It was just me thinking how can I express this tomorrow on the forums how I felt and why I didn't really want to do it. So I guess this is proof enough that my ramblings are helping. 

B"H I stayed clean over the weekend. Walking outside was a challenge especially with the weather warming up. I can't say I did as well as I would of hoped. I will just have to make sure I focus more on this in the future to keep myself from looking around more  than I should.

Hey, at least you realized you didn't do your best. You didn't just think "oh, I saw something, no big deal." You're aware you can do better. That means you can work on yourself and continue to do better. Keep it up!

Checking in. Didn't do so great last night but I did keep my head above water. Problem was that I couldn't fall asleep right away and my mind just likes to wander. I have to think of alternate things to think of in these situations. 

Yeah its hard at night when the mind is relaxed and naturally wanders - what works for me (still a work in progress) is kind of to remain calm and just do my best not to get worked up about it until I start thinking of a different topic. Can't guarantee this will work for you or anyone else just what works for me.

Wishing you much hatzlocha!

I got a vaccine yesterday so my arm was bothering me and I couldn't sleep very much at all last night. But B"H I didn't have any issues of lustfull thoughts coming around to my mind. It could be just because I was so uncomfortable that it was taking up all my brain space but I will take it none the less. 

strugle613 wrote on 21 Apr 2021 13:03:

Kol haCovid!

Markz wrote on 21 Apr 2021 17:16:

That joke was so corny you should make a ha'adama

Markz wrote on 21 Apr 2021 17:16:



B"H nothing to report yesterday was a good day.

Hey look at that 14 days. The days really do seem to go by a lot faster than you would think when you look backwards. It is certainly nice to have 2 weeks again. Just got to keep the ball rolling one day at a time. 

B"H I did well over Shabbos. Specifically in the situations of walking around outside with lots of people around and making sure not to look around through the lens of lust. I hope to keep the ball rolling for today to finish off the weekend well.

I had a little bit of an epiphany yesterday. Any time I am able to stay away from something lustful would be a good time to daven for things that I need. That the zechus of me saying no to my desire should help that my tefilah should be answered. This really helped my motivation a few times to say no we don't want anything to do with that lets go daven.