I'm doing 41 things
For all you guys struggling to make the first few weeks, I want to reassure you – I found it difficult at first – ideally you want something important to occupy your time and take your mind off it.
It does get easier after the first few weeks – in fact, these days my only concern is the occasional urge which must be ignored (very occasional, maybe once every one or two weeks, usually if i click a wrong link and stumble across some porn site).
I found playing guitar whenever I got the urge helped in the early days, and while I don’t think there are really many health benefits from stopping, you do feel excellent about it mentally, and feel as though you have the strength to control all aspects of your own life. In a way that’s why I stopped – to show myself that I can do anything I put my mind to.
Those who are interested, I accomplished this goal on 26th August 2006 (I noted it down for just such an occasion as this).
Good luck to all the rest of you attempting this mighty feat!
