Experience #8 - Fastings and Detoxes
I plan on writing two more experiences after this and I'm going to end this series. It feels like that I don't have any more critical parts in my life to discuss, no matter how negative or positive they are. I also felt like that I had finally let go of everything I've held in for all these years when it comes to the negative side of life that I had experienced, and some of the others I want to talk about would only put me back into a deep, dark place I NEVER EVER want to return to.
So I'm going to talk about my experiences with fastings and detoxes.
I'm currently on an extensive fasting from romantic relationships as I speak. I have already made up my mind of what I do and don't want in a relationship, so that's a big check mark right there. There are two other fastings I will add to this one as sub-fastings: The 30-Day Man Fast and No Romance Media. Regarding to the No Romance Media, all that I'm doing here is to completely avoid any and all TV shows, movies, and even books that are part of the genre, even Erotica. I might make an exception if there is very little of it in any of them. This particular fast will be one whole year. For the 30-Day Man Fast, I found a blog article about it while browsing the search engine for this kind of fasting. I made sure to read the whole thing before deciding to do this. It turns out that it was the type of fasting I needed this whole time. The difference between my main one and this one is that the latter is a little more strict, especially when it comes to being around men. Does that mean I can't talk to men at all? Nope. I can still talk to them as long as I follow the particular guidelines listed. I'm still single, so doing this will help me focus on other things besides wanting to be in a relationship. It's time I stop treating relationships as idols anyways. Also, it may give me a new perspective on the matter, including men in general.
For social media, I've done detoxes like this before, especially with Facebook, and I found myself to be more relaxed. However, I'm going to do something different. I'm going to deactivate my account there after realizing the huge mistake of staying on post-breakup. Well, that and wondering if staying friends with the guy once I ended No Contact. But there were other matters that nearly traumatized me. I mentioned someone who desperately tried to get me to be his girlfriend last year after saying no a dozen times. Yeah. It was that moment. My last reason is deep down, I feel like I've been using social media for the wrong reasons as of late, now that I look back on it. I plan to do this later this month.
And using LiveJournal to let all that out, I may take a break from it once again, or at least come back here once or twice a month to do some sort of check-in regarding to my fasting progress and/or life in general.
Now with YouTube, that won't start until January of next year and it will last 30 days. It can be an addicting platform, yet I was starting to have the same problems I did when using Facebook. The difference is that I do like YouTube more than the others. I'll limit my use to a bare minimum if I need to watch something from there. Otherwise, it's forbidden.
This will be hard, but I think it will be worthwhile.
So I'm going to talk about my experiences with fastings and detoxes.
I'm currently on an extensive fasting from romantic relationships as I speak. I have already made up my mind of what I do and don't want in a relationship, so that's a big check mark right there. There are two other fastings I will add to this one as sub-fastings: The 30-Day Man Fast and No Romance Media. Regarding to the No Romance Media, all that I'm doing here is to completely avoid any and all TV shows, movies, and even books that are part of the genre, even Erotica. I might make an exception if there is very little of it in any of them. This particular fast will be one whole year. For the 30-Day Man Fast, I found a blog article about it while browsing the search engine for this kind of fasting. I made sure to read the whole thing before deciding to do this. It turns out that it was the type of fasting I needed this whole time. The difference between my main one and this one is that the latter is a little more strict, especially when it comes to being around men. Does that mean I can't talk to men at all? Nope. I can still talk to them as long as I follow the particular guidelines listed. I'm still single, so doing this will help me focus on other things besides wanting to be in a relationship. It's time I stop treating relationships as idols anyways. Also, it may give me a new perspective on the matter, including men in general.
For social media, I've done detoxes like this before, especially with Facebook, and I found myself to be more relaxed. However, I'm going to do something different. I'm going to deactivate my account there after realizing the huge mistake of staying on post-breakup. Well, that and wondering if staying friends with the guy once I ended No Contact. But there were other matters that nearly traumatized me. I mentioned someone who desperately tried to get me to be his girlfriend last year after saying no a dozen times. Yeah. It was that moment. My last reason is deep down, I feel like I've been using social media for the wrong reasons as of late, now that I look back on it. I plan to do this later this month.
And using LiveJournal to let all that out, I may take a break from it once again, or at least come back here once or twice a month to do some sort of check-in regarding to my fasting progress and/or life in general.
Now with YouTube, that won't start until January of next year and it will last 30 days. It can be an addicting platform, yet I was starting to have the same problems I did when using Facebook. The difference is that I do like YouTube more than the others. I'll limit my use to a bare minimum if I need to watch something from there. Otherwise, it's forbidden.
This will be hard, but I think it will be worthwhile.