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I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana
NO. SUCH. THING. 
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| Author: | JDogg [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Becoming the best me |
So I have some goals that have been swirling around in my head for the longest time. They need concreteness if I am going to follow them, which is why I have decided to post them here. I also am going to post some of my bad habits that I do not yet have goals for, but I know I would like to change. I am very open to suggested goals from you guys. Also, any advice or guidance is would be highly appreciated, as usual. Current goals: - I want to reach 200 lbs by next summer while reducing my body fat percentage to 14%. I am currently 190 lbs, and if I had to guess I would say I am 17% body fat an. I just recently started working out again. I want to be big and strong, but the most important part for me is health and functionality (includes flexibility and coordination). I am 6'2" and I have grown into my frame but I would like to be just a bit bigger. - I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana; by October 1st, I want to lower my consumption to once a week or less. I am currently smoking on average once a day but that has been slowly going down since school let off. I started smoking when I was 13 but it never really became habitual until this year. Being off at college for the first time, I have a lot more freedom and this freedom is exposing my lack of self-discipline. I had some stressful times this year and I turned to weed waaay too often in order to cope. I never smoked so much damn weed in my life and it hurt me psychologically and somewhat financially. - I want to be proficient in the Java programming language by October 1st. I just recently started coding in Java a few days ago and I really enjoy it because it is challenging but fun. I always liked to play videogames, but now I am going to dedicate my time to coding and tinkering with games. Computer Science is my major and I will be coding in Java come the fall so I figure it would be a great opportunity to get ahead on the subject during the Summer, especially when I have other difficult classes I have to worry about (Physics for engineers ugh). - I want to find a job that I thoroughly enjoy. I'm currently working a job on-campus and have been since December 2013. The job is... fine. It's not hard and pays minimum wage. It was a good first official job, until this job I had only done odd-ball jobs and freelance high school tutoring. I know I am capable of a lot and I really want to apply myself in a challenging environment. I don't want to sit on my ass twiddling my dick for 4 out of my 6-hour shift getting paid $50 a day to waste my time. Ideally, I would find a job relative to what I am studying, but I don't think I have enough programming experience (less than a year) to handle a job like that. This is fine, and actually could be very opportune for me. Since I probably won't land a software engineering job in the next 6 months or so, I have time to work a different job and diversify my skills. I believe I have great communication skills for a student of CompSci and I want to take my career in an entrepreneurial/start-up direction after college. So these are my medium-term goals for now. I am going to reserve the next post so I can outline my plan for each goal, once I devise it. This is the first time I have actually put a lot of thought into creating goals that are important to ME. I'm going to take a day to digest what I have written so I can create a strategy for success! I'll keep you guys posted. |
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| Author: | JDogg [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me |
Strategy coming soon! |
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| Author: | The Kidd!! [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:20 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | |
I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana
NO. SUCH. THING.
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| Author: | JDogg [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:33 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | ||
I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana
NO. SUCH. THING. I meant psychological dependence and I believe that does exist. I know for a fact that I have smoked weed repeatedly in instances where I wanted to numb certain emotions. Mainly anger. Maybe it doesn't exist, but even still, I want to prove to myself that I have the ability to stop smoking weed. It's more of an exercise in self-control than anything else. |
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| Author: | The Kidd!! [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:07 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | |
I know for a fact that I have smoked weed repeatedly in instances where I wanted to numb certain emotions.
Kids...today's operative word is...WANTED. 
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| Author: | TheDude [ Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:17 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | ||
I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana
NO. SUCH. THING. |
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| Author: | TheDude [ Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:42 am ] | ||||
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | ||||
I know for a fact that I have smoked weed repeatedly in instances where I wanted to numb certain emotions.
Kids...today's operative word is...WANTED.
What's the word they used back in the day?
Well...classically when dealing with dependency...the word NEEDED was the de facto operative word...but hey, whatever does it for you man.
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| Author: | Merrick [ Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:15 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me | ||
I want to lower my dependency on Marijuana
NO. SUCH. THING. |
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| Author: | caster [ Thu Jul 03, 2014 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Becoming the best me |
I have books full of goals going back ten years that are very similar, achieve x by y date with mixed results. Mostly mixed because I was trying to control the future instead of myself. There is a difference between the goal of being a great guitar player and the goal to practice playing everyday for example. It is a slight nuance that has helped me. To sum it up poetically: Focus on the path and let go of arriving at the destination. |
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