It has been half a year since I’ve started eliminating every vice from my life. I cannot say that it has been easy, nor can I say I have not gone sideways once or twice, but it feels great to be a virtuous man and I feel stronger than ever.
The list was long
As a human, like many people, I was faced with two major vices: gluttony and sloth. It started by saying no to sugar: yes, anything sugary is forbidden to me now. Then I started eating only one meal a day, and there it was: no more gluttony. On the 15th of December I allowed myself one tablet of chocolate as a gift for my efforts. I have lost 16 kilos of weight in total and I am not gaining it back.
Sloth is still the big one, sometimes I still oversleep but I’ve managed eliminating doom-scrolling and binge watching on Netflix and YouTube. I have worked hard to launch three products that I am proud to offer to the world. Boredom is a thing of the past.
Apart from that I do not drink alcohol, I do not play video games and I have not touched a cigarette or a vaping pod for months.
The long run
My goal is to reach 10 years of virtue. 10 long years of continuous fight against evil. I decided to allow myself one chocolate bar around Christmas and one Coke Zero around my birthday. And that is it, no less, no more.
The end result is evident to me. More focus time, more power time, and more time for what matters the most: me and my loved ones.