Yes, doing certain things like reading, training, learning, etc. will improve your life.

But to do them, you need a good attention span, strong willpower, good mental health, and, most importantly, time.

You are constantly destroying your mental health, losing your ability to focus, and decreasing your attention span by doing certain things on a regular basis.

I thought that if I started reading books, hitting the gym, and learning a high-value skill, my life would change.

But I was wrong.

When I sat to read, I was not able to read for even 10 minutes, my brain was not cooperating with me.

I want to read but my brain doesn’t.

I want to hit the gym but my brain doesn’t.

I want to learn but my brain doesn’t.

This is when I realized that my mental health was completely damaged.

And that’s why performing activities that require focus and attention felt difficult for me.

I lost my ability to stay focused for long hours and reduced my attention span by doing certain things.

I decided to stop doing them once and for all.

Initially, quitting them was difficult, but tried, tried, and tried.

Eventually, quit all the habits that were destroying my mental health.

In this article, I’m gonna share with you the 3 things that I stopped doing completely that improved my mental health, focus, and attention span.

Now, I’m able to read a book for hours and hours.

I can sit and learn for hours and hours.

I hit the gym every single day.

I write online every single day.

I can do anything I want if I put my mind to it.

You need to understand that, if you want to cultivate good habits you first need to quit bad habits.

Let’s go through the 3 things you need to stop doing to improve yourself.

1. Stop eating junk foods COMPLETELY.

The most precious thing in this world is health.

You don’t even care about what you put inside your body.

You know junk foods are not good for you.

But you still eat them.

Why?

Because they give you dopamine hits.

They make you feel comfortable when you are stressed.

You care about short-term pleasure.

You want to feel happy right NOW.

You want to feel comfortable right NOW.

You don’t think about the long-term consequences.

All you care about is NOW.

Remember this: People who think short term never achieve anything big.

Read that again.

You should always think long-term.

Your poor eating habits will not affect you now. But when you reach 50 or 60 you’ll regret.

Having a pill box with 30 tablets, lying in bed with pain, not being able to walk, and no one there to visit you.

That’s where you’ll end up if you don’t change your poor eating habits.

Change your diet.

Start eating healthy home-cooked food.

Avoid junk foods, processed food, and outside food.

Junk foods not only affect your physical health.

It also affects your mental health big time.

The opposite is also true.

Healthy food improves your mental health.

There is no single benefit to eating junk food.

So, just stop eating.

2. Stop using social media for entertainment.

You don’t have time.

The world is getting tough.

Everyone is being replaced by AI.

But you are wasting your time scrolling social media.

Really?

One of my life principles is this: Every minute of your time should be spent on something that improves you or your life in some way.

I live by this principle.

That’s what I want you to do as well.

Social media platforms are stealing your time and attention.

There are two types of people on social media,

(1) Creators, &

(2) Consumers.

If you are on social media just to entertain yourself, immediately delete it.

Because you are wasting your life.

Delete all social media.

And improve every aspect of your life.

Then download them again, share valuable lessons, and make money.

You should not be on social media if you don’t have anything useful, valuable, or interesting to share.

You need to first work hard and become valuable then think about posting on social media.

If you’re on social media just to escape discomfort, you deserve to stay weak, broke, and miserable.

I never blame the social media platforms.

It’s heaven for people who use it right and hell for people who use it wrong.

I blame you.

You are the one who is letting the social media platform control them.

Instead of you controlling them.

Delete all social media, work on yourself, and become valuable, then download them.

Not to scroll and waste time but to share value.

You can’t share value without becoming valuable.

3. Stop watching porn COMPLETELY

The most harmful addiction is watching porn and jerking off.

If you stop doing this one thing.

Your life will change.

This is the most harmful addiction because it destroys mental health severely at the same time it’s really hard to quit.

I quit all my addictions from junk food, social media, video games, and useless friends, but quitting this was the hardest.

But thank god, I did it.

Just imagine how bad you feel after watching porn and jerking off.

The feeling is terrible.

That’s the Universe’s way of telling you that you did something wrong.

It is the same with every other habit.

Just notice how you feel after doing something. If you feel good, it means you did something good.

If you feel bad, it means you need something bad.

Here is an example,

After working out hard in the gym. You’ll feel awesome.
After watching binge-watching Netflix. You’ll feel like shit.
After jerking off. You’ll feel miserable.
After reading for an hour. You’ll feel great.

You can find what is good and what is bad by just noticing the feeling you get after performing them.

I’m not gonna lie, quitting porn and jerking off is going to be difficult.

But if you quit.

You’ll get some superpowers.

I’ll write a separate article about the superpowers you’ll get once you completely quit porn. (Stay tuned for that).

You’ll not be able to quit porn addiction in a snap of a finger.

It will take time. The sooner you start the better.

But start your quitting journey today.

Here is how it will go.

You’ll stay sober for 2 days then you relapse.

Then 5 days, relapse.

Then 8 days, relapse.

Then 13 days, relapse.

…

…

Then 67 days, relapse.

…

…

It goes like this for months or even years.

But if you keep trying eventually it becomes easy and you’ll quit porn completely.

If you’re struggling to overcome your addictions.

I have something for you.

My new book, The Ultimate Guide To Breaking Addictions

I have poured all my knowledge, tools, and strategies that helped me overcome all my addictions into this book.

It’s a 62-page book.

No fluff — just pure value and actionable strategies that you use to break your addictions and improve yourself by 1% every day.

This book will help you overcome your addictions in 90 Days.

Inside the book, you will find 3 notion templates:

1) The Ultimate Addiction Breaker (worth $5):

2) The Ultimate Habit Builder (worth $5):

3) Before Bed Journal (worth $2):

These templates come for free with the book (You’ll find the link to the templates on the last page of the book).

These templates will help you keep track of your progress and stay accountable.

Grab the book👉 The Ultimate Guide To Breaking Addictions

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P.S. Self-control is equally important as self-discipline.

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