7 years of dota and i decided to quit today

It wont work unless you totally quit 100%.

I'm in the same position as you. After 3 years of Dota I am quiting due to starting at college. Although I haven't played for a month now, I'm still not being productive. I'll watch the subreddit, some youtube videos and streams of teams I like. The time I save by not playing dota goes to streaming tv-series and movies +browsing the rest of reddit.

This is a problem I have when I'm at home. When I'm at school or work I' efficent, and if I start exercising that's what I'll do,

If you're like me, then you have to quit 100%. After a lot of research today I've figured out the only way to truly quit is to make a plan/scedhuele and be strict about it. Uninstall dota, remove r/dota from your browser history so you have to manually type it(so you don't subcounsiously type it in), unsubscribe from all dota channels on youtube and twitch.

Make rules for yourself. Some I made was that I wont start seeing new series, I'll just follow the ones i already watch. I wont watch anything dota related, and this is also my last day on reddit.

Whenever you have free time and you think: "I'll do something on the PC", don't. Go for a jog, play guitar, do your schoolwork, call a friend(make friends first) and make something happen. Same goes morning and night: Don't have your computer close, and don't start browsing on your phone. That will fix your sleeping schedule as well.

I know this will be hard, cause I'm exactly where you are right now. As mentioned this is my opinion after 3 dotagamefree weeks.

This is my last day on reddit, my last day on dota youtube-channels(except my own), and my last day of watching a new TV-shows then spend the following 2 weeks watching the entire series.

I wish you the best and hope we both can achieve a healthier lifestyle.

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