How must I enter monk mode?

BurnerTRPask · 2016-11-08T18:49:46+00:00

Just start. Without those things to waste time with, you'll find stuff to do.

Maybe you'll pick up woodworking. Maybe painting. Maybe you'll just read a ton more.

Either way, the goal is to avoid 'useless' things.

Sitting with your thoughts is not useless, btw.

Koalasonfire · 2016-11-08T20:00:12+00:00

That was one of my problems going into a no (Useless) electronics/activities detox.

Once my workouts were over I had nothing to do. But eventually I figured it out.

So, first of all, if you have friends/a social circle, do stuff with them. Probably even more than usual. Monk mode is not an excuse to sit around in the dark all day. Just try to go out and do things other than sitting around as a group.

I will say that the above is completely dependent on your situation and other redpillers may disagree with me. But I think it's important to sharpen social skills and a pure monk mode might only blunt them.

But back to things to do for productivity. This is what I did during all that time besides social shit-

Get on top of school work, extra credit and all that good shit. Done? Study if you have a test coming up.
I picked up guitar after quite the hiatus, I'm actually pretty into it now. Learning my first song in full rather than just part of a tab, also actually learning chords by memory.
Extra exercise besides lifting, like swimming laps, sprints, and punching the heavy bag.
Making sure my looks and hygiene were top notch daily, looking at the right products, buying a lot more clothes and upping my fashion game.
Ate a lot better and a lot less. Logging on my fitness pal and everything.
I started researching and reading about things that have always interested me. For one, guns. I loved shooting but didn't know much about guns or anything like that. Now I do. Hell, I even got into archery in my backyard.
Meditation twice a day.
Bed way earlier, up a bit earlier, timed with sleep cycles.
Nofap, pornfree.

That's really all I need to say (There's always more when you need to fill up a whole day) cause that was me, not you. You might be into coding, or learning a new language or some shit. But basically, you see it's not necessarily a contest to fill up your day just because. It's to sharpen yourself as a human being and finding things that interest you, all without the distractions of television, social media, video games, and other forms of mindless pleasure.

Spaw-1-4-5 · 2016-11-08T20:37:44+00:00

Some ideas come to mind:

Add a few more exercises to your workout. Take an hour longer in the gym.

Read "Bang" and "Day Bang", meditate on it. Maybe go out and execute. There are other books in the sidebar I believe.

I play guitar and I spent a whole year playing about 8 -10 hours a day. Of course I had just finished high-school and had no job... so that might not be realistic for you but I'm better than anyone I know and it's pretty cool to bust it out at parties. My wife loves it.

I keep my house extremely clean so maybe make an extra effort to stay on top of yours...

But the meditation is key. Spend time meditating to full absorb what you have learned and to fully appreciate what you are doing.

This is all stuff that I do. Funny, a year and a half ago I would go to work, come home, play videogames, smoke weed and drink all night. I can't believe I wondered why my wife would want to leave hahaha.

FromThePit · 2016-11-08T20:58:52+00:00

Take control of your time (make a strict schedule). Take control of your money (make a strict budget). Take control of your frame (meditate, read).

I_Crepe_Bitches · 2016-11-08T23:35:28+00:00

Read each of the posts listed in this thread individually. Many newcomers forget this exists; they are all written by /u/redpillschool and were focused exactly on this - where to begin.

SetConsumes · 2016-11-09T00:02:35+00:00

Read this https://illimitablemen.com/2014/04/13/monk-mode/

Honestly, a teenager hardly needs actual monk mode. Just start doing proper rp things and focus on yourself.

Monk mode is more for dudes in their 20s or later that have been set in bad ways and need to reset themselves and become better.

Title	How must I enter monk mode?
Author	teenageredpill
Upvotes	10
Comments	6
Date	November 8, 2016 6:33 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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