I like to test my willpower from time to time. Once in High School I stopped eating Meat for a year just to see if I could do it. It kinda started when I wanted to know what it would be like to be Hindu, so I tried not eating meat for a week. When It was over, I had not eaten meat for a year. It also pissed off my mom, which is always a plus when your in High School.
So as another challenge, last summer I decided to give up listening to one of my favorite bands. I had been listening to Brand New since the first time I heard them on a cold Thursday morning, at the stop light at Hickory Grove and Woodward in February of 2005. (It was on the Avondale High School radio station) After 2 and a half years I was still listening to them, and decided to stop. I deleted the songs from my computer and Ipod and basically just lived life.
11 months later I decided that I had proven to myself that I could do it. So I just re-downloaded all of the albums After 11 months off I came back with all the swagger of the day after Lent. Back on the Ipod, on repeat. I'm pretty sure that if I had to, I could give up smoking, or meth, but probably not beer.
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I wish I could tell some personal tale of will power, but honestly the greatest showing of self-control I ever had was waiting two weeks to play Goldeneye 007 after getting it in middle school. The thing is, I didn't play it because I couldn't - my family was at a funeral in Florida.
I guess I get some credit for keeping myself from building a makeshift N64 out of twigs and leaves.
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