So I'm (mentally) coming out of a year and a half long drug binge and I'm realizing that this social life I have worked for is not the path to my happiness. I just returned to college after failing two years in a row and taking a year off just working to get a degree in Wildlife & Fisheries (more aimed towards the wildlife part of it). The thing I'm having trouble with is free time. Most of my childhood my parents told me what needed to be done and I just did it. I got used to everything being set and ready for me to just DO. I try hard and I was physically fit and pretty smart, so i usually did pretty well in whatever I did. My free time until high school ended was mostly taken up by soccer even tough I have no desire to pursue a career in it. I also developed a sort of addiction to gaming. I didn't start doing 6+ hour sessions or so until late high school but by then I just got way too fond of having mental effort displayed so well while the body got to just sit and relax with minimal effort. This habit ended up distracting me completely from school once I would get back to my dorm/room. I would listen pay attention and contribute in class but outside of class it was just gaming and gaming friends.
Since then I've all but stopped doing anything physical that isn't part of work or school. I'll do a few pushups and crunches from time to time in my room but that's the most I can remember doing for the past year or so.
I want to get into something that has real world benefits this time, though. I was thinking Muay Thai but I have no idea how to get started training to be ready for when I actually go to a gym and ask to be taught it.
First, I would like to ask if anyone else has any suggestions for a sport or physically exerting activity that might help me get a new social life that isn't based on drugs. I like nature and after 18 years of soccer I have strong leg muscles so if it's primarily a leg sport I'm already interested. On the other hand, I would like to get a better upper body so I'm open to anything really. I have a minimum wage job and car but I don't make much so if it's expensive then forget it. After college I would like to end up working with animals, specifically mammals. Any ideas on jobs or activities that could help me pursue that goal are welcome.
Second, what has been a primary motivating factor for stopping with your old life? As I have said I have a bad habit of just coming home, sitting down at the computer and doing nothing the rest of the night but play games, watch videos/movies and surfing the web. I have made plans in my head to do night runs, but I never end up acting upon them. I end up getting too stoned or too interested in what I'm currently watching/playing to get up and do what I know, logically, is a healthier choice.
Third, does anyone have tips for how to study as a visual learner? I have Concerta prescribed to me which helps with studying math and writing papers, but it doesn't seem to be helping as much as I had hoped with biology.
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