>>46812
you don't have to renounce lust in the sense of never getting laid, just look into tantric and taoist approaches to sexuality.
and by normie things you don't have to party or go to bars, that's bullshit. I mean not shitposting all the time or whatever. it's good to find and learn other things, you can use the computer as a tool to learn to play a musical instrument, draw or create something really. hang out with friends or meet new ones. through those activities you can meet people and women and such. technically those aren't normie things since most normies don't even do those things. they're too busy working and buying shit they don't need.
my opinion is that the prerequisite is to quit fapping or reduce the frequency to 1x per week as per Taoist teachings. Whenevr you're ready you'll get it. the first two or three days are toughest if you go from a daily frequent habit but if you power through it you'll be fine. it's all smooth sailing after that.
When you fap a lot, it does a lot of things to your body. the nervous systems are interconnected, and overstimulating your sexuality basically signals your body that it has achieved its goal of reproduction, and like a flower it withers up instead of blooming. like a steel mill pumping out testosterone instead of steel, when you rub it out the factory says "okay boys, time to go home early, our work is done!"
testosterone is the source of creation in the male. if you stop testosterone, you stop the power to create your own world, your generative and re-generative power. This is why God rested after the 7th day, he basically ejaculated everything he created. Funny enough this is literally what an Egyptian god did.
I can tell you that before I quit my once a day habit years ago, I used to find it hard to make eye contact with people, especially women, I always felt so tired and depressed and let negative thoughts invade my mind, and never really felt motivated to do much. I wanted to do a lot of things, but I never found the drive. Then when I quit I had no choice but to do everything that I wanted to do otherwise I would be painfully bored. after I quit for a week or two, people said I looked taller, my eyes looked brighter, and I had a lot more vitality. maybe it was coincidence?
it was easier to find the energy to converse with people, and I noticed all the girls who were making eye contact with me that I never noticed before. For some reason it was really easy to hold eye contact in a non-creepy way. I think you stand out more too as most everyone else is chronically fapping you will appear different. Positive thoughts became easier, and the things I want to manifest seem a lot easier to manifest when I quit that habit. so that's why I think it's a prerequisite.
best of luck