Well, I see a sort of a problem in this. When you tell yourself not do do some things, it seems like you really mean it. You really don't (at the time) want to do that action.

If at a lower level you really want to have an LD, but you tell yourself that you don't want to, you wont really have it (Or you won't have it because of the original reason). I'm guessing this is what will happen to you in a dry spell. You get discouraged and you tell yourself that you can't have another LD. Well, guess what happens then