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That's the problem. I had some suffering from procrastination. Suffering does not exactly helps against it. A self reinforcing feedback loop so to say. The Now
by nisa 13y ago
That's the problem. I had some suffering from procrastination. Suffering does not exactly helps against it. A self reinforcing feedback loop so to say.
The Now Habit has solid advice. But it takes a lot of effort to implement that advice.
Get yourself together first. Sleep! A minimal Schedule! Rituals! Build a structure for yourself. If you fail here assess yourself and build up a structure for your in small steps from there. This works for me. If it does not work re-examine the situation, adapt. You need a minimal structure before you can even start to working on yourself.
Learn about stress and how it affects your mind and your body.
The basic idea is to switch your mind into a more mindful state so you can act conscious. You don't need meditation for that. That is in my experience too complicated if you have bigger issues. But these mindful moments. Work towards them. Their effects multiply.
Nothing will work without effort. That's a sad truth but a little momentum (even if it is external) can go a long way.
No need to be perfect. No need to aspire some vague world class. Just do the next logical thing that needs to be done. If this thing is to big, divide and conquer. Iterate.
Ah well... honestly would be nice if my words would help. Without being able to act upon it's all just talking and no walking.
- codezero 13y agoThanks nisa, I actually own the Now Habit, but haven't read it... I bet this is common :P Since getting a Jawbone UP, I'm pretty rigorous about my sleep as I was able to get real data showing when/how sleep affects me and I have been able to optimize the right amount of sleep and when the best windows for waking up are, it's been a great help in building a better structure for my day-to-day. I'm really self aware, I can tell when I am stressed (though this took work to develop, I wonder if that's generally true, I didn't know what stress was, or rather, I couldn't identify it in myself until I was about 27). Everything does fall apart when there are strong external stressors that cannot be remedied with even your own hard work, but that's a separate issue I think.
- nisa 13y ago> Everything does fall apart when there are strong external stressors that cannot be remedied with even your own hard work, but that's a separate issue I think. For me that's exactly it. I have yet to find something that works. I don't know. Not giving a fuck does not work for me.