ULPT Request: I need to stick with things, conventional tricks don’t work
Posted by RedGreenBlueRGB_@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Conventional methods are failing me, no amount of reward systems or thinking about my future makes me do anything, let alone stick to it. The only way I do anything is if I physically don’t have enough time to keep putting it off, any more than a few hours until it’s due and I’ll convince myself I can do it later. And this obviously doesn’t work for hobbies and personal projects that don’t have deadlines.
If I am in control of the rewards or really if I have any control at ALL in the matter I will not do it, I will almost always choose sleeping and scrolling over literally anything else.
So I need a way to start, I need a way to focus, and I need a way to stick with it. This isn’t about motivation or even about discipline, I need it ADDICTING, I need not doing it even once to be as difficult as a meth head trying to quit cold turkey, I need it to genuinely be more mentally challenging to sit in bed and scroll than to get up and do it.
I don’t care how unethical or morally questionable the methods are, I need it to work for anything I want to do, I need it to be as simple as possible to get the ball rolling, I need results, and I need them ASAP. At the very least I need to be dragged kicking and screaming through the first few weeks.
backfire10z@reddit
Live on the street for a week. If you hate it, you’ll have plenty of motivation to bust your ass. If you like it, then no need to sweat anything really.
the_siren_song@reddit
I feel you dude. I started a calendar and the calendar is GOD. Held a party for it and everything. If the calendar says I’m playing video games from 1200-1400 then that is what I’m doing. 1430-1600 going grocery shopping? Damn right. The calendar says so RIGHT THERE.
I’m just like you. See? I’m wasting time on Reddit. But the calendar says that’s okay right now.
ACynicalOptomist@reddit
You have to develop your inner voice. Fortunately I have a very strong inner voice that just says, "come on, let's do it, no one's going to do it for you." My dad had a sign in his office that said if it is to be it is up to me.
You can set timers, you can reward yourself but it truly is up to you, no one's going to do it for you. I also have become my own cheerleader I am my biggest cheerleader because there's nobody rooting me on.
You can do this, you're not weak, you're not stupid. But you are wasting your life. I am towards the end of my life and I know the only reason I've been successful is because of my strong inner voice.
Capable_Victory_7807@reddit
maybe an AI controlled shock collar could motivate you
RedGreenBlueRGB_@reddit (OP)
I don’t know about a shock collar, but the other commenter suggested having someone hold me accountable, I might be able to figure something out using AI for that…
SatisfactionOk5226@reddit
Sounds like scrolling is your current addiction! You could chuck your phone in a river but I'm thinking buy a lockbox that only unlocks once it's been a set time, so like 12 hours no phone in the day. Still enough time to deal with admin/emails after you get your phone back.
Make someone else responsible for keeping you accountable. They can reward you, or they can punish you. Carrot and stick.