One of the things proper life coaches (as if there is such a thing!) will tell you is that you need to visualize yourself reaching your goal.
I can tell you from my experience that doing this is a load of phooey and doesn't actually work. What you actually need to visualize is the obstacles that are going to get in the way of you achieving whatever it is you are trying to do, and work out in advance what you are going to do about them when they inevitably pop up.
I previously wrote about how I need to spend my limited store of willpower wisely - so before I even start this thing, I need to remove one of the biggest users of willpower going - social media. There is a whole post about why this is the case, which I'll get to, but for now - you know how hard it is to concentrate on something when your phone is sitting there with all those glorious notifications,
So as a set up, I have made 2 small changes in my life to try to give myself a sporting chance.
1. I have moved my mobile phone charger out of my bedroom into the loungeroom. This is about good sleep hygiene - because for me, being tired is the enemy of doing anything useful.
2. I've installed an app on my phone that bans all social media apps (and I use all of them) between 10pm and 12pm. After 10pm - I should be either sleeping, or I can be reading something much more interesting that the inane shit on facebook. For the first half of the day? I've got shit to do. Workout, have a good breakfast, be productive at work when I'm at my freshest and most creative. I ain't got no time for facebook every morning.
I can tell you from my experience that doing this is a load of phooey and doesn't actually work. What you actually need to visualize is the obstacles that are going to get in the way of you achieving whatever it is you are trying to do, and work out in advance what you are going to do about them when they inevitably pop up.
I previously wrote about how I need to spend my limited store of willpower wisely - so before I even start this thing, I need to remove one of the biggest users of willpower going - social media. There is a whole post about why this is the case, which I'll get to, but for now - you know how hard it is to concentrate on something when your phone is sitting there with all those glorious notifications,
So as a set up, I have made 2 small changes in my life to try to give myself a sporting chance.
1. I have moved my mobile phone charger out of my bedroom into the loungeroom. This is about good sleep hygiene - because for me, being tired is the enemy of doing anything useful.
2. I've installed an app on my phone that bans all social media apps (and I use all of them) between 10pm and 12pm. After 10pm - I should be either sleeping, or I can be reading something much more interesting that the inane shit on facebook. For the first half of the day? I've got shit to do. Workout, have a good breakfast, be productive at work when I'm at my freshest and most creative. I ain't got no time for facebook every morning.
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