SpookyBoogie

Thanks for the tips! Day 7 Had the same issues as yesterday so I used ColdTurkey and just nuked Reddit out of my life for 6 years, I figured I could be more productive in my breaks anyway without reddit. It's also so interesting how automatically I type "reddit" into the browsing bar, showing how much habits really play into our life. Qutting reddit (browsing) and video games should hopefully do the trick. I got work done today, small steps at a time (I blew my whole labor day weekend before I started my adventure here). Only a week and few days until my exams. The way I study this week will determine whether or not I spend an extra year in medical school.

Day 6 Hey folks, here's a quick update. I'm still having a slow start to my morning and that still has to do with my notoriously bad habit of browsing the internet/etc before starting headspace/exercise. I was actually delayed almost 2 hours because I was stuck in some weird loop of on/off browsing, music, youtube habits that caused me not to exercise at all. Because of this, I am now just quitting browsing the internet and only leaving a small portion of time during my pomodoros for browsing reddit, etc. Better to just eliminate the habit of browsing the internet altogether. No more designated times for browsing, and no more browsing internet during large pomodoro breaks. So I woke up around 7:30 AM (I sleep 9-10 PM to around 6-7 AM, so I have a fairly decent consistent sleep schedule) but only started doing real work around 2 PM (I also take too long to eat breakfast and lunch - too much browsing!). I did headspace again around 2 PM and that helped me concentrate and make a plan of limiting my browsing, so I can definitely say headspace is helping for sure. After 2 PM I started to do pretty well in keeping up with my pomodoros after I decided to never browse the internet unless I am on a pomodoro break. So that's a potential of around 5 hours that I am aiming to add into my time tomorrow. 1. So even after I quit gaming, I still do fill in my time/waste time browsing reddit/youtube. At least by restricting it to pomodoros I can be more productive but I hope to eliminate the habit completely. 2. I also hope to start off morning tomorrow early and get in those early hours of productivity. I lost around 5 good hours by not starting the day off right. The key to starting a productive day, I've noticed, is to exercise every day. Overall I did better than any other day but a lot of room for improvement. 3. I have to figure out how to restrict my times to eat my three meals. Otherwise I just end up browsing stuff and it's hard to get back into working. Any tips for this? What should I be doing while eating? I mean I could listen to a lecture but I haven't really been doing that. MUST REMEMBER, HEADSPACE AND THEN EXERCISE, THEN START DAY! NO MORE BROWSING REDDIT/INTERNET UNLESS IN SMALL POMODORO BREAK! LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO MY EXAMS!!

Day 5 Thanks! I feel better after quitting games but right now I'm just working on time management/pomodoros. I upped headspace to twice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. It seems to be helping. Also, where is the button to "like" posts?

Day 4 I now see why it's better to start off doing headspace first (as WorkInProgress suggested) instead of checking e mails. This morning I had my phone on silent and I burned through the timer which threw off my vibe. I skipped my exercise (yoga), but then again I almost always skipped the yoga part of the program. Overall I did get work done, but I feel like I should have gone straight to headspace, then exercise, then shower/breakfast right after. It seems that if I automated all these steps, getting into starting the rest of my day would be faster and I would get more done. I will definitely try this tomorrow. I would say overall day was still a success since I got work done throughout the day. Just need to keep working on pomodoro-ing without any interruption, and going back to work after my longer break.

Day 3. Hey folks, here a quick update. Exercise and headspace in the morning (P90X3 is great! only 30 minutes a day), and pomodoros as well. Coming home from class I feel like I should have done a pomodoro while my food was cooking. I've got pomodoros in the morning but I can definitely do better in the afternoon. Overall a good day!

Good start! I wish you the best of luck! I too, went into gaming for pretty much all the reasons you outlined, but also quit for the reasons you also outlined!

Hey all! Day 2 (so far) Checked emails for 5 mins, then did headspace and meditated for 10 min. Going to exercise in a few min. After meditating I realized that I probably should be drinking a protein shake or something in my 5 min email checking time. It seems that being hungry first thing in the morning does really put me off from exercising. Update: Alright, I managed to get work done before my lab class so I wasn't lost! I plan on sleeping around in 3 hours so my plan is to get my lecture done before I sleep and go over some flashcards! 2nd Update: Got my lecture material covered, and even a little bit of extra. I would say today was fairly productive. Although I could have eased into my study routine a little faster in the morning. Let's see how it goes tomorrow. I bet I could squeeze an extra hour of productivity.

Thanks for the tips! Thanks for helping me get back on the bandwagon! Thanks for the best wishes. I found the pomodoro is pretty helpful if you can follow through with it throughout the day. I'll let you know how headspace goes.

Keep up the great work!

Day 1 Hey all. Just wanted to update my day 1. I got some work done, but I spent most of my time planning my next week. I figured since I'm behind a couple lectures, I will plan to finish them over the weekend (Fri-Sun), where I do not have classes. That way, I can stay motivated throughout the week as I keep up with each new lecture. My first set of exams were not that great, and I'm in the danger of having to spend another whole year just to retake one class. Because of this, I'm definitely doing everything I can to change this around.From what I've noticed about myself, the main issue is time management, so I'm doing everything I can to turn this around before my exams 2+ weeks from now. My main challenge now is to fully implement promodoro throughout my whole day. My main issue is that after my 5 minute break, I don't go back to work, and instead, I browse reddit/internet. I need to cull this bad habit. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start headspace right before I exercise because I am also having trouble keeping my exercise routine.One of the main issues I have is that I wake up, go and browse the internet and then get hungry and just forgo exercising. Instead, I am now going to wake up, set a 5 min timer to check important emails, then headspace and then go straight to exercise. Hopefully this habit will help make sure I exercise everyday. As for the pomodoro, I just need to keep working on it. Well, I'm off the bed. Thanks for reading.

I'm currently a medical student (somehow made it in despite a lot of obstacles). I've been procrastinating and simply just not putting my nose to the grindstone. I'm hoping if I hold myself accountable I will get better at managing my time and quit playing video games. I want to start playing guitar again, which simply does not happen if video games are available. I'm currently using Pomodoro as my time management technique. Day 1 of detox: I hope to finish all my lectures that I'm behind in. Let's see if I can do it! I'd like to thank Cam for helping me reactivate my account! Please buy his book/donate if you can afford it!