Remy

joined 3 days ago
 

Hello, I have a big problem that interferes with every aspect of my life. And I want to ask you all if you experience this too and/or you have any ideas on how to improve this behavior?

The Problem

When I do anything interesting, or anything that just isn't completely boring, I can't stop when it's time to stop and start the doing the next thing. I always think, something like "Just five minutes more" and then I sometimes finish hours later than I had planned. This breaks all time-sensitive plans and also causes me to go to sleep far too late.

I don't think that its simple procrastination, because what I feel when I do it, is not about not wanting to start the next thing, but about not wanting to stop the current thing.

List of things I already do / have already tried

  • Setting up alarms that remind me that I need to stop doing the current thing and start doing the next thing
  • Creating schedules
  • Configuring the Wifi Router to turn of at certain times: This is very effective (when I have taken out my SIM card before), but its only helping with cutting the wifi at the end of the day for bedtime, not other time sensitive tasks that are necessary to even enable me to sleep on time (like eating dinner early enough)
  • Buffer time: Most of the time I can't get my self to view the buffer deadline as the actual deadline
  • Reading books about habits: I read some books about habits, but these books are mostly about starting an activity, or don't starting an activity at all, but I need to do certain things, and stop doing them on time.
  • This list is probably incomplete
[–] Remy@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I need this. Can you provide a link (if links are allowed?) or the name of the product? I would be very grateful

[–] Remy@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

I wish I could get my self on a consistent bedtime

[–] Remy@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can't provide any good tips on how to get out of bed better, because I too struggle with this.

But I have some tips on getting awake in the morning after getting out of bed:

  • Try to get outside and get sunlight into your eyes as fast as possible. Aim for 100k Lux minutes (This means for example 10k Lux for 10 minutes or 5k Lux for 20 minutes).
  • Get some movement, this can easily be combined with being outside by taking a walk
  • DONT take any form of caffeine for the first 90 minutes of the day and not until you got enough sunlight into your eyes. This is important because caffeine hinders your brains ability to adjust its hormones if you take it too early.

I learned these tips from an Andrew Huberman podcast (not sure if I can post links here, so I don't)

[–] Remy@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What does he means with "ancient homosexuality" vs "feminized homosexuality" ? And then why he even cares about it?

[–] Remy@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

I would hide the meds and take them when she is not around

[–] Remy@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago

Me at the beginning of every day