Overcoming Long Slumps; Lost my Drive
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I have my little motivational tip I use:
for every hour I spend procrastinating or being lazy I suck cock of my neighbour for 5 minutes.
Well, it worked a charm before until I found pleasure doing it. I became 100% gay but at least I found my true-me.
But it might work for you
Good luck.
for every hour I spend procrastinating or being lazy I suck cock of my neighbour for 5 minutes.
Well, it worked a charm before until I found pleasure doing it. I became 100% gay but at least I found my true-me.
But it might work for you
Good luck.
ROFL, good luck to all those that decide to suck their neighbour's cock, However, I dont think this is a method preferred by majority here (I hope)
Whoa Neil, it's Ngo! Wondering wtf happened to you lol. Hit me up if you need any help man.
Best thing to do is to have a great morning routine.
Mine is roughly
- Wake up
- Drink Water
- Brush teeth
- Breakfast
- 20 minutes of exercise (treadmill in my building)
- Shower
- 20 minutes meditation
- Review my goals, look at my schedule for the day, review my 3 most important tasks for the day
- Look at my motivation page for about 5 minutes. It has pics, quotes, videos that inspire me. It gets me pumped up for the day
- Begin work
Also I do have a few hacks I implement.
- Reddit and other time wasting websites are blocked permanently on my laptop. I view them on my ipad at night before I go to sleep. Laptop = Work mode
- My rule is I only watch TV / play my PS3 at night after my work's complete. After playing the PS3, just unhook it and put it in the closet. Also for PS3 / Xbox I don't play online at all. Once you add in that social factor and online competition is when you get addicted. I just play an hour of RPG's and I'm done for the day.
Mine is roughly
- Wake up
- Drink Water
- Brush teeth
- Breakfast
- 20 minutes of exercise (treadmill in my building)
- Shower
- 20 minutes meditation
- Review my goals, look at my schedule for the day, review my 3 most important tasks for the day
- Look at my motivation page for about 5 minutes. It has pics, quotes, videos that inspire me. It gets me pumped up for the day
- Begin work
Also I do have a few hacks I implement.
- Reddit and other time wasting websites are blocked permanently on my laptop. I view them on my ipad at night before I go to sleep. Laptop = Work mode
- My rule is I only watch TV / play my PS3 at night after my work's complete. After playing the PS3, just unhook it and put it in the closet. Also for PS3 / Xbox I don't play online at all. Once you add in that social factor and online competition is when you get addicted. I just play an hour of RPG's and I'm done for the day.
If you're getting your adwords account banned you're trying to rape people. Obviously you hate working because every day you sit in front of the computer and say "ok how can I rape some random people and trick them into filling out some leads".
Who the fuck wants to do that for the rest of their lives?
Who the fuck wants to do that for the rest of their lives?
1) set extremely high goals.
2) study material daily that will move you towards your new extreme goals.
3) go to bed early and don't use an alarm when you wake.
4) raise your standard of living. move out of that piece of shit box your living in and drive your honda accord into the river. spend more money.
5) move somewhere where people like to flash their money. then you will realize how little you have and how much of a pussy you are. it's better if there's bangin hoes walkin around everywhere who won't fuck you because your money is weak.
6) drinking 2x a week is way too much, alcohol stays in your body/brain for 4-5 days effecting it's performance - whether you realize it or not. in other words, stop being a drunk piece of shit and stop accepting calls from your drunk ass friends.
7) have a set amount of time every day (mine is 8 hrs) where the only thing you're allowed to do is: 1) work, or 2) stare at your computer screen/office wall, 3) limited break to eat.
8) stop listening to gay music.
ADDED: 9) work on multiple projects simultaneously so you dont have large gaps of time where your "waiting" on something to get done before you can make your next move.
2) study material daily that will move you towards your new extreme goals.
3) go to bed early and don't use an alarm when you wake.
4) raise your standard of living. move out of that piece of shit box your living in and drive your honda accord into the river. spend more money.
5) move somewhere where people like to flash their money. then you will realize how little you have and how much of a pussy you are. it's better if there's bangin hoes walkin around everywhere who won't fuck you because your money is weak.
6) drinking 2x a week is way too much, alcohol stays in your body/brain for 4-5 days effecting it's performance - whether you realize it or not. in other words, stop being a drunk piece of shit and stop accepting calls from your drunk ass friends.
7) have a set amount of time every day (mine is 8 hrs) where the only thing you're allowed to do is: 1) work, or 2) stare at your computer screen/office wall, 3) limited break to eat.
8) stop listening to gay music.
ADDED: 9) work on multiple projects simultaneously so you dont have large gaps of time where your "waiting" on something to get done before you can make your next move.
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Hey guys.
Checking back in with responses which have been incredible and have helped me a bunch.
Been about a week with "trying to get back on track," and I'm already doing a ton better than I usually do, and have had my first consecutive profitable days in weeks, with hoping to get back to $500 day profit by the end of next week if I keep this up.
What worked for me:
-Waking up at 5am. It was a bitch the first couple of days, but I started at: 7AM, 6:30AM, 6AM, and then just finally did a 5AM have been doing it since. Wow, this has helped my energy levels a ton and by the time 10PM rolls around I peacefully fall asleep instead of spending an extra 2 hours on my laptop until I feel tired. Basically, this has been the most helpful suggestion.
-Blocked Reddit, some news sites, and other time wasters on my main PC. I've tried this before and always unblocked it because I felt boxed in not being able to see my favorite sites. But now I just check reddit on my phone or iPad when I need to unwind and having that separation away from your main computer helps a ton.
-Habits book was pretty cool, I recommend everyone read at least the first 3 chapters like I did. Puts a lot of things in perspective.
-Working Out: Waking up a 5 in the morn, I usually hit the gym around 9-10 before lunch and run a ton (20 mins or more) and lift some heavy weights until failing. Not sure if it helps but it feels good and gives me a sense of accomplishment (this is detailed in the book about Habits).
-Time Blocks: Got the pomodoro timer on my iPhone and set it to 1 hour chunks and just work for an hour.
-Got rid of video games on my main computer. Just uninstalled it. Still have some games on my PS3 and Phone for when I really want it.
-Stopped Drinking! None.. not anymore. I just don't do it. This might have been the 2nd most important part of my routine.
-Weird one: Claritin D 24hr.. if it's still legal in your state (Out here I can buy only 1 pack per month). Definitely helps a lot with allergies and I suspect there's a minor stimulant involved since it's restricted b/c it's used in Meth production.
-Barely log into my skype anymore unless I have something I specifically need from someone.. it's a huge time waster. Don't use AIM anymore at all and haven't missed it one bit.
It's amazing when everything just ads up, the synergy gets you out of the funk.
Also noticed, with regards to websites and video games, it's too extreme to just say "no more, cold turkey" but allow yourself a few sneaks of enjoyment. But keep it off your work computer so you know what your computer is actually for.
Will keep people posted further.
Checking back in with responses which have been incredible and have helped me a bunch.
Been about a week with "trying to get back on track," and I'm already doing a ton better than I usually do, and have had my first consecutive profitable days in weeks, with hoping to get back to $500 day profit by the end of next week if I keep this up.
What worked for me:
-Waking up at 5am. It was a bitch the first couple of days, but I started at: 7AM, 6:30AM, 6AM, and then just finally did a 5AM have been doing it since. Wow, this has helped my energy levels a ton and by the time 10PM rolls around I peacefully fall asleep instead of spending an extra 2 hours on my laptop until I feel tired. Basically, this has been the most helpful suggestion.
-Blocked Reddit, some news sites, and other time wasters on my main PC. I've tried this before and always unblocked it because I felt boxed in not being able to see my favorite sites. But now I just check reddit on my phone or iPad when I need to unwind and having that separation away from your main computer helps a ton.
-Habits book was pretty cool, I recommend everyone read at least the first 3 chapters like I did. Puts a lot of things in perspective.
-Working Out: Waking up a 5 in the morn, I usually hit the gym around 9-10 before lunch and run a ton (20 mins or more) and lift some heavy weights until failing. Not sure if it helps but it feels good and gives me a sense of accomplishment (this is detailed in the book about Habits).
-Time Blocks: Got the pomodoro timer on my iPhone and set it to 1 hour chunks and just work for an hour.
-Got rid of video games on my main computer. Just uninstalled it. Still have some games on my PS3 and Phone for when I really want it.
-Stopped Drinking! None.. not anymore. I just don't do it. This might have been the 2nd most important part of my routine.
-Weird one: Claritin D 24hr.. if it's still legal in your state (Out here I can buy only 1 pack per month). Definitely helps a lot with allergies and I suspect there's a minor stimulant involved since it's restricted b/c it's used in Meth production.
-Barely log into my skype anymore unless I have something I specifically need from someone.. it's a huge time waster. Don't use AIM anymore at all and haven't missed it one bit.
It's amazing when everything just ads up, the synergy gets you out of the funk.
Also noticed, with regards to websites and video games, it's too extreme to just say "no more, cold turkey" but allow yourself a few sneaks of enjoyment. But keep it off your work computer so you know what your computer is actually for.
Will keep people posted further.
Corollary: The more complicated you make your productivity rules the harder they become to follow. I.E. You could set your website blocker to block your time wasting websites to certain hours of the day, or keep time limits on them. But easier to just block the site together. I think this may be the reason certain productivity programs just fail to work for some people.
We all waste time. What helped me out is I replaced the material.
Instead of reading retarded shit on Reddit / 9gag, I read books / high quality articles instead.
By nature Reddit is addictive because of the novelty factor and there's always new material. You can easily spend a few hours on there and not even realize it. After a few articles from hbr.org, I'm ready to get back to work.
3 words baby: To Do List
Work out what you reasonably can do and need to do that day. Don't go to sleep until you've done it.
I'm a disorganized guy, and without a to do list I can spend hours in front of the computer doing work-related shit but not actually getting anything done. Having a clear direction of exactly what I need to be doing every day sends my productivity through the roof.
Work out what you reasonably can do and need to do that day. Don't go to sleep until you've done it.
I'm a disorganized guy, and without a to do list I can spend hours in front of the computer doing work-related shit but not actually getting anything done. Having a clear direction of exactly what I need to be doing every day sends my productivity through the roof.