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ITT: We motivate each other to better each other's lives

  1. 2018-10-30 at 3:14 AM UTC
    #21
    OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III African Astronaut
    Originally posted by mmQ What if you know the goal isn't a "potential growth experience" like for example I've had a goal of deep cleaning my place and rearranging some furniture and I've had that goal for a few months but every time I even consider it I'm like "well shit I wanna play some video games or I wanna drink" or something else and so basically I just say I'll do it tomorrow or another day. Procrastinating.

    The reason I say it won't be a growth experience is because I've done it before and it was just a.. A cleaning. I didn't GROW as a person I don't think. I wonder if there's a trick to convincing myself that I could grow from chores and tasks like that.

    It's all about momentum as well. I wasn't cleaning a lot earlier, like fuck it, why not let dishes pile for 3 days and have a bunch of random shit splayed across the floor? I've been making it a point to keep my shit clean though because I realized it makes everything else easier. If you start letting shit like that slip, more shit you've been procrastinating on will slowly build up, and it will feel more overwhelming and harder to get going. Then one day you're waking up after a 4 day bender and your entire living space, life and mind is trashed and it takes a ton of effort and agony.

    If I just keep up with the little things, the big things seem more accessible to take care of. It forces you to stop living in the future and having anxiety about what will happen, which is not productive at all, and makes you actually take action. It's hard to see how the small actions add up when you view them one at a time but if you just chill with the worry/anxiety and do what you need to do you'll be much better off.
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  2. 2018-10-30 at 3:24 AM UTC
    #22
    Sudo Black Hole [my hereto riemannian peach]
    You seem decent gadzooks, I wonder what province you live in.

    Motivate me to lead a completely different life
  3. 2018-10-30 at 3:30 AM UTC
    #23
    mmQ Lisa Turtle
    Originally posted by gadzooks You raise a really good point. There are certain tasks that we have to engage in simply to persist. Those are precisely the kind of task I find myself procrastinating on all the time because it just feels like "why bother cleaning? It's just going to get messy and have to be cleaned up again…" Heck, I'll find myself putting off showering or brushing my teeth for a few days because of the same line of thinking.

    I think it comes to down to forging habits as the intrinsically desirable goal. Dedicating ourselves to cleaning, or showering, or exercising, or whatever, even though it's not going to be a fun use of our time. But the very act of building a positive habit can be seen as a growth exercise for the greater the good.



    Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III It's all about momentum as well. I wasn't cleaning a lot earlier, like fuck it, why not let dishes pile for 3 days and have a bunch of random shit splayed across the floor? I've been making it a point to keep my shit clean though because I realized it makes everything else easier. If you start letting shit like that slip, more shit you've been procrastinating on will slowly build up, and it will feel more overwhelming and harder to get going. Then one day you're waking up after a 4 day bender and your entire living space, life and mind is trashed and it takes a ton of effort and agony.

    If I just keep up with the little things, the big things seem more accessible to take care of. It forces you to stop living in the future and having anxiety about what will happen, which is not productive at all, and makes you actually take action. It's hard to see how the small actions add up when you view them one at a time but if you just chill with the worry/anxiety and do what you need to do you'll be much better off.

    Respek double awesome replies.

    I probably have a different issue because every time I clean my place I'm like "well there, now all I a have to do is just keep it clean every night with a little easy clean up" and then a few days or a week later it's back to shit and I wonder how the fuck I let it happen.

    Also what is equally frustrating is at work, I'm like the opposite, I'm constantly cleaning, constantly making things nice and organized and HAMDLING shit. Then I get home and don't give any fucks. Maybe I need to get paid to care about myself.
  4. 2018-10-30 at 3:40 AM UTC
    #24
    PhD in Condom Mechanics Houston
    Today is the first day of the rest of your life, said the guy who deserved to be punched in the mouth.
  5. 2018-10-30 at 3:50 AM UTC
    #25
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by Sudo You seem decent gadzooks, I wonder what province you live in.

    Motivate me to lead a completely different life

    Are you a fellow Canadian?

    I'm in B.C. myself. I live just outside of Vancouver.

    And you've already got root access to life if you're on Sudo.

    Is there anything in particular you've been meaning to accomplish in life, or even something you just want to try but haven't mustered the gumption? I was hoping to provide a general sense of motivation with this thread, but we can always address specific scenarios on a case-by-case basis.
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  6. 2018-10-30 at 3:53 AM UTC
    #26
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by mmQ Maybe I need to get paid to care about myself.

    You have to treat your time with the same respect you would if you were you your own boss in charge of paying yourself by the hour.

    If you start to treat yourself like a living, breathing organization, you will start to look at how you allocate your time, money, energy, and resources in general in a whole new way.
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  7. 2018-10-30 at 3:55 AM UTC
    #27
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III If I just keep up with the little things, the big things seem more accessible to take care of. It forces you to stop living in the future and having anxiety about what will happen, which is not productive at all, and makes you actually take action. It's hard to see how the small actions add up when you view them one at a time but if you just chill with the worry/anxiety and do what you need to do you'll be much better off.

    Bingo! You've just hit on the real secret sauce to sustainable success. Small actions == habits, and soon you'll be making mountains out of molehills (but in a good way).
  8. 2018-10-30 at 4:03 AM UTC
    #28
    Glokula's Homabla African Astronaut
    Originally posted by ohfralala Let’s all take a field trip

    i want to explore your intestines with a fishhook and a micro camera in your asshole
  9. 2018-10-30 at 7:22 AM UTC
    #29
    eBagger Tuskegee Airman
    damn I didn't wanna be that dude to post a video in a thread with no others I'm sorry come check out my latest review in Better Living Through Chemistry in a little bit gotta go to bed but no motivation sorry to advertise in here its hard to get the motivation to advertise hey am I on topic
  10. 2018-10-30 at 12:58 PM UTC
    #30
    tee hee hee Naturally Camouflaged [slangily complete this slumberer]
    This is wonderful!!!

    Don't do drugs.
  11. 2018-10-30 at 1:08 PM UTC
    #31
    PhD in Condom Mechanics Houston
    Do lots of drugs responsibly
  12. 2018-10-30 at 1:10 PM UTC
    #32
    Ghost Black Hole
    Hey that wasn't 10
  13. 2018-10-30 at 11:52 PM UTC
    #33
    Nil African Astronaut [the overexcited four-footed chanar]
    This thread has changed my life.
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  14. 2018-10-30 at 11:58 PM UTC
    #34
    Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
    Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III It's all about momentum as well. I wasn't cleaning a lot earlier, like fuck it, why not let dishes pile for 3 days and have a bunch of random shit splayed across the floor? I've been making it a point to keep my shit clean though because I realized it makes everything else easier. If you start letting shit like that slip, more shit you've been procrastinating on will slowly build up, and it will feel more overwhelming and harder to get going. Then one day you're waking up after a 4 day bender and your entire living space, life and mind is trashed and it takes a ton of effort and agony.

    If I just keep up with the little things, the big things seem more accessible to take care of. It forces you to stop living in the future and having anxiety about what will happen, which is not productive at all, and makes you actually take action. It's hard to see how the small actions add up when you view them one at a time but if you just chill with the worry/anxiety and do what you need to do you'll be much better off.


    Guess i've not hit rock bottom hard enough. BRB drugs.
  15. 2018-10-31 at 12:12 AM UTC
    #35
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by Ghost Hey that wasn't 10

    Shit, you're right. I could have sworn I chose $20. I just checked my coinbase records and it's showing I only sent like $2. Admittedly, I was on drugs myself at the time.

    Apologies, as I am a man of my word.

    I get a paycheck tomorrow, and plan to buy more bitcoin. I will send you that $20. Neither rain, sleet, hail, nor snow will prevent it.
  16. 2018-10-31 at 12:16 AM UTC
    #36
    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
    Originally posted by eBagger damn I didn't wanna be that dude to post a video in a thread with no others I'm sorry come check out my latest review in Better Living Through Chemistry in a little bit gotta go to bed but no motivation sorry to advertise in here its hard to get the motivation to advertise hey am I on topic

    The one on Zopiclone? You've piqued my interest since I haven't actually tried zopiclone yet, and am personally interested in all kinds of sedatives and relaxants.

    I take no shame in admitting that drugs are a big part of self improvement for me. It is "Better Living Through Chemistry," afterall.

    But just be sure not to let it take a singular focus in your life, because, as helpful and, dare I say, fun/enjoyable as drugs can be, they also have the power to destroy.
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  17. 2018-11-06 at 8:37 PM UTC
    #37
    SBTlauien African Astronaut
    Its all about balance.
  18. 2018-11-06 at 8:39 PM UTC
    #38
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    "yer a long time dead" - My gran.
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