I tried to improve my productivity, but it backfired

tharakaf

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    Back when i was 15, 16, 17 (peak teenage) all i did was enjoying games, movies, tv shows all day
    but somehow i also had time to do O/Ls, A/Ls, improve IT skills, read books, (and even to write erotica :rolleyes: )

    Since last year, said goodbye to TV shows, also limited the amount of games i play
    crazy thing is nothing changed, Ackchyually things got much worse
    my productivity went downhill, lost track of time, stressed, and bored

    Got some James Paterson books last week, still couldn't finish them; 16-year-old me would read that whole book within 8 hours
    tons of Udemy, Google courses abandoned

    i did dump games, tv shows for nothing? but to become a time wasting redditor:(

    Sad Monsters Inc GIF by filmeditor
    You need to figure out the balance between all those things. You cannot just remove things like that and utilize that time as additional time. The brain needs it.

    But what you can do is to try doing things you consider "waste of time" while doing something that doesn't get affected by it.

    Eg: I watch a TV series episode every day when I do my treadmill run. It is a win-win
     

    poopoo

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    You need to figure out the balance between all those things. You cannot just remove things like that and utilize that time as additional time. The brain needs it.

    But what you can do is to try doing things you consider "waste of time" while doing something that doesn't get affected by it.

    Eg: I watch a TV series episode every day when I do my treadmill run. It is a win-win
    Hmmm... then that's where i got things wrong

    when i played Assassin's creed, prolly spent 4-5 hour each day
    once i forcefully get rid of gaming, i had nothing to do in that free time

    considering tv shows, how you manage to watch one episode per day? that's hella impossible as those shows super addictive
     

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    ඒ කියන්නේ වයසට යන්න යන්න focus කරන්න අමාරුයි කියලද :sorry:

    වැඩක් ඇති දෙයක් කරා කියමුකෝ, ඒත් ඒකම කරද්දි නිකන් එපා වෙලා focus එක නැති වෙනවා
    trip එහෙම යනවද? තව යාලුවොත් එක්ක hangout එහෙම වගේ?
    මං introvert; ඒ නිසා ඉතින් කරන දෙයක් ඉතින් තනියම තමයි; gaming වලින් හුගක් relax වෙලා හිටියා

    දැන් gaming/ tv shows කිසිම දෙයක් නැති නිසා life එක enjoy කෙරෙන්නේ නැහැ, එතකොට හරියට කරන වැඩෙත් එපා වෙලා යනවා


    ya oi, im a virgin:(


    innocent:rofl: one third of my most active subreddits nsfw
    i mean porno

    anywayyy what's monk mode video?:eek: im out of loop
    google my niggaaaa

    You need to figure out the balance between all those things. You cannot just remove things like that and utilize that time as additional time. The brain needs it.

    But what you can do is to try doing things you consider "waste of time" while doing something that doesn't get affected by it.

    Eg: I watch a TV series episode every day when I do my treadmill run. It is a win-win
    my income has dried up so now living the sad anatha sinhala life again. you earned everything by your own or inherited ?
    ------ Post added on Jul 1, 2024 at 10:24 PM
     

    tharakaf

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    Hmmm... then that's where i got things wrong

    when i played Assassin's creed, prolly spent 4-5 hour each day
    once i forcefully get rid of gaming, i had nothing to do in that free time

    considering tv shows, how you manage to watch one episode per day? that's hella impossible as those shows super addictive

    Initially it is addictive, but when you keeping doing it the way I do it, you get used to it. I am watching Dexter these days. I am able to pause an episode mid way and continue it the next day :-)
     
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    poopoo

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    Initially it is addictive, but when you keeping doing it the way I do it, you get used to it. I am watching Dexter these days. I am able to pause an episode mid way and continue it the next day :-)
    nice, will try that
    and happy dexter too, my all-time fav tv show

    google my niggaaaa
    without porn and social media :oo:
    well well im reading this blog rn

    thanks again <3
     
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    StealthySeeker

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    Back when i was 15, 16, 17 (peak teenage) all i did was enjoying games, movies, tv shows all day
    but somehow i also had time to do O/Ls, A/Ls, improve IT skills, read books, (and even to write erotica :rolleyes: )

    Since last year, said goodbye to TV shows, also limited the amount of games i play
    crazy thing is nothing changed, Ackchyually things got much worse
    my productivity went downhill, lost track of time, stressed, and bored

    Got some James Paterson books last week, still couldn't finish them; 16-year-old me would read that whole book within 8 hours
    tons of Udemy, Google courses abandoned

    i did dump games, tv shows for nothing? but to become a time wasting redditor:(

    Sad Monsters Inc GIF by filmeditor
    same here xD
     

    tharakaf

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    nice, will try that
    and happy dexter too, my all-time fav tv show


    without porn and social media :oo:
    well well im reading this blog rn

    thanks again <3
    EK too is quite counter productive. Last year I wasn't able to come online due to work for 2 weeks and then decided to continue the same for over 6 months. Probably the most productive time period I have had after a long time. Then I accidentally logged in and here I am wasting my time agian :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
     

    itguy77

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    balance ekak thiyenna one hamadekama

    ex: mn elakiri enne weekend & special occasions waladi withrayi. issara ek ekata addict wela hitiya
    games gahana eka nam nathra kara electricity bill + mage pc eke shit graphics hinda
    ethkota films, tv series thama, ewath godaak thorala berala
    WOKE+LGBTWHTFCCK content rejected, (youtube,facebook,google)

    exercise karanawa relapse wewi, kohoma hari.
    porn weekend eka dwasakata witryi,

    oya wage

    wedath ekka anith ewa adjust karaganna, entertainment walata podi kalayak wen karanna, e hodatama athi, habayi e podi time ekata addict wenna epa, ethkota relapse wenwa,

    workout aniwa karanna agata hodata danena ekak daily or day by day, routine ekakata
    gym yannama one na, yanna puluwan nam hodayi.

    workout walin oluwe stress 60-70% adu kara ganna puluwan
    anith tika money + free time eken
     
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