[B-Minus]

How do you guys balance doing whats 'good' for you (eating healthy, exercise, job, school, avoiding unhealthy activities) and enjoying life/relaxing with stuff that isnt optimal for your health/work/etc.. such as drinking, watching tv, eating unhealthy but tasty foods, wasting time on internet, etc... Because I tend to want to do everything right, and if I say waste an hour on the internet when I should be studying, then I have that mentality of screw it I already wasted 2 hours, might as well not try today.

[Gotti]

Write down your goals. Write down what you need to do to accomplish those goals. Break it down to a daily routine.

Do all of the positive things you need to do in a day first. Get your workout in. Finish your work. Eat healthy. Etc.

Once you've accomplished what you need to for the day, you can reward yourself with some of those other things. Best part is you won't feel guilty.

Routines are key. Once you establish a routine, it is relatively easy to keep doing it. If you establish negative habits, it is tough to break out of. Use the power of momentum to help you rather than trying to swim upstream against it.

[Jetset]

Build a productivity system. I use a calendar for everything that "books" me at a specific time and a to-do list that supports recurring events and subtasks for everything that doesn't. If I'm not "booked", I'm killing the to-do list. Do I have a meeting? No? Have I lifted weights in the last two days? No? Can I get the gym and back before the next one? No? It says do Duolingo. I'll hit the gym at 5:00 pm.

I did all the strategic thinking on Sunday, so I can operate like my own drone on autopilot from about 7:00 am to 7:00 pm every day and don't have any reason to stop and ask stupid questions.

Just. Do. What. I. Told. Myself. To. Do.

Then you can deliberately pencil in some wasting time this way, because you're only human. Book yourself for two hours of studying for Monday and Wednesday after dinner, and two hours of your third rewatch of Breaking Bad on Tuesday and Thursday.

[Mr. Kitty]

I've always found it really helpful to have a sharp cut off with work as well.

So for instance, at 630PM you will no longer do any work-related activities for the day, which will make you much more efficient during your working hours since you have a "deadline" and it will put a thick wall between your work life and regular life.

[DaveR]

(08-15-2018 06:54 PM)B-Minus Wrote:  

How do you guys balance doing whats 'good' for you (eating healthy, exercise, job, school, avoiding unhealthy activities) and enjoying life/relaxing with stuff that isnt optimal for your health/work/etc.. such as drinking, watching tv, eating unhealthy but tasty foods, wasting time on internet, etc... Because I tend to want to do everything right, and if I say waste an hour on the internet when I should be studying, then I have that mentality of screw it I already wasted 2 hours, might as well not try today.

You can easily avoid alcohol, TV and unhealthy food by removing those things from your house. After some time without them, you probably won't have cravings any more.

Here's a better explanation from a viking:

As for internet addiction... you'll have to deal with that through self-control or live without it.

[JekyllAndHyde]

Eating less and walking around chatting up women while doing grocery shopping.