One of the most difficult thing for me is to maintain a good habit of doing something. Most of the time I get excited and determined at to commit into doing something, but in the end it's usually only last for a couple of days/weeks before I either don't care anymore or too lazy to that thing again. This applies to many things, including but not limited to studying, learning languages, practicing my music, exercising, or even this habit or writing/blogging. Eventually my inability of building or keeping a good habit turn into some sorta habit itself, and that is bad. Really bad.
The lack of good habit in my life leads to very very inconsistent and unbalanced lifestyle, and it is really hazardous both to my physical and mental health. One of many examples is my sleeping time. There's a period when I had some sort of insomnia, where I feel cannot sleep at night and can only sleep in the morning. So my days were like inverted, and it's like I became a nocturnal being. Well I guess this sounds fine and all, but it actually caused many frustrations. Particularly because other normal people live in days, thus some problems arise whether it's related to my university administration or interaction with my lab members and professor.
This problem propagates into other aspects in my daily life, sorta like domino effect. It leads to the point where it's difficult to pinpoint which is the root cause of all these. The biggest impact that I'm worried about? Of course it's my performance as a graduate student. Let alone a good result, my performance as a graduate student so far has been below average. I have disappointed many people, and the biggest of all, myself. The problem is, though it has taken a huge toll in my life, this obnoxious behavior is still taking a huge deep root in myself. I guess there's no use in ranting and being bitter about it, unless I tried to change it myself.
Anyway, I'm sure there are a lot of good methods, techniques, and tips out there to solve this kind of problems, and I even have read some of them. The classic problem is of course, whether I'm motivated or determined enough to really apply and assimilate those methods into my daily life. Lifehacker is one site that contains numerous tips/techniques to overcome this kind of problem, hence the name. One thing that catches my interest cause it seems simple and at least manageable enough for me to do it is this so-called Seinfeld's method. This is one of many methods written in that site that falls into what do you call productivity tips, so it is also helpful to combat procrastination and other similar issues I guess. Basically it's just doing something consistently and let it develops into a habit, it sort of suited my original intention, but it adds the sense of accomplishment by physically mark your achievement. Like any other productivity tips, there are even some apps available to complement this method.
One of the keys to successfully implement this method is, I think, to be reasonable in setting the boundary and goals. Like many other quotes and tips related to productivity always says, start with something small. Let's hope (always hoping lol) that don't go around breaking my habit again. Lastly, an obligatory appropriate song to accompany this post from one of my favorite band :).
Comments
Post a Comment