My first baby step towards “Having More Productive Time” is rewarding walking away from my computer. I ran the following loop five times today: 1) get onto facebook or other time-wasty site, 2) flip over to Pandora (turn it on, if needed), 3) rotate computer quarter turn away from me, and most importantly 4) get up and excitedly walk towards my dog, giving him lots of cuddles, pets, and praises.
I also do this every time I get off the computer naturally. This has had the amusing side effect of having my dog start doing his hopeful come-pet-me noises when I’m on the computer. So I am also pretty much training my dog to be a distraction from time-wasting sites.
Also, I’ve continued wearing the bracelet I traded for during Rejection therapy. It’s really bright cord, and every time I notice it, I sing-song (in my head) a silly affirmation along the lines of “Wheee, Rationality! I can do it!” while twisting my hand back and forth to make the hangy down beads bounce around my wrist, and pulling up the inspirational feelings I got from all the other campers and teachers. This generally makes me want to go do Good Stuff, or at least makes me feel happy.
I also did one of the tasks I had planned out in Valentine’s class (getting a new bank card), and will plan out when exactly to go to Microcenter for a new computer battery before I go to sleep tonight.
And I installed a pomodoro timer to use during my social pressure work time that I scheduled with my roommate tomorrow. It doesn’t let you on any blacklisted sites while it’s set to work-time.
Time for me to walk away from my computer and pet my puppy now!
Hi all!
My first baby step towards “Having More Productive Time” is rewarding walking away from my computer. I ran the following loop five times today: 1) get onto facebook or other time-wasty site, 2) flip over to Pandora (turn it on, if needed), 3) rotate computer quarter turn away from me, and most importantly 4) get up and excitedly walk towards my dog, giving him lots of cuddles, pets, and praises.
I also do this every time I get off the computer naturally. This has had the amusing side effect of having my dog start doing his hopeful come-pet-me noises when I’m on the computer. So I am also pretty much training my dog to be a distraction from time-wasting sites.
Also, I’ve continued wearing the bracelet I traded for during Rejection therapy. It’s really bright cord, and every time I notice it, I sing-song (in my head) a silly affirmation along the lines of “Wheee, Rationality! I can do it!” while twisting my hand back and forth to make the hangy down beads bounce around my wrist, and pulling up the inspirational feelings I got from all the other campers and teachers. This generally makes me want to go do Good Stuff, or at least makes me feel happy.
I also did one of the tasks I had planned out in Valentine’s class (getting a new bank card), and will plan out when exactly to go to Microcenter for a new computer battery before I go to sleep tonight.
And I installed a pomodoro timer to use during my social pressure work time that I scheduled with my roommate tomorrow. It doesn’t let you on any blacklisted sites while it’s set to work-time.
Time for me to walk away from my computer and pet my puppy now!