Most or all of these ideas are things I have or am trying or are variations on them:
You could send a recurring email to yourself everyday (using Mail Conductor if you use Gmail). As part of the email, ask: how can this recurring email be improved? Have I done [x] that is relevant to domain of my life [y]? For example: Did I do exercise today? Have I read a book? Have I written? etc. And include hopeful beliefs that you want to remind yourself of, or of exciting goals you want to accomplish.
Likewise, you could make a personal homepage with these reminders.
You could use the app Tasker if you use an Android phone to pull up one of these things as well, for example whenever you open your phone.
You could post this question to other places on the internet. (there are many such places!)
It’s totally possible to build a support network of people online. You could join rationalist Discord servers and build a support network there, perhaps making your own Discord server (pretty easy). There are so many people out there who are in fact willing to talk.
You can carry around a notebook and just write your thoughts in it, or journal your thoughts in a simple text file.
You could write out a bunch of your negative thoughts in a notebook, then write out more functional/truer thoughts, put those on index cards, and review those everyday. Or just put hopeful thoughts/reminders on those cards, or quotes from people you look up to.
Scheduling: You could try setting a 15 minute timer to figure out whatever’s blocking you from using a calendar. You could figure out how to use voice commands such that you could be like “Yo calendar, at 5 pm I will spend an hour writing a LessWrong post” like it’s a human.
You could try taking the meaningful qualia you feel around the girl you’re infatuated with and learning how to autogenerate and attach it to other things. (If you spent 10 minutes on it, could you fall in love with a cup?)
Most or all of these ideas are things I have or am trying or are variations on them:
You could send a recurring email to yourself everyday (using Mail Conductor if you use Gmail). As part of the email, ask: how can this recurring email be improved? Have I done [x] that is relevant to domain of my life [y]? For example: Did I do exercise today? Have I read a book? Have I written? etc. And include hopeful beliefs that you want to remind yourself of, or of exciting goals you want to accomplish.
Likewise, you could make a personal homepage with these reminders.
You could use the app Tasker if you use an Android phone to pull up one of these things as well, for example whenever you open your phone.
You can track your habits using Beeminder, using the Lights Spreadsheet, or the visual dashboard.
You could post this question to other places on the internet. (there are many such places!)
It’s totally possible to build a support network of people online. You could join rationalist Discord servers and build a support network there, perhaps making your own Discord server (pretty easy). There are so many people out there who are in fact willing to talk.
You can carry around a notebook and just write your thoughts in it, or journal your thoughts in a simple text file.
You could write out a bunch of your negative thoughts in a notebook, then write out more functional/truer thoughts, put those on index cards, and review those everyday. Or just put hopeful thoughts/reminders on those cards, or quotes from people you look up to.
Scheduling: You could try setting a 15 minute timer to figure out whatever’s blocking you from using a calendar. You could figure out how to use voice commands such that you could be like “Yo calendar, at 5 pm I will spend an hour writing a LessWrong post” like it’s a human.
You could try taking the meaningful qualia you feel around the girl you’re infatuated with and learning how to autogenerate and attach it to other things. (If you spent 10 minutes on it, could you fall in love with a cup?)
You could spend 15 minutes on the regret-minimization exercise
How long do you go outside? Do you get sunlight? Do you ever go in the woods?
Do you go to any events or meetups? You could try the intention of going to one three times a week.
What activities did you enjoy as a child? You could try doing that several hours every day, guilt free.
Every night, you could write out a story of how you want tomorrow to go.
You could do daily email reports with an accountability partner. I would be willing to be your accountability partner if you wish.
Let me know how things go!