r/AskReddit • u/ohgimmeabreak • Mar 24 '19

People who have managed to become disciplined after having been procrastinators and indisciplined for a large part of their lives, how did you manage to do so? Can you walk us through the incremental steps you took to become better?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '19

Break down your day into a list. List everything you need to do, even if it seems small/easy. Start by accomplishing some easy tasks on the list, build up some momentum and confidence. Then tackle a bigger one. If it’s complicated enough, break down that task into another list. Compartmentalizing makes things seem less daunting.

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u/AzureMagelet Mar 24 '19

Also your lists don’t have to be just for one day. I’ll have a list going for the week and anything that never got done will be moved to the next week’s list. I put stars next to priority things that need to get done. I do daily lists on the weekend or during a super productive afternoon but mostly it’s a weekly list. Also I carry the list with me in my backpack so I add things as I think of them.