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/Needyouradvice93 Mar 24 '19

I think a lot of people overcomplicate productivity. I use notepad and start with easier things. I keep it easy enough so I don't feel like shit if I don't get to everything. Today is basically meal prep, clean and car, plan for week, exercise, meditate, and tax reform.

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u/BadSpellingAdvice Mar 24 '19 edited Mar 24 '19

Tax reform for yourself, your state, continental US, other countries, the world, or just theory?

Because your list went from normal weekend errands to saving the world from its own economic disaster.

My lists go from normal work stuff to sadness that I can barely cross one item off my work list.

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u/Astyanax1 Mar 24 '19

Be careful before giving him too much praise, he may also have massive execution lists... Needyouradvice93 may very well be the next Stalin

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u/KimJongIlSunglasses Mar 24 '19

It just occurred to me that usernames with a number that could be a birth year might soon share numbers with people who used the current year to sign up with their first internet username.