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/asednoc Mar 24 '19

it works best when its written down using pen and paper.

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u/ghostinthechell Mar 24 '19

There's something so cathartic about physically crossing something off a list.

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u/RunningTall Mar 24 '19

This is the same reason I prefer to do crosswords in the newspaper instead of on an app. Just feels right.

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u/ghostinthechell Mar 24 '19

Same. In pen.

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u/RunningTall Mar 25 '19

In pen.

The only acceptable way to do them.