My bad habits and their "easy" fixes
Phone
My phone has probably been the worst influence on my mental health ever since I’ve had one. I’ve gotten addicted to notifications, whether it’s a message from friends or love interests, likes on social media, replies on forums, etc. It has really taken away from my ability to be present. I use my phone all the time:
- When I go to sleep
- When I wake up
- In the bathroom
- In the elevator
- The second I’m bored
- When I put it face down on the table and pick it back up 30s later
- Never turn off the downtime feature on the phone again
- Keep AppBlock in strict mode - limit social media & YouTube to scheduled time
- Keep the phone away from me (in my bag when at work, at the entrance when at home)
Piano
I have been slowly progressing at the Piano but I am also my own worst enemy when it comes to making progress due to the following bad habits:
- Playing the same piece over & over on Synthesia
- Not learning how to read sheet music
- Avoiding the music courses & books I bought
- Commit to schedule to go through the courses & books
- Uninstall Synthesia
- Take private lessons again
Art
I regularly feel guilty about not working on my art. It’s important to me and I’ve always come back to wanting to create things. I think I have potential and I’d be much more fulfilled if I created more often.
- Not working on the figurines I’ve started painting
- Not scheduling time to create art
- Feeling the need to post everything on social media
- Always copying art, never drawing from imagination
- Not studying the anatomy books I bought
- Commit to schedule
- Regularly work on figurines
- Regularly go through anatomy books
- Keep some time at the end of each drawing session to draw from imagination
Health
I want to feel better in my body: a bit more muscle and a better posture/more flexibility. I am also chronically under sleeping.
- Telling myself I’m too tired to go to the gym
- Skipping the run club I started
- Not getting treated for the shoulder pain I’ve had for years now
- Sliding into my chair at the computer
- Skipping my tractions/posture exercises
- Skipping my exercises & stretches at lunch time
- Not journaling regularly
- Commit to schedule
- Gym
- Lunchtime exercises & stretches
- Tractions + exercises during morning routine
- Focus on hitting bedtime
- Prepare my running bag on Tuesday night
- Book shoulder appointment at Biron - I already have the doctor’s referal
Proposed schedule
My proposed schedule is built around having 2 hours of guilt free leasure from 7pm to 9pm. Every thing else is accounted for. Even with 2 hours of free time, I can still accomplish a lot if I stick to the rest. My hope is to keep tweaking this schedule as I adjust to it. The schedule is pretty much the same every day of the week for now:
