How to I maintain discipline?

fuzzyface1980 · 2016-08-29T07:58:21+00:00

This is where Pill doesn't really apply.

Discipline is built. Your feelings are pointless. You must DO.

KemalTenebris · 2016-08-29T07:29:40+00:00

First, understand that it takes time. Maybe years.

It will take years if you follow through and actually work on it, otherwise you will never achieve it whether you spend a lifetime on it half-assed.

My method is to record your days everyday for a week, and then analyze. Don't attempt to do anything that's very different from your current modus operandi, and just down deep into at the end of the week.

Discipline is actually a term that we use to describe a person's ratio of control over his time, energy and life. And to manage something, you have to first track it - only after that you can actually manipulate it according to your needs, wants and goals in general.

DatYute · 2016-08-29T07:36:32+00:00

Stop relying on feelings like motivation to take action.

Associate your actions with decisions instead of feelings. Make a decision to do something, and do it regardless of how you feel. Do this for a few months and it will become second nature.

spootsnoopy · 2016-08-29T08:03:27+00:00

Every time I am about to do something that is potentially questionable. I stop and ask myself - in 1 month time I'm going to look back at This decision, will I be glad I made it?

It's all about choosing the future over instant gratification.

Me in the past:

Oh it's Saturday night and I have no plans. I guess I'll get KFC for dinner, go drink 20 beers and spend $500+ at the strip club. Then have maccas for breakfast and watch some porn.

I did this every weekend for a few months. Needless to say I got fat and got nowhere financially.

Me now on a Saturday:

Hit gym, go for a jog. Have healthy dinner. Go fuck plate. Go out with friend and sarge while not drinking. Brunch date the next morning, followed by gym and then go fuck plate 2.

Motivation comes over time, the biggest slip up I would make is to lose motivation because of a minor success. For example, stop lifting because I got a new girl, and spend my time with her eating shit food. Making it less likely over time that I would get another girl.

Live. Make mistakes. Reassess. Adjust. Repeat.

Yashugan00 · 2016-08-29T09:07:41+00:00

youre probably over doing it to compensate for your low moments. So you sprint, rest, sprint, rest and getting disgusted with your period of rest affecting your results. The key is, don't go all out sprint in the first place. What you do instead is a steady effort of building new habits. Start small, maybe something like "I will always do the dishes right away to keep the kitchen clean", you do that for a while till you're sure it's ingrained and you can be proud of the discipline you built. Then you do the next thing and so on.

spurdosparade · 2016-08-29T16:40:02+00:00

Lift heavy weights.

Title	How to I maintain discipline?
Author	Bealdoric
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Date	August 29, 2016 7:14 AM UTC (9 years ago)
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