I’m similar and haven’t found anything that works well. Reading how most EAs talk about their self-improvement “life hacks” always makes me think “fuck you, lol.” I constantly alternate between periods where I’m trying lots of good routines at once and I’m somewhat productive and periods where things fell apart and I’m unproductive. In my experience, most of the leverage to be gained is by trying to reduce the difference between these two states by not punishing myself for falling off the wave, i.e. getting right back into the attempts after a bad day or five. And if I’m on the wave I try to be extra cautious about avoiding things that could derail me.
I took time off from work late last year for personal reasons and used the opportunity to start some deeper-reaching attempts at mindset improvement based on CBT, visualizing my ideal day, and so on. I’m about to start schema therapy. Ideally I’d do the exercises daily but that’s already challenging for obvious reasons. I haven’t noticed any productivity improvements so far but I’m at least feeling better about myself.
I’m similar and haven’t found anything that works well. Reading how most EAs talk about their self-improvement “life hacks” always makes me think “fuck you, lol.” I constantly alternate between periods where I’m trying lots of good routines at once and I’m somewhat productive and periods where things fell apart and I’m unproductive. In my experience, most of the leverage to be gained is by trying to reduce the difference between these two states by not punishing myself for falling off the wave, i.e. getting right back into the attempts after a bad day or five. And if I’m on the wave I try to be extra cautious about avoiding things that could derail me.
I took time off from work late last year for personal reasons and used the opportunity to start some deeper-reaching attempts at mindset improvement based on CBT, visualizing my ideal day, and so on. I’m about to start schema therapy. Ideally I’d do the exercises daily but that’s already challenging for obvious reasons. I haven’t noticed any productivity improvements so far but I’m at least feeling better about myself.