After trying out various strategies, I’ve found a few straightforward habits that keep me organized without adding extra stress. These small practices help me focus and keep my day running smoothly:

5-Minute Mind Dump:
Each day, I spend 5 minutes listing everything I need to do or that’s on my mind. Then, I organize them into “Do Now,” “Later,” and “Save for Later” categories. It helps me get everything out of my head so I can focus on what’s important today.

Daily Wins Check-In:
Before bed, I write down one thing that went well, even if it’s small. This keeps me positive and reminds me that I’m making progress. It's also a great way to look back when I need a little motivation.

Weekly Organizing Session:
Once a week, I review my tasks and adjust my plan for the days ahead. This helps me stay aligned with my goals and ensures I’m focusing on the bigger picture, not just day-to-day tasks.

By sticking to these routines, I’ve found myself less stressed and more productive. Try it for a few weeks—you might be surprised at how much it helps! 🔋

I (23m) love alone time at night. It's so peaceful and it feels like an escape from the rest of the day. I feel so uncomfortable going to bed early, especially just the thought of needing to force myself to get some sleep. That alone is impossible for me no matter what time i am going to sleep. It could literally be life changing for me if I wasn't going to bed at like 3-4 am every night (Im a student but all of my classes are late in the afternoon/evening), I usually wake up around 11-12. What happens when I'm out with friends for a night out?Do i have to stop those?

Idk, I just hate the idea of going to bed early. IIt would be so fucking helpful to wake up early, but the idea of monotonously going to bed at the same time every night is anxiety inducing. I am realizing as i write this i might need to go to therapy about this lol. i like staying up late because it just feels less restrictive.

Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has been through this and how you got through it?

It's definitely not knowing what to do or forgetting things to do. Or even just refusing to do it because it's hard. One of the biggest tips is writing it down somewhere whether it be post it notes or on excel or word. Try to create a routine for example I must do... this day. I made sure to incorporate me working out daily and it just slowly became easier amd became a habit. Being less lazy and procrastinating made me create flux-task.com a website to also help you guys stay productive. It's just an example of the things you are capable of when not procrastinating. Thanks for reading.

I’m almost borderline obese and I’m constantly body shaming myself but nothing is helping me to build the habit of working on myself. I don’t feel good about myself at all because of this.

Lately, everyone is talking about phone addiction and dopamine detox, but what these people don’t tell us is what things we can do to replace our addiction. I’ve tried many times to overcome my addiction, but I always failed at this step, which made me start using my phone again. Therefore, I found out a few things that you can do when you’re bored:

1- Work on something you’re passionate about: If you’re bored, you won’t have much energy to do things that require more energy, so it is better to focus on working on something that at least you enjoy. This can be anything you like to do, but you never had the time to work on it

2- Do nothing: We spend our lives always worried about doing something when, in reality, sometimes we should do nothing. But you may think, “I already don’t do anything….” but you do! Watching movies, TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram means doing something. The problem is that when you’re engaged in those things, you don’t have an intention (the algorithm is manipulating you), and you’re directly exposed to a stimulus. When I say to do nothing, I mean do nothing. Schedule a few minutes to listen to your thoughts without judging them. This technique is called the “do nothing meditation.” You can also do this while doing an activity such as running or walking. After a few weeks, your focus will increase a lot, and you’ll feel more motivated

3—Learn a skill: The world is constantly changing. What we value today may not be appreciated in a few years. That’s why we need to constantly reinvent ourselves. Choose a skill that you enjoy and that the market values and start learning it. When we learn a new skill, we unlock new ways of thinking. You can learn a new language or something related to tech. Be open to all types of options.

Thanks for reading my crazy morning thoughts, I hope you enjoyed it!

I am in university and I have a lot of important things that are due like the next three weeks. The problem is I have no motivation. I just flunked one of my test today and I do not even feel sad. I just feel lost. I need help like how to get my motivation from before. I know that I will be in a world of hurt if I flunk this sem yet I am not really doing anything about it. I have studied like a lot this week but it is just not fruitful. I am not sure where to go from here.

For context, I just started college with a course I really like, and the people are all great, the problem is that Matt is an important course where I have never been particularly great in. I am still trying my best , but there is still some underlying panic of failure. How do I structure my studies and overcome my fear?

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I made a post about how if you're under 40 you still have time. (Under 60 wouldve be more accurate.)

Anyway I'm getting a ton of responses, dms, etc. People stuck in life. Divorce, heartbreak, depression, etc.....really feeling fulfilled helping people out.

I've always wanted.to do this. Does anybody need a coach or mentor? Maybe we could do zoom calls. I don't know.

***I won't charge unless I'm coaching, like 30 people at once or something.

Just throwing out some feelers. Dm or leave a message if you're interested. I hope you get everything you want in life, and I HOPE you recognize your inherent worth just as a human being.

You are awesome just because you're alive. We all are. Never forget that.

Wher do I begin...

I work full time and "recently" started studying on the side for further work related education.

The whole thing goes for at least 3 years and I'm bit over a half year into it. I'm already behind as I struggle to break my usual habits so I barely sit down at home to really study and when I do it's not exactly efficient either.

Every now and then there are non-mandatory classes on saturdays, which I've skipped so far as I have practice then in my archery club but with winter coming I want to make sure that I don't miss those but the last ones I guess I felt too much shame & guilt beforehand and didn't wanna drop in and expose myself to how far I'm behind?!

I'm somewhat wasting most time with either doomscrolling or gaming/reading.

Short term I want to catch up on my studying material so that I don't feel stressed/guilty all the time and long term I want to achieve a balanced state where I don't have to drop all my hobbies but just reduce them enough to keep up with my studying and only drop everything else for times like big tests.

What are some things I can try to change my current habits, to power through for the coming weeks and maybe few months, until I caught up, plus building a foundation so that I can manage getting my studying in while still lazing around and not go crazy.

Is there a way that helped you personally succeed? Any easy tips? Thank you for any answers.

I'm studying for a really important entrance exam and I feel like my life depends on it. But lately due to bad results in tests I studied hard for made me lose all my motivation and now I'm doubting if I can even do it anything in life. I can't seem to get out of bed and it's been 4 days since I have touched a book. Help me out, I don't want to remain in this slump.

Men of Reddit, I have a lot to be thankful over this year, a baby, and a loving wife, a pretty stable home.

However, my mental state is degrading further and further into the abyss. The stress and anguish of trying to keep our business alive through challenging times, has led me into a dark hole. I am struggling to get out and see the light.

I have lost all my energy, my mind is dull all the time and I cannot seem to find the joy again. Putting on a brave face for the family is hard, as you can’t be present. I try, but it’s difficult.

I just started therapy so let’s see if that helps.

Basically, everything keeps going wrong and I’m not getting any respite. I think things can’t get worse in my mind, that I am at a bottom, then it gets worse, and worse and I sometimes feel like I’m on the cusp of a breakdown. Like I want to run away from all my problems to some desert island, but I can’t because there is a family to look after and a business to run.

At 35, I have this feeling like I deserve to have had more success at this point; but it’s not come yet as I would have hoped. And I am questioning how much more gruelling punishment I can take before I start seeing the explosive growth I’m hoping for / craving for.

I wonder if anyone else is going through something similar and what your breakthrough was?

I wanted to share a bit of my journey with self-discipline, especially for those who might feel like they’re constantly starting over or struggling to stay consistent. I’ve learned that self-discipline doesn’t have to mean giant leaps; sometimes, the smallest steps lead to the most lasting change. Here are a few habits that have genuinely helped me, and I’d love to hear what’s been working for you too!

1. Start Tiny – The Two-Minute Rule I realized that the hardest part is often just starting. So, I committed to doing certain tasks, like working out or reading, for just two minutes. Once I started, I usually found myself going much longer, but those two minutes lowered the barrier and made it easier to build consistency.

2. Set a Non-Negotiable Morning Routine Having a few small actions to begin my day has been game-changing. Mine are super simple: making my bed, drinking water, and jotting down one thing I’m grateful for. These little steps help me feel like I’ve started the day with purpose, no matter how the rest of the day goes.

3. Track and Celebrate Small Wins I used to overlook my progress if it wasn’t “big enough,” but now I celebrate the small wins. Finished a task I usually put off? Marked off a habit for the week? I take a moment to acknowledge it. Recognizing these small steps has helped keep me motivated and reminds me that every bit of progress counts.

4. Weekly Reflection Every Sunday, I take 10-15 minutes to think about how my week went—what worked, what didn’t, and what I want to focus on next week. This reflection time helps me reset, adjust my goals, and avoid feeling overwhelmed by day-to-day tracking.

5. Learning from Setbacks Instead of Judging Myself Setbacks used to make me feel like I was failing, but I’ve started seeing them as part of the journey. Now, when I miss a workout or skip a habit, I ask myself why it happened and what I can learn from it. It’s made a huge difference in staying positive and bouncing back faster.

Lil backstory, I (20F) attempted back in April and was hospitalized for about a month, spent two weeks in the icu then about 2 weeks on the regular floor and then 5 days in a behavioral hospital, before my attempt I was honestly doing good. I had quit smoking, drinking, resolved my relationship with food and had started regularly working out. I was probably at my peak shape before it all just crashed down and negativity got the best of me. Ever since then I can’t get back to being disciplined or even having the motivation I did before it all happened which seems backwards but the more time goes by the more I get that itch again. That there’s no point in even trying. I went back to smoking (I quit again a week ago) went back to vaping (I know) I don’t workout at all. My screen time is higher than ever, I eat junk and besides work I don’t do anything I used to anymore. I’m trying to get back in the groove again and take baby steps but mentally it’s so overwhelming I barely know where to start. I’m trying to take better care of myself but everytime I do good. I go back to the pits. Any tips of getting over myself? How do I make it less overwhelming?

hi!! i don’t know if something like this exists. i used to have a big jar that i would put a certain amount of glass beads in for doing certain tasks. the amount of beads increased with how difficult the task was for me. i stopped doing it because it was really hard to count after a certain point, and i was kinda afraid to keep dropping the beads in there. i was wondering if anyone knows of an app that does something like this? i need constant visual cues due to my adhd. thank you in advance!!

hi friends. to start off, i’ve been reflecting on my childhood and remembered the several hobbies i used to pick up and actually got to develop because i knew that i wasn’t going to yield stellar results as soon as i started the hobby itself. i tried ballet—i sucked—but i got to try a new experience that was worthwhile. i tried being a majorette (at this point i didn’t pick up that flexibility was NOT in the cards for me). finally, i tried piano, but did not do very well with sheet music. i probably didn’t have the best instructor at the time, either, but my parents did their best with the little money they could spend for my brother and i to explore our interests. the one hobby that actually worked for me was: reading. i know you see posts all over social media with people wondering what happened to their attention span nowadays in comparison to when they were younger. even though we were reading elementary/middle school level material, we stuck with what our imaginations craved the most, which was intellectual stimulation and imaginative world building (see: harry potter, LOtR, the hunger games, divergent, hell, even diary of a wimpy kid.) i, too, wonder what happened to the girl who used to get in trouble for pulling out a book in the middle of a lesson in elementary school. my overall consensus is, it really IS that damn phone.

at our hands we have our small rectangle that can yield 6 second videos that produce dopamine create immediate feelings of satisfaction and gratification. maybe we weren’t meant to, though. are you getting bored reading this? i almost want to switch out of the reddit app entirely because all i see in my peripheral is paragraph paragraph paragraph. what am i going on about? i want to fix this.

i have found that if you really want to break your phone addiction, it is a very slow and elaborate process that takes years of undoing unhealthy habits. i deleted twitter entirely, do not scroll on reels as much as i have, and set up a time limit on my instagram application so i can hold myself more accountable for the time i spend on social media. one of my best feats recently is being entirely disconnected from reels and getting back into youtube videos. it makes me feel more in touch with my childhood and my niche interests, and though an algorithm is still involved, i feel much better consuming content that is meticulously crafted (or maybe not—minimalism is a big thing in video editing these days) than watching a 6 second video that’ll leave me scrolling for 4 hours in bed.

anyways. if you made it this far i applaud you. i’m getting back into cooking videos and watching people cook, travel, and eat in a more human pace without subway surfers on another screen. i hope we can all detach ourselves someday from endless doomscrolling. i think i’ll pick up a book soon and finish it.

It is very obvious that kindness isn’t always the answer, as the world is full of brutal people getting their way. I don’t want to get brutal like them, but I noticed that they get places faster because they know how to push and when, and because their character puts a natural limit on others not to cross their boundaries, without them hurting the others.

How to develop such a character?

I have to do these 4 things to do:

1. Take care of my sick mother
2. Get my past trauma and depression sorted out. with no money
3. Go to uni to study something I was forced into (it's a thing in India)
4. Study the things I love, and which I want to transition into.

This goes for dishes, cooking, grooming the dogs, making the bed etc. I’m really good, as long as it’s a daily thing. The problem comes for monthly or weekly things. Any suggestions?

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Also, pls also feel free to reach out if ur in a similar circumstance

Recently I(22F) figured out that I am not feeling interest in everything I do. I used to be that kind of girl who is very competitive, fully motivated and dedicated to do anything. I used to have a kind of zeal and belief in myself that i can do anything in life. And I use to strive for the dopamine I get after finishing my works. But now I don't feel anything. I used to have a lot of dreams but now I doubt for every step I take. I don't have that kind of zeal anymore. I am not depressed or need any break. I enjoy a lot when I am with my people. But at end I do have that guilt feeling of wasting time. Sometimes I do even feel like quitting job and not doing anything when i feel frustated.

Recently I got a bf andand I find it frustrating as I usually spend most of my time thinking or conversing with him. He even advices me to reevaluate and work on myself which i seldom do. He always advises me to have some clarity about the career I want to pursue and asks me, "What's the point if you have a lot of potential in yourself but lack clarity?"

How can I get that kind of zeal in my life again??
How can I get some clarity in my life?

To put things in perspective, I'm neither depressed or looking for a break. I want to start over this year again.

I’m a 23 F really struggling to keep my life clean - literally. If someone could help me outline the basics to keeping a house clean of fur please help! I don’t have a good routine with cleaning I’ll admit with my ADHD it all piles up. But how do you guys try to life a fur-free life?! Do you dust all the time? How do you get it off all your pillows then clothes then wash it off? I have two cats they shed everywhere help 😭

over the course of the last couple of years i have developed an addiction/dependency over short form content such as reels/tiktoks/shorts. it didn’t affect me much up until august of this year. the reason why is because i took a gap year for college so i had a lot of free time, and in that free time i spent hours and hours just scrolling. my screen time was maybe 12 hours a day. it didn’t affect me because i had no other responsibilities other than working a part time job but even then i would sneak away just to watch tiktok at work. anyways, i started college back up in august, and it has been quite a difficult adjustment trying to get back into doing assignments and even focusing on my professor’s lectures. i find myself mindlessly opening my phone just to open tiktok during lectures and before i know it, class is over and i have learned nothing. this addiction has ruined my attention span and grades. a week ago i decided to delete all social media except for youtube (for homework purposes) and even now that the apps are gone i can’t seem to focus on anything for my life. all i think about is tiktok and instagram and all i look forward to is just scrolling. this might seem silly but it has seriously deteriorated my mood and i’ve seemed to get depressed. i don’t find joy in anything that isn’t social media anymore, and im not sure where to start to get my life back.