I'm 31, still struggling to get my bachelors, but since a week or two I'm finally finally on track. And the biggest change I finally managed to make? Take choice out of the equation. I heard people say that. I saw it written. I knew it to be a strategy but somehow couldn't apply it. Then I started keeping track of my time using an app called aTimelogger just to see what I was up to, and it was sooo shocking to me. I spent more than 60hrs a week faffing about. Another 40hrs a week working and then about a 100hrs of sleep. I figured those 60hrs could be spent differently. If only I could change it to 30hrs of bullshit and 30hrs of productivity. It somehow helped me with my perception of time. I also realised through tracking my time that doing the dishes might feel like 30mins of work but actually takes about 8 minutes. Just 8 damn minutes. Walking to the gym doesn't take me 15 mins, it takes 6 minutes. And so on.

Anyway, the timelogger opened my eyes to how I spend my time and it made me feel ashamed of myself. Then came the solution - I block periods of time for certain activities and just do it. My mood or energy does not come into it. I told myself to no longer break my own promises to myself. So to only promise things I could do, and then do them.

Anyway, rambling post... this whole thought process and change happened to me over the last 3 months after a year of being registered in online Uni and not having done a single thing, and feeling like an idiot for long enough I was done with it. I spend a lot of hours just sitting on the couch thinking about myself. My life. What I want to be. If nothing else, start there. Sit and look at yourself. Sit and think. For an hour or more.