September Goals

Rinny

United States616 Posts

September 03 2015 23:28 GMT

The past 6 months haven't been super great for me. I managed to stagger my way through the last of my degree finishing my last class in July. I hit a major roadblock in my software career because of RSI pain I was experiencing that made it hard to work. However I think that I've just been using it as an excuse to devolve into the comfortable but unrewarding state of being a disgusting NEET internet troll.

* Health *
Sleep 8 hours every night
Do yoga for RSI pain 5 days a week
walk 30 minutes a day or do body weight exercises if my leg injury prevents me from walking
Limit caffeine consumption to 100mg a day
Make majority of meals on sunday
Do basic personal hygiene (shower/shave/brush teeth) everyday
Meditate 20 minutes everyday
Use break software on all computer and actually follow it
Find and start seeing therapist
Limit masturbation to 1-2 a week
no drinking
limit cannabis use to 1-2 a week

* Career *
Find a web developer job I can handle with the pain
Only work 35 - 40 hours a week
Disassociate from the ups and downs of developing
Use pen & paper instead of typing when possible
Don't let managers/ pm's exploit my need for approval

* Hobbies *
Quit playing video games / hearthstone / reddit
find new hobbies with face 2 face socialization

Okay dokay let's do it!

JimmyJRaynor

Canada18036 Posts

September 04 2015 02:00 GMT

On September 04 2015 08:28 Rinny wrote: I hit a major roadblock in my software career because of RSI pain I was experiencing that made it hard to work. However I think that I've just been using it as an excuse to devolve into the comfortable but unrewarding state of being a disgusting NEET internet troll.

* Health *
Do yoga for RSI pain 5 days a week
Meditate 20 minutes everyday

* Career *
Find a web developer job I can handle with the pain
Only work 35 - 40 hours a week
Disassociate from the ups and downs of developing
Use pen & paper instead of typing when possible

* Hobbies *
Quit playing video games / hearthstone / reddit
find new hobbies with face 2 face socialization

i had a 2 year battle with medial epicondylitis ... it was brutal. however, what i discovered was that continually doing stretching exercises .. like 40+ times per day.... was better in terms of long term healing than Ultrasound, Laser, or any of 50 other modalities ...

if you can ... find a good orthopedic surgeon to oversee ur progress to solve ur RSI.
you have to pay attention to your body.

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

September 04 2015 02:03 GMT

im doing the same thing m8, major neet just graduated

find something to be compelled by
i replaced vidya games with electric guitar

youtu.be/jGN36wU0_Kk?t=33

NeThZOR

South Africa7387 Posts

September 04 2015 09:03 GMT

You set a lot of goals to achieve during a short span of time. The important thing to note is that to enable yourself to manage all of these goals is to limit them to a few in the first week or so, and to steadily add more goals as you tick off the previous ones.

Have you read Kelly McGonigal's The Willpower Instinct? I highly recommend it if you still feel flustered about where to begin to improve your willpower.

I won't say that the book has radically changed my life (still slowly but surely reading through the book), but it has helped me to get more motivation for the things I already do in my daily life. I started working out 3 times a week before reading the book, but the methods mentioned in the book has boosted my willpower to include a workout routine of 6 times/week; 3 body weight exercise days and 3 cardio days. The confidence I have gained by channeling my willpower to a higher level has helped me a many areas, including but not limited to my social life.

Best of luck in achieving your goals!

Kronen

United States732 Posts

September 04 2015 21:22 GMT

hey dude! Good luck with your goals!! WIshing you all the best, but I too would suggest starting slow with just a couple goals at a time until the habits sink in.

If you want another way of charting your goals in a cute fun metagame sort of way, I suggest Habitica. It's a silly little RPG game that I started using to keep track of my daily goals and have never looked back. The little sub-communities inside the game are quite good and have little sponsored events you can join.

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