I woke up today feeling quite anxious. I am still stuck trying to get myself into a routine and increasing productivity. I realised that the issue may be that I can be far too lenient with myself and that I have messed up my ability to self-regulate and control my own behaviour. I mean besides the anxiety I have mentioned, which is something I am going to have to live with it, so I am solely focusing on my performance and management errors here.
In the previous blog, I attempted to fix this issue through embarking on a
dopamine detox for 24 hours. I did not really feel like I benefited
greatly from going on that, but I do think that the video brings up a good point about adjusting behaviours to achieve dopamine from completing tasks as opposed to unfruitful procrastination ventures. In essence, through minimising the amount of dopamine I get for doing nothing and through menial wasteful activities.
So, and I know this sounds odd, going to try to stop listening to music (only will as a reward) and maybe delete social media apps from my phone. Block some sites (looking at Youtube lol). In the summer, I was ultra-focused, or at least in comparison to now, because I stopped using social media apps, and unintentionally stopped listening to music. Not that listening to music is bad, but when there is that emptiness and quiet, I feel like I am more likely to not escape from my responsibilities.
Anyway, I will try it out today, and see whether or not there is a slight difference in my behaviour and productivity.