RangerRickL wrote: »

Most people think that I am very disciplined, but left to my natural impulses, I'm not. I do research EVERYTHING! Which can be annoying to others...but not my clients!
I get things done by setting deadlines. I will procrastinate until just before the deadline and then put everything else aside to deliver what I have promised.
Do you have any discipline crutches or tools that you need to use? What are they and how do they help you?
Rick

Sounds familiar.

I try not wait for impending deadline though (if avoidable). If it's important, I do it early but hold delivery till the deadline (in case new information means I need to re-work part of it to get a better result).

Another trick I use is place a task I am less enthusiastic about before one I like more. I can do "Y - fun" only after finishing "X - less fun".

I also break the tasks down into small discrete segments so I can tick off at least part of it being finished. Task "X" may include "A - gather things", "B - prepare gathered things", "C - work on prepared things", "D - finish task on work things". This way small victories accumulate.

I'll also use the "ambush" trick. Place the un-finished thing I need to do on top of, or in the way of, another task I must do by a certain time. This way it does not get forgotten.

Lastly, set alarms (phones and online calendars with reminders are great for this). This way you can put a machine or process in place and come back to it at a set time (convenient to you). Or set a time that you must start something. Stops things out of sight being forgotten.

RangerRickL wrote: »

"I don't have time" really equates to "It's not important enough to me" or "Make it worth my while or it's not going to happen". (Being asked to cross town in 3 hours time to receive a gift of $1,000,000. I'm sure time will magically become available).

"I didn't have time" equates to "The dog ate my homework".

Important not to take on too many things. Otherwise you will end up keeping a city pound worth of dogs fed on homework. (Guilty of this in the past. One of my most valued lessons was learning that it is at times OK to say NO).


My $0.02 for the day.

Exercise? Yes m; 52 minutes of strength training and a 30 minute run
Tracking? Yes
Calories? Yes

pears734 wrote: »

Exercise? Yes m; 52 minutes of strength training and a 30 minute run
Tracking? Yes
Calories? Yes

Oops, I shouldn't post so early; I posted on the wrong day haha.

I tend to overbook myself quite a bit. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to procrastinate, but if I say that I will get something done, it always gets done. I'm very task oriented, and usually have my next ten steps planned. However, my to-do lists are in my head. Writing them down hinders my efficiency, if you can believe it. My most helpful 'tool' or tendency is to have my day mapped out with room for flexibility. It's just an outline, but it helps me stay moving, organized, and productive.

I am not a procrastinator; I do not work well under pressure. Some strategies that work for me are scheduling, making lists, using a planner and having outer accountability. I am a moderator which means I go about a big task(like yard work) by doing small daily chunks of work over a long period of time ( lets say a week). Slow and steady. This way I am not overwhelmed and things get done. I am happier because I have time for both fun and work on a daily basis. @RangerRickL great question. I listen to a great podcast called "Happier with Gretchen Rubin". She wrote the book called " The Happiness Project".
The Happiness Project has been a blockbuster bestseller. It spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Her podcast and her books are full of inspiring strategies and insights into forming habits and being a little bit happier.

Took my 3 year old granddaughter and my 5 year old grandson swimming this morning. This afternoon I played an hour of pickle ball. Feeling good.
Congratulations @pribud

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes
Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes
Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes

Yes (swimming lesson)
Yes (eating tons of vegetables!)
Yes (hard to remember all when I am now munching on different veggies and healthy snacks throughout the day, but trying hard)

Ack! I had bad diet today.

Tracking no
budget unknown
exercise 40 minutes

Last day of school. Went to a sugar party with rapscallions. They also
had kind of healthy food. So I ate all of that too.

For exercise I rode out and back on a flat route. Only 90 feet of climb. Part of that climb is in soft sand. Man o man! But hey, 40 minutes, at least I got that.

exercise yes aquasize and exercise bike
calories yes
tracking yes

@RangerRickL I'm an INTP.... Guilty as charged

Thanks @phoebelayla, I have a good feeling about being able to keep Buddy for another season. All of the hegemons of our school were at that sugar party and they love me and Buddy. Buddy's mom of course was there and she gave me a present.
Ahhh, that little guy, I seen him get out of his wheelchair and into a stander. Then I seen him get into a walker. Then I seen him punch around in that walker showing off, just like a boy. He knows I am or anybody is watching and he shows off. He climbs ramps and wheels around and runs down them. He gets to the bottom, sees me, we exchange big smiles.
Buddy has still only got a one word vocabulary, laughter. I study his language. I study the inflections in his laughter.
Buddy still ain't walking yet but everyone sees where he is an where he has come from.
And just think about a kid like this. He manipulates us with laughter. I got stories about that.
He is an angel from God. Eh, maybe I shouldn't have said that.
My marriage is better. My life is better.
This is the life.

I am an ENFJ and my husband is an ISTP. Yes, opposites attract

@Gus130 it's all about being a part of the group. This month knocked me out early but I still check in.