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How do you stay motivated to self-learn and not just play vidya or waste your free time with entertainment media?

I'm not a NEET, I'm a student and I get good grades but sometimes it's just hard to develop that initiative that separates high achievers from those who are just good at taking tests, you know?

>> No.7742056

I go to sleep and then i start thinking about how i wasted a whole day, then i feel motivated. The next day dont remember that i was motivated and do nothing again.

But there is a powerful tool that works for me. I set the things i want to do when i motivated in a way that its not a choice whether i do them or not. For example:
I could register for this semester 5 courses in college, but i registered 7. Its not a choice now, i have to take them. I want to learn german, but this duolingo shit isn't working i cant do it for myself, so i go to a languages school and i pay a lot of dollars, now it isnt a choice to go and learn german, i have to go.

>> No.7742118

I enjoy learning new things.

If I come across something and I'm curious as to how it works or I discover I'm ignorant in a certain subject, I research it.

>> No.7742132

>>7741959
I have a list of goals I want to meet and constantly berate myself for how little effort I put into them each day; this motivates me to do better the next day.
>I know berating ones self isn't healthy but until I get better I need to work with what I do naturally

>> No.7742263

>>7742056
Dude I am in the exactly self situation and I need fucking help.I am going mad due to my weakness of willpower.

>> No.7742271

>>7742263
self situation - I meant same situation

>> No.7742386

>>7742056
Are you me?

>> No.7742390

>>7742056
lmao you're going to get a bad grade and then fuck your GPA up. so much for
>i just have to do it now guys! see i cracked the code!
how dumb

>> No.7742842

>>7741959
I have crontabs that will automatically open or killall certain programs through out my day, depending on what tasks I have scheduled for myself ahead of time.

I have a series of mp3's of my own voice reminding me what specifically I want to do with the on screen application and what my allotted amount of time is.

I have crontabs from within root that periodically block or unblock certain productivity draining sites (such as 4chan) from the /etc/hosts file.

My life on my computer is not beginning to feel like one long game. Does anyone else have any other advice on computer productivity?

>> No.7743110

>>7742842
>Does anyone else have any other advice on computer productivity?
Nah. You seem to have it covered.

>> No.7743113

>>7742842
>mp3
>not flac or other lossless codec

>> No.7743116

>>7743113
>>not flac or other lossless codec
No point in using a superior file format until I get superior speakers.

>> No.7743118

>>7742842
>I have crontabs from within root that periodically block or unblock certain productivity draining sites (such as 4chan) from the /etc/hosts file.
What the fuck?

>> No.7743137

>>7741959
legitimately got me laughing from pic

>> No.7743403

>>7742842
Holy shit bro you might just have saved my productivity (unless I don't end up just turning it off).

>> No.7743416

>>7742132
Not healthy my ass. It's the only way we can advance ourselves, as long as it makes you productive it's beneficial

>> No.7743659

>>7741959
The main problem is you do not want to self-learn.You would rather play vidya and waste your free time.I am in the same situation and I would like to self learn but I would really rather spend my time gaming than studying even though it makes me sad

>> No.7743665

The problem with self learning for me is I try and keep it to things non-academic, considering I'm in college I don't wanna spend months learning let's say differential equations to only spend a semester sitting in a class about it later on already knowing it

>> No.7743669
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7743669

>>7741959
Do enough things you enjoy so you can cope with things you don't.

>> No.7744257

>>7742390
Im smart enough to get a good GPA while taking a lot of classes. When i take 5 classes I have lot of free time, when i take more my free time is gone. Im study in Mexico btw so dificult may vary.
It is a good advice imo

>> No.7744309

>>7744257
unam?

>> No.7744485

>>7743669
>natural bust enlargement with mind power
>picture of a fat chick
do you use your mind power to increase your lethargy and voracity?