- Notice what is going in your mind/what craving you are having
when you are having difficulty starting or getting distracted
- Grow a new habit on top of an old one. Two ways:
- Change your environment
- Track the habit you want to create onto an existing
behaviour. If do (x), then do (y)
- Secret to making habits: you are more likely to agree to do less than more! So start smal
- Use exercise for a mini nootropic effect
- Exercise leads to better bloodflow and gets more energy and oxygen to the brain, this leads to increased performance and better willpower
- Or sometimes, you feel that your need to want to finish the task is even greater than the need to exercise
- Practice some mindfulness. For instance, scrolling through wedding pics on fb of an ex classmate you’ve not spoken to in 10 years? Ask yourself: “I don’t even know this person, why am I looking at their wedding pics?” and then close fb
- Take a break and let your subconscious do the work
- Isolate yourself in a quiet room where you are not distracted by the computer, tv, phone, work etc. This is why lots of great thoughts come to you in the shower! It could be a walk or relaxing in a chair – something slow and quiet
- However warm showers make you release dopamine and increased dopamine flows lead to better creativity
- Use the flow state cycle
- Feel totally absorbed with the task at hand
*Don’t take breaks by checking your phones and watching TV, it actually affects our brain waves and this prevents creativity/ideas from occurring
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