People who have made and successfully kept their New Year's resolution, what was it and how did you stay motivated? (programming.dev)

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[-] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago

I’ve done no alcohol, no social media, and no overtime. All separate years. The motivation was to prove I could.

Alcohol was made easy because I started taking an SSRI at the same time. Kinda filled the same hole.

Cutting social media was harder than alcohol I think. This was years ago but I had a pretty solid addiction to Reddit. I had to break the checking Reddit every second of downtime..I swapped it out with texting friends and family.

Cutting worked overtime was great. I worked at a place that required it but only as a yearly average. And at the time they allowed you to bank the OT and use it as PTO or take some extra money. I didn’t get in trouble for it but it probably hurt my next raise.

I enjoy the challenge of doing something new for a full year but some are too much and need a different approach. For me to change a diet I can’t just do it. I need cycles on and off to show my lizard brain what’s good for me. Then it can stick long term.

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