Ask HN: Lack of self-discipline driving me hopeless. Tips?
Dear Hacker News, I am a longtime member here. I would never think I would be one of those writing this but here it goes. I have a terrible problem with focus and discipline. I simply cannot manage to achieve both for any prolonged period of times. For the last five years, I have tried very conciously to become disciplined and no matter what, after a few days or weeks at best, the pattern breaks and I am back to my unproductive, terrible self. I also cannot really enjoy or focus on anything or anyone for too long. This is the most scary part. I cannot be in a relationship for more than a week or two before becoming very ambivalent after the initial high. I cannot continue working on projects--all of them I would say I enjoy--for more than a few weeks at most. I am 23 and finishing up school(took some time off to do failed startup). Much of this could be accepted during my teen years and
Why it failed
Dear Hacker News, I am a longtime member here. I would never think I would be one of those writing this but here it goes. I have a terrible problem with focus and discipline. I simply cannot manage to achieve both for any prolonged period of times. For the last five years, I have
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- Damnit
- Ended
- 2010
- Source
- hackernews