I have a lot of bad habits that I’ve been trying to get rid of for about a year and a half now, with very little success. Some of them, like wasting time online feed into my depression by keeping me from doing things that help me elevate my mood. Currently the two main culprits are wasting time online, and sloppy planning which leads more things to go wrong which leads to frustration which leads to guilt etc.
To be clear, I’m not going on an anti-tech rant (which would be hard since I’m a professional programmer). I waste time online instead of exercising, writing or even doing other things online which I’d enjoy more.
I’ve read a metric buttload of stuff about “hacking the habit loop” and tried all sorts of “life hacks” but, as I’ve mentioned, not very successfully.
Do any of you have experience breaking a bad habit? What was the habit? What worked? About how long did it take?