1. Overcome Internet addiction. I've used the computer to shield me from negative thoughts, thus hindering my professional and emotional development. I've been following a new schedule in the last weeks. It keeps track of working time (16 chunks of pomodoro), real life duties, sleep and hours spent online. It's important not to let myself go autopilot.
2. Get the goddamn degree.
3. Always go to bed early and sleep for 8 hours.
4. Be more patient and appreciate the benefits of a daily routine (tortoise) over crunch time (hare).
Figure out what I can do to be happy with my career given constraints in my life and what I want from life. E.g. I could have a great career but a miserable life if I leave my family but that would make me utterly miserable and probably depressed too so is self defeating. I'm not a Steve Jobs or Elon Musk type but I can't stand just cranking out code for the next JIRA each day I need something between. 9-5 and a startup.
I did much of this in 2017. I didn't find meditation more productive, but I was already a very mindful person.
One tip I'd give is to simply make it consistent instead of long. I stick to one breath.
I suffered from overdiscipline as well. Sometimes it's effective to just be impulsive, and you don't want your morning routine to get in the way of productive impulse.
1. Be nicer. Avoid fighting whenever possible. Smile at people I don't like. Wish more people to be happy.
2. Go fast but never run. Going too fast is unproductive. Paramedics don't run. Push past the point of resistance, but stop long before the point of congestion.
I'd be careful with quantifiable resolutions. I did some of these before. When you choose to read X amount of books and so on, you'll be likely to pick easy books, instead of a difficult book or rereading something multiple times.
Meditate 100 times is great because it turns it into a habit. But have to be careful with it otherwise.
2. Get the goddamn degree.
3. Always go to bed early and sleep for 8 hours.
4. Be more patient and appreciate the benefits of a daily routine (tortoise) over crunch time (hare).