Addiction Problems

[nin10mode]

Accidentally bumped this trying to delete spam from my phone, may as well update. I still don't start homework as soon as I get home, but I get it done earlier than before. Want to focus on hobbies and selfteaching certain things. Still ranked 55/~450, aiming for top 10 by graduation.

Sticky notes on the screen work surprisingly well.

[Mr_SaxMan]

I swear to god that I've read the topic before posting this. I swear to god that I've read the topic before posting this. I swear to god that I've read the topic before posting this. I swear to god that I've read the topic before posting this. I swear to god that I've read the topic before posting this. Etc. etc.

Proving your parents wrong is a good inspiration at first, but, like all inspirations, they probably will die out after a while, in which a new one is necessary. Hey, maybe this is your ticket to achieving perfection between goofing off and priorities, but if you've every tried dieting, you've gotta be more than motivated to keep it; It almost has to be a life-or-death situation, or it's lost after a few days/a week, and I don't think that proving your parents wrong is a life-or-death situation since, hey, they are parents, whatever, not the largest antagonists in the world. Honestly, I was just like you, probably still am sometimes, but the only and best thing to do is just to prioritize and listen to your conscience flickering when you look at the time/date and realize that you better get a move on, and from there, you'll actually want to get most work done instead of being forced to at the last minute. Also, great skill, teach yourself the *right* way to rush work so that the way you improvise work is near as good as what you'd enter for a final draft.

Also, careful of proving them wrong with malice since that can just lead to them believing that you are arrogant and stubborn. You probably know all this stuff already, but just don't bring it up in front of them, or be minimalistic if they talk to you, ♥♥♥♥ like that.

[1018peter]

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Sprocket (August 23rd, 2013, 11:02 am)

[Sprocket]

I have a little bit of a problem as well. Sure I get most of my chores done, I get good grades, do my homework.

But if I'm not eating, sleeping, or working, I'm playing on this laptop.
For hours and hours and hours......... Minecraft will start getting infused in my brain.

It even annoys me, because after a week I still barely keep my cool. 2 weeks = nah brah time to post random junk on the MKW forum :3

I don't know how to fix it in my little 11 year old brain, especially since I don't want to wear glasses, which is what happens when kids spend SOOO much time with electronics in general and not outside doing sports..... haalp meeeeee........

[Newgeneration]

I do the same exact thing, except I do this with just about everything else too. Just a few minutes ago I grabbed my clean clothes out of the dryer and piled them on my bed so I could go watch tf2 sfm videos on youtube. Same goes with homework as well, though most of the time I do my homework, since I don't get homework that often nowadays.

Like 1018peter said, relaxing and taking a break from everything, not just your homework, is a good habit. I use this method for just about any stress, one night I got so pissed off that I just went in my room and went to sleep. That may not have been a break at all, but it still worked. Then there's the anticipation of doing something online when I get home. I tend to get ideas of what I'll play next after I work on my homework, thus urging me to rush my work more to get back to whatever it is I wanted to do. Also, yes, reminders like sticky notes do help, obviously. I don't use em though.

Chores, on the other hand, are my downfall. I don't get them done/I don't bother doing them at all. I would assume this to be normal though, since I tend to an eight-year-old (babysit), five cats, and two litter boxes every single day. Lots of stress at home too, I got so much of it at home it's not funny, and that's just from my little sister alone.

[Harmless]

I have a little bit of a problem as well. Sure I get most of my chores done, I get good grades, do my homework.

But if I'm not eating, sleeping, or working, I'm playing on this laptop.
For hours and hours and hours......... Minecraft will start getting infused in my brain.

It even annoys me, because after a week I still barely keep my cool. 2 weeks = nah brah time to post random junk on the MKW forum :3

I don't know how to fix it in my little 11 year old brain, especially since I don't want to wear glasses, which is what happens when kids spend SOOO much time with electronics in general and not outside doing sports..... haalp meeeeee........

Glasses aren't that bad actually. I personally don't lose any eyesight or anything due to my genetics and already being used to light hitting my eyes, but I'm not that far-sighted, so I had to get glasses for far-away small text. You might get them eventually, even if you did spend your entire time going outside and doing sports.

Don't get me wrong, not saying you should stay on the comp 24/7. But you might be doomed to wear glasses.

[Raz]

I'm pretty much on the chat 24/7.

Most of the time I'm on my phone but i use my computer a lot too. I also check the chat a lot. I guess that's an addiction