Which is wrong! I think essay formated things should come with essay level quality! So I want to make this one a bit more casual
So I have my steamdeck docked to a TV so I can watch stuff on the big screen. Problem: I have been watching alot of slop, not playing alot of games and most importantly neglecting other parts of my life. Not good!
I don't want to cut it out entirely out of my life but I do want to mitigate its influences from preventing me from doing other stuff.
If you have read Atomic Habits you know that there are 4 steps in a habit:
So to avoid bad habits we need to remove cues, ride cravings,increase friction (make it harder to respond to cravings) and make it unsatisfying to engage in the behaviour.
This one is pretty simple. There are two things that facilitate this bad habit. My steamdeck and my headphones. So during "productive time"I will put my steamdeck in its case and put it in a closet. I will do the same with the headphones but put it in a drawer (this creates more friction)
I'm not super sure how to solve this one. Theres this technique called "Urge Surfing" where you sit with the uncomfortable feeling of resisting your urge and do nothing but think about it for like 5 minutes and then it goes away. This might feel like a waste of time in the moment but it prevents hours of time being wasted
Creating friction was partially done in the first step but we can take it so much further. Lets take all the wires required to use the steamdeck dock and put it away. Unplug the TV. Add extensions that limit the addictive features youtube pushes as well as ones that limit it until the afternoon.
This is another one I am not sure about. How do I make the reward of rotting my brain for 4 hours unsatisfying. I think this blog is part of it. I am telling all 2 of you that I want to break this bad habit and it will feel bad if I don't. So hold me accountable my loyal 1 reader...
I hope you enjoyed this entry! I think I succeeded in making it a bit more casual. I think this style works better as theres less pressure to make the ideas sound "correct" instead of being an actual log of my thoughts. To me the b in blog stands for brain. Brain log. Thats the freaking word...
Playing with CSS is also fun. I might make a post breaking down how I plan to continue learning HTML as so far I have just used what I remember and basic searches.